Senior Environmental Specialist (*Amendment*)

Update: * COVID Vaccination requirement removed, effective 2022-June-20.
* Amendment to the Condition of Employment.

Important messages

Giving you the best chance to succeed!
At Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) we are committed to running inclusive and barrier-free recruitment processes.

If you have a limitation that may impact your performance at any steps of the assessment process (such as during a written test or an interview), you may request an accommodation. Assessment accommodations are designed to remove barriers, and to ensure that candidates with limitations can fully demonstrate their abilities. Should you wish to be accommodated, please direct your inquiry to the contact identified at the bottom of this poster. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

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When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

The inventory will be updated every 180 days. You will receive a notice in your applicant account 30 days before the end of your active period to determine whether or not you wish to keep being considered for an additional 180 days.

In addition to a resume, you must answer all screening questions demonstrating how you meet the essential education and experience requirements as well as the asset qualifications. Please describe in detail using concrete examples, how you meet the experience and education required. It is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities.

The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. Failure to provide sufficient and appropriate information may result in elimination from the process.

Your responses may be provided to your references for verification at a later stage in the assessment process.

All correspondence or interactions throughout the process will be subject to evaluation.

Work environment

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Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies, and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

At PSPC, our approach to inclusion is simple: we are committed to achieving a competent and representative workforce that reflects the diversity of the Canadian population we serve, and strive to create a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment that enables collaboration and innovation. When you succeed, we all succeed.

Intent of the process

This process will establish a pool of qualified candidates that may be used to staff identical or similar positions with various tenures within PSPC (indeterminate, term, acting, assignment, deployment or secondment) in the locations advertised (these are the preference locations for the appointments).

Notes:

This pool may be used to fill identical or similar positions across Canada.

Work is currently being done from home until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On a case-by-case basis, a telework arrangement could be considered from any location in Canada.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in environmental science, environmental studies, environmental engineering, geology, chemistry, biology, or other science or applied science directly relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
- E1. Significant* and recent** experience conducting or managing environmental projects involving two or more of the following disciplines:
E1(a) phased environmental site assessments and remediation
E1(b) human health and/or ecological risk assessment
E1(c) environmental compliance programs (e.g. regulatory, conformance, environmental management systems development and implementation, air quality/water quality).
E1(d) environmental permitting,compliance and/or assessment related to regulatory processes
E1(e) environmental building audits, hazardous materials, building demolition, building assessments or studies (for example asbestos, halocarbons, or designated substances)
E1(f) petroleum storage tank management projects (assessments, design and implementation)

- E2. Significant* and recent** experience in managing client relations.

- E3. Experience in providing strategic and expert technical advice on environmental issues including environmental compliance for real property.

- E4. Significant* and recent** experience in project management in the environmental field (e.g. scope development, terms of reference preparation, schedule development, contract management, budget tracking and control, work team management, and/or acceptance of deliverables).

*Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience associated with the performance of a broad range of related activities which were primarily the candidate’s responsibility. It will be assessed on the basis of scope, complexity and the diversity of the work performed as well as the autonomy required of the candidate to perform the activities. This level of experience is normally achieved through the performance of relevant duties for a period of at least two (2) years.

**Recent experience is defined as experience acquired in the last five (5) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
- AQ1. Certification as a Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP).

- AQ2. Experience in the management of assessment and/or remediation of contaminated sites projects in remote locations.

- AQ3. Experience in delivering projects in northern climates (north of the 60th parallel).

- AQ4. Experience conducting public consultation or Indigenous consultation sessions or programs.

- AQ5. Graduation with a post- graduate degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in environmental studies or other fields directly related to the position.

- AQ6. Experience conducting or managing environmental projects involving sustainable buildings management such as studies or assessments related to the following: energy efficiency, water conservation, wastewater management, sustainable use of resources, non-hazardous waste management, LEED, Green Globes or BOMA.

- AQ7. Experience with projects related to the assessment of renewable energy options, greenhouse gas reduction options, or climate change resilience for structures/properties.

- AQ8. Recent** experience in environmental permitting with the NWT and/or NU that involved all aspects of the process, beginning with the initial contact to the final follow through of receipt of the required permit.

**Recent experience is defined as experience acquired in the last five (5) years.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
- K1. Knowledge of project management practices.
- K2. Knowledge of various site assessment and investigations and their application to real property management.
- K3. Knowledge of Government of Canada procurement approaches, processes and principles.

COMPETENCIES:
- C1. Values and Ethics – serving through integrity and respect.
- C2. Thinking things through – innovating through analysis and ideas.
- C3. Engagement – working effectively with people, organizations, partners.
- C4. Excellence through results – delivering through own work, relationships and responsibilities, and paying attention to detail.
- C5. Client Service Competency Level 1

ABILITIES:
- A1. Ability to negotiate and resolve disputes.
- A2. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- A3. Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- A4: Ability to provide strategic and expert technical advice on environmental issues including environmental compliance for real property.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

- Must be willing and able to travel by road and/or air.
- Must be willing to access and work in industrial settings and/or active construction sites.
- Must be willing and able to work overtime as required.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

All job applications must be submitted through GC Jobs. Do not fax, email or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the button "Apply online".

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at https://www.cicic.ca/

A written exercise will be administered

Interviews will be conducted.

Reference checks will be conducted.

Essential qualifications and asset qualifications will be evaluated against depth and breadth of activities.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Public service employees found qualified in this process may be considered for acting, assignment, deployment or secondment.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Due to the high volume of applications, inquiries related to the status of assessments will not be answered.

A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.