Senior Engineer, Rail Safety Operations

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Assessment accommodation

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When you apply you will be asked a series of questions based on the education, occupational certification and experiences criteria, both essential and assets.

When answering the questions, please provide:
1. Name of the employer where the experience was acquired
2. Title of the position occupied and the duration for which you exercised the functions
3. Specific details of tasks, projects, or accomplishments demonstrating how the experience was acquired.

Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your qualifications. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each experience & education criteria, as applications will be screened based on the information you provide. Please note your resume may not be consulted for missing information.

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- Management may apply one or more assets at any step of the process to select candidate(s).

Duties

Transport Canada Rail Safety is looking for motivated engineers to join its infrastructure team. Transport Canada provides excellent work-life balance conditions as well as opportunities for professional development and career advancement. Be part of a challenging and dynamic work environment!

Duties include but not limited to:
-Provide advice, guidance and interpretation of relevant Railway Safety Act, Rules, Regulations, Standards and Guidelines on railway infrastructure (track and/or bridges) matters.
-Provide detailed technical advice to regional railway safety inspectors on engineering and regulatory matters.
-Lead technical working groups to ensure continuous improvement of inspection programs, regulatory instruments and best practices.
-Manage a variety of projects to support rail safety’s mandate.

Work environment

Stream 1: Bridge
Stream 2: Rail Infrastructure

Intent of the process

The position being staffed has a linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB. However, a pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions with various tenures (determinate or indeterminate) or different linguistic profiles (Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB or English Essential), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Education
ED: Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in either civil engineering, geological engineering, mechanical engineering or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification
OC: Eligibility for certification as a professional engineer in Canada with specialization in an engineering specialty relevant to the position (please see note 1).

Note 1: “Eligibility for certification as a Professional Engineer” means candidates must demonstrate he or she is eligible for the certification. This is mandatory for the EN-ENG-04 Position

Experience

All Streams :
EX1: Experience in leading individuals to achieve common work objectives (project leader).
EX2: Experience in project management (project manager).
EX3: Experience in managing relationships with stakeholder representatives.
EX4: Experience in providing technical advice to management (preferably executive level), such as briefing notes, presentations and other types of relevant communications.

Stream 1 (Bridge):
EX5: Engineering experience in road or railway bridges as it relates to the design, inspection or maintenance of road or railway bridges.

Stream 2 (Infrastructure - Track):
EX6: Engineering experience in railway infrastructures management as it relates at minimum, to one of the following elements:
• track design,
• monitoring/inspection,
• measurement and evaluation through automated systems or,
• maintenance / construction.

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

Education
AED1: A post graduate degree in a specialty relevant to the duties of the position.
AED2: Certification in a domain related to the job.

Degree equivalency

Experience
AEX1: Experience in the development of rules, regulations or standards.
AEX2: Experience in engineering work relating to geological hazards management or monitoring in the road or railway sector.
AEX3: Experience applying regulations, rules, standards, guidelines, and best practices as they pertain to the construction, maintenance or design of railway tracks.
AEX4: Experience applying regulations, rules, standards, guidelines, and best practices as they pertain to the construction, maintenance or design of road or railway bridges.
AEX5: Experience in implementing, operating or managing technologies and automated systems to monitor railway infrastructure (track or bridges).

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

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

Abilities
A1: Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A2: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A3: Ability to vulgarize and synthetize information in communicating advices and recommendations.

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

Personal Suitabilities
PS1: Initiative
PS2: Engagement
PS3: Judgment
PS4: Values and Ethics
PS5: Reliability

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Physical Environment: this position may require, on occasion, physical effort to climb railway structures, equipment or facilities on sites where the access is difficult and the terrain is rugged.
- Must be willing and able to complete the necessary technical training required for the position.
- Ability and willingness to travel at short notice by all modes of transportation.
- Ability and willingness to work overtime when necessary

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
- Various Security levels: Reliability and Secret
- Possession of a valid provincial driver’s license.

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

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.