Regional Environmental Preparedness and Response Officer

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Assessment accommodation

IF YOU HAVE APPLIED ON THE FOLLOWING SELECTION PROCESS: 22-MOT-EA-HRS-12480, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REAPPLY! YOU WILL BE EVALUATED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PRESENT PROCESS.

***VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: You must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. Other qualifications may be taken into account in the selection of the appointee. Some of the qualifications (essential or other) will be assessed using the screening questions on your job application. It is your responsibility to provide relevant examples demonstrating how you meet each requirement. It is not enough to confirm that one meets the criterion or to list one's current and past responsibilities. You must provide concrete examples that demonstrate how you meet the criteria. In addition, we encourage you to specify in detail when, where and how you acquired your experience. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

Duties

As the lead regulatory organization, TC continues to provide strategic advice and regulatory expertise to support integrated planning efforts across the country, provide advise and expertise, as well as identify and assess associated policy, legislative and regulatory changes. TC staff in each region will directly contribute to the development of response plans as well as supporting other essential response planning-related activities.

The key responsibilities for the position are:

FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION:
• Develop national tools, including policies, procedures and work instructions, to facilitate the work of inspectors in the field to ensure national consistency.
• Participate in the development of regulatory drafts of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, including the development of standards and drafting instructions.
• Chair the meetings of the various national working groups to facilitate the development and implementation of work tools.
• Participate, with the regional inspectors, in the regulatory compliance of oil handling facilities (OHF) and response organizations (RO) approved by Transport Canada: carry out site inspections, revision of the prevention plan and contingency and assessment of oil pollution drills.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the shipping and oil handling industry as well as key partners (federal, provincial) of Canada’s Ship-source Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime.

FOR OTHER REGIONS:
• Ensure regulatory compliance of oil handling facilities (OHF) et response organizations (RO) certified by Transport Canada: conduct site inspections, review prevention and emergency plans and evaluate oil pollution exercises.
• In the event of non-compliance, follow up on files in collaboration with the Regional Enforcement Unit (REU).
• Participate in the development of working tools and policy implementation through regional and national working groups.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the shipping and oil handling industry as well as key partners (federal, provincial) of Canada’s Ship-source Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime.

Work environment

Environmental Preparedness and Response Officers work in an environment where the level of stress can be high due to the possible negative impact of errors, as well as the risk of potential or actual conflict. As they ensure compliance with regulations, officers must obtain the designation of Marine Safety Inspector in Environmental Response. They have important responsibilities and their decisions have a direct impact on the safety of Canadians.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff several positions on an indeterminate basis within Transport Canada for the Environmental Preparedness and Response Program. Employees occupying a position at the GT-05 group and level or equivalent may be considered first for assignment, secondment or deployment.

This process may also be used to establish a pool of qualifed and/or partially qualified candidates to staff future vacancies of similar or identical positions with various tenures within Transport Canada.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

EDUCATION:
• Secondary School Diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES:
• Experience interpreting and applying acts and regulations.
• Experience in planning and conducting inspections or compliance reviews.
• Experience in undertaking and conducting technical research, carrying out analysis and making recommendations.
• Experience with multidisciplinary teams from various level of government and industry, in creating and maintaining effective partnership.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative - BBB/BBB
English Essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
• Knowledge of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 and the application and governance of Canada’s marine oil spill prevention, preparedness and response regime.
• Knowledge of regulatory oversight and compliance review and activities.

COMPETENCIES
• Judgement
• Demonstrating integrity and respect
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented
• Working effectively with others
• Thinking things through

ABILITIES
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to analyze information, to synthetize and provide relevant advice.
• Ability to organize work and set priorities with a large workload

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

ASSETS - EDUCATION:
• A post-secondary degree in environmental studies, geography, chemistry or a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

ASSETS - EXPERIENCES:
• Experience in planning or conducting emergency or spill response exercises.
• Experience in the review of emergency or contingency plans.
• Experience in marine spill countermeasures prevention or environmental emergencies.
• Experience in the field of law enforcement and investigation.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
In support of achieving a diversified workforce, consideration may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following employment equity groups: persons with a disability and women.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willing and able to work outside business hours and on weekends, occasionally and on short notice.
• Able to lift loads up to 30 kg.
• Willing and able to travel via all modes of transportation occasionally and on short notice, including travel to remote or isolated locations.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Secret security clearance

A valid Driver’s licence issued by a province or territory in Canada.

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

• Transport Canada will accept applications on-line only.
• Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent to applicants. We will contact candidates once the screening process is completed.
• Please ensure that your email address is on your application for correspondence. 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.)
• Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or organizational needs. However, meeting some of these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.
• 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.
• All job applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line:
- applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time;
- applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time;
- for some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.
• Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying online are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.