Marine Geoscience Technologist

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Assessment accommodation

Screening questions have been built into the application process, when answering the screening questions you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualification. We can’t make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough. Instead, provide concrete and detailed examples that clearly explain where, when, and how you gained the experience. We’ll only use your résumé as a secondary source of information. The breadth and depth of experience may be considered during screening, assessment and/or selection of candidates.

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Duties

Natural Resources Canada requires an experienced marine technologist to prepare for and participate in, field expeditions. The Marine Geoscience Technologist will prepare, install, repair and operate systems/equipment used in the collection of geophysical, geological and geotechnical data and samples; observe, record, compile and validate technical data; and work independently. The majority of the field work is marine related and involves repairing and maintaining equipment, and preparing equipment, spares and consumables for field surveys from days to weeks in duration.

Work environment

At Natural Resources Canada, a Federal government job means developing leadership skills, fostering teamwork, and supporting creativity and innovation. We know it takes people from diverse pools of talent to make this happen. That is why we are looking for people like you. As an employee at Natural Resources Canada you can enjoy diverse employment opportunities, a range of career development programs, and a learning culture that supports you to learn on an ongoing basis. To the extent possible, we support balancing your work and private life by offering the benefits of flexible work arrangements.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff two (2) positions at the EG-04 group and level located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. One (1) indeterminate (permanent) position and one (1) determinate (temporary) position.

In addition, there is an anticipatory need to staff one (1) indeterminate (permanent) position at the EG-04 group and level, located in Sidney, British Columbia.

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions at Natural Resources Canada at the EG-04 group and level with various tenures (determinate period or permanent), various linguistic requirements (imperative and/or non-imperative), language requirements (English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential and Bilingual) and profiles (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, etc.), various security requirements (Reliability Status, Secret), in various locations and with various conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

• Successful completion of an acceptable post-secondary training program in mechanical engineering technology, or another field related to the duties of the position, or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

• Experience with the installation, deployment, operation and recovery of marine scientific equipment.
• Experience in installing and servicing a variety of mechanical equipment.
• Experience with geophysical, geotechnical and seabed sampling equipment in a sea going environment.

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

• Experience working with marine seismic compressed air systems (compressors and guns).
• Experience processing geological/ geotechnical samples at sea (piston core, grabs).

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

• Knowledge of marine seabed sampling procedures and equipment.
• Knowledge of the safe operation of equipment such as winches, cranes, capstans, sheaves, blocks or lifting tackle.
• Knowledge of maintenance procedures and record keeping for mechanical equipment.

• Ability to effectively coordinate the mobilization and installation of scientific equipment for marine field operations.
• Ability to trouble-shoot mechanical issues with machinery and scientific equipment.

• Effective interpersonal relationships
• Judgement
• Dependability

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

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

Information on employment equity

Natural Resources Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women could be considered in priority.

Conditions of employment

• A valid Reliability status security clearance
• Pre-employment medical
• Valid unencumbered driver’s licence
• Required to participate in field and seagoing expeditions.
• Able and willing to work overtime when participating in field and seagoing expeditions.

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

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email; this will include invitations to interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate's responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. 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/.

Reference checks may be sought. The assessment board reserves the right to contact references other than those provided by the candidates (within the Public Service only) in order to adequately assess the candidates.

An interview may be conducted.

A written examination may be administered.

Other sources of information (e.g. performance agreements, work samples, board member knowledge, etc.) may be used to assess the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria. Recent and past performance agreements may be used as part of the assessment. Please be prepared to provide such documentation should it be requested.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the other qualifications, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Random selection and/or top-down selection may be used at any time during the process to identify which applicants will be further assessed.

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 must meet the conditions of employment and continue to meet these same conditions during their employment.

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.