Project Engineer

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ON-LINE USING THE 'APPLY ON-LINE' BUTTON ABOVE WILL BE CONSIDERED.

Please submit your completed application, failure to do so may result in your application being rejected. Résumés will be used as a secondary source to validate the education and/or experience described in the screening questions.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected. Please note that applications will be assessed using a “blind screening” technique, meaning that assessing committee members will only be provided with your response and will NOT see any personal information or potential identifiers. This technique is employed to remove any potential unconscious biases.

Intent of the process

ANTICIPATORY. A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various language requirements and linguistic profiles, security requirements and/or tenures within Environment and Climate Change 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:
ED1. Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, aeronautical engineering, geological engineering, naval architecture or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

Occupational certification:
The possession of, or eligibility for, credentials such as a licence, certificate, registration, letter, paper(s) or other documents that constitute acceptable evidence of occupational competence. These credentials are granted by an organization legally established by federal, provincial or territorial law as a certifying or licensing body in Canada having the authority to regulate the practice of a profession, trade or act, unless otherwise provided for by the employer in these standards or in amendments to these standards.

Recognized post-secondary institution:
A public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
E1. Experience* in planning, designing or implementing projects which support the control, monitoring, prevention or mitigation of pollution or climate change.

E2. Experience* in gathering, analysing, synthetizing and presenting scientific or engineering data, and report writing.

* Experience will be assessed in terms of the depth and breadth of activities, as well as the level of autonomy demonstrated.
N.B. – Only postgraduate experience will count towards overall experience, under graduate experience will not be considered during the assessment of responses.

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

Asset Qualifications - Experience

AEX1. Experience in any of the following sectors: Electricity generation, transmission and distribution; energy; transportation; thermal energy generation and combustion equipment or technologies.
AEX2. Experience working with stakeholders for the purposes of consultation or negotiations.
AEX3. Experience developing or supporting policy to control or prevent greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution or the release of chemical substances.
AEX4. Experience working in database development and Excel.
AEX5. Experience in designing, developing, or administrating regulations or other instruments under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), or experience in complying with, reporting on or interpreting provincial or federal regulations.
AEX6. Experience providing analytic-based advice on technical issues.
AEX7. Experience preparing recommendations for management.
AEX8. Experience in developing complex computing models using Excel.

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

Various language requirements
This selection process may be used to staff similar positions with linguistic profiles such as BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, English or French Essential, or unilingual positions.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

Knowledge:
K1. Knowledge of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
K2. Knowledge of engineering processes or technologies related to the prevention and control of releases of pollutants or greenhouse gases into the environment.

Abilities:
A1. Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
A2. Ability to analyze and summarize technical information and to formulate recommendations.
A3. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A4. Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Personal Suitability:
PS1. Initiative
PS2. Judgment
PS3. Dependability

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Operational Requirements:
- Some of the positions may require the willingness and availability to work overtime on occasion and possibly on short notice.
- Some of the positions may require travel within Canada.
- Some of the positions may require the ability to work remotely.

Conditions of employment

Security Clearance: Reliability, Secret

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

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.

Candidates from outside the federal public service may be required to pay for their own travel expenses when attending the required test(s) and/or interview(s).

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

Asset experience could be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that you clearly indicate with concrete examples how you meet theses qualifications.

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

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

A written examination, an interview and/or a reference check may be part of the candidates' assessment. Your ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed through the answers you will provide in all of the screening questions you will be required to answer in the GC Jobs questionnaire.

If you are already working for the Public Service, please clearly identify your substantive group and level, your employment status, and PRI on your resume / application.

Candidates will be required to submit a copy of his/her education documentation. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

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.