Technologist – Scientific Support

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

📢HOW TO APPLY?
🚩Applicants will be required to answer screening questions for each of the essential criteria as well as for the asset criteria (education and experience) within the electronic application.

🚩When answering the screening questions, remember that the assessment committee cannot make assumptions about your experience. It is not enough to say that you have the required skills or to list the duties you currently perform or have performed in the past. Instead, applicants must demonstrate that they meet the education and experience criteria in the job advertisement by providing CLEAR AND CONCRETE EXAMPLES.

⭐️Using the STAR method can help you fully illustrate your examples.
S- situation
T- task
A- action/activity
R- results

🚩Your resume can be used as a secondary source of information and is used strictly to validate the concrete examples you have described.

🚩All information and communications obtained during the selection process, from the date of application to the end of the process, can be used to assess qualifications.

Duties

Work may be carried out in an office, laboratory, or field environment. The technologist will provide technical support for analytical, experimental, or investigative studies of atmospheric parameters.

Duties may include:
• Processing environmental samples in an analytical laboratory, including extraction, preservation, storing and measurement;
• Assisting with laboratory experimental and maintenance activities as per established protocols;
• Participating in field-based research activities including in remote locations;
• Conducting installation, calibration, testing, and maintenance and repair of equipment;
• Recording concise and accurate field and laboratory measurements; maintaining technical project and operational databases, records and reference systems, and collections;
• Entering laboratory and field records into databases and spreadsheets; verifying data quality obtained in the laboratory and field using prescribed analytical quality control and quality assurance protocols;
• Carrying out administrative activities such as maintaining supply inventories; training others in the use of equipment, conducting site audits, and liaising with site operators or vendors.

Work environment

Do you want to contribute to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s world class science?
If you are looking for an exciting, challenging and interesting career providing technical expertise for world class atmospheric research at measurement sites across Canada, if you enjoy field work and travel, can work independently and in a team environment, and demonstrate innovative problem-solving skills, this career opportunity is for you.

At Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), we work in a dynamic environment leading a wide range of priority environmental issues affecting Canadians. Our mandate is broad, including everything from managing pollution and waste, assessing climate change impacts, protecting nature, undertaking world-leading innovative scientific research, enforcing environmental laws and regulations, and producing and distributing timely and accurate weather forecasts to keep Canadians safe.

The Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate within ECCC provides the underlying science and current state of atmospheric issues such as air pollution, climate change, and weather to inform and respond to the service delivery, regulatory and policy needs of ECCC and the Government of Canada.

Our atmospheric measurements on the physical and chemical properties of the atmosphere, including the ozone layer, air pollutants, greenhouse gases and air toxins rely on a committed group of staff that provide technical expertise in the field and the laboratory. Scientific Support Technologists carry out their work in an office, laboratory, or field environment supporting measurement campaigns or operational networks. Field work could be carried out at locations across Canada, including in remote regions and in the high Arctic. Conditions of employment include working outdoors in adverse weather conditions, travelling to and working in remote areas. The field work can be physically demanding (hiking in rugged terrain, long drives, occasional heavy lifting etc.) and long days where weather and field conditions may be challenging.

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff two (2) English Essential positions on an indeterminate basis in Toronto, Ontario (4905 Dufferin Street). However, a pool of qualified candidates will be established and will be used to staff identical or similar positions with various language requirements (such as English Essential, Bilingual – Imperative (BBB/BBB) and Bilingual – Imperative (CBC/CBC) and conditions of employment within the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada. These positions may be staffed on an indeterminate or temporary basis.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

🎓Education
Completion of a college diploma or a degree with a specialization in a field relevant to the position OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

For the purpose of this advertised process, applicants must complete the requirements of their degree or diploma no later than June 1, 2024.

Degree equivalency

✏️Experience
•Experience working with scientific instrumentation or test and measuring equipment

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

📝Abilities
•Ability to communicate effectively in writing
•Ability to communicate effectively orally
•Ability to troubleshoot and repair instruments or electronic circuits
•Ability to gather and critically assess information to determine appropriate actions

🤝Personal Suitability
•Effective Interpersonal relationships
•Initiative
•Judgment

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

Asset Qualifications

🎓Education
• Successful completion of post-secondary technologist training in electronics

Degree equivalency

✍️Experience
•Experience in computer programming

•Experience in the operation and maintenance of equipment used to measure environmental or atmospheric parameters

•Experience in instrument installation, maintenance and calibration

•Experience in the preparation and handling of media used for sample collection for trace chemical analysis

•Experience in fieldwork

•Experience in scientific instrument operation and troubleshooting in a chemical laboratory environment

💡Knowledge
•Knowledge of data acquisition systems
•Knowledge of electronics
•Knowledge of computer interfacing and communications protocols
•Knowledge of optics and mechanics

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

Information on employment equity

Organizational Needs
• Environment and Climate Change Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our Engagement Strategy to achieve employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: women, Aboriginals, persons with disabilities, or visible minorities.

⏱Operational Requirements
•Willingness and ability to move equipment and supplies weighing up to approximately 30 kg
•Willingness and ability to work irregular hours and/or overtime, including weekends and holidays
•Willingness to participate in field work for periods of days to weeks, totaling up to on average two months during each year
•Willingness to travel to and work at field sites including in remote environments in extreme weather conditions and in rough terrain

Conditions of employment

• Security: Reliability Status
• Pre-employment medical and periodic medical clearance
• Possession of a driver license valid 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

💻APPLICATION PROCESS
All applications must be submitted online through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) at www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca and applications will not be acknowledged

📧We plan to contact candidates by email.
➞You must include a valid e-mail address with your application and ensure that it is always working and that it accepts e-mail from unknown users (some e-mail systems block such messages).


📋ASSESSMENT PROCESS
A variety of assessment tools can be used as part of this selection process, such as standardized tests, interviews, references, etc. Other sources of information (performance agreements, talent management placements, work samples, selection committee members, etc.) may be used to assess the factors identified in the Statement of Merit Criteria. Please note that even if you meet the established pass mark for each of the assessment methods, this does not mean that you will be selected to proceed to the next step. Management may decide to use a higher pass mark on any of the assessment methods selected throughout the appointment process. Please note that one, some or all of the asset qualifications could be used in the screening phase.

👉🏼EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
SELF-DECLARE, BECAUSE YOU MATTER TO US
By completing the employment equity section of your application, you are contributing to the creation of a public service that is diverse, inclusive, and representative of the identities, cultures, opinions and experiences that make up Canada.

🗣OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FOR THE PROCESS
Everyone has the right to participate in an appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred language(s) in their application.

🎓EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS
Candidates called for an interview will be asked to provide proof of their education. It is the applicant's responsibility to demonstrate on the application that the degree(s)/program(s) has/have been approved by a recognized post-secondary institution. Applicants with foreign degrees will be required to provide proof of their Canadian equivalency.
equivalence in Canada. Failure to do so will result in your application not being considered. For more information, consult the Canadian Information Centre on
http://www.cicic.ca/1/accueil.canada.

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.