Student, Energy Supply and Data

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of all Canadians regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, socio-economic background or lived experience.

Achieving a representative and diverse workforce has been identified as an organizational need for CER. To self-declare, please ensure to check off the appropriate box within the online application under the Employment Equity section. To learn more about self-declaring, we encourage you to consult the following two links to learn more about employment equity and self-declaration:

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/opportunities/government/self-declaring-because-we-care.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/gc-jobs/employment-equity.html

Tips for applicants:

• Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience.
• Do not assume that the panel board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each experience(s), as applications will be screened only on the information provided.
• Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.

Duties

Support the CER’s energy modelling work – core to the Canada’s Energy Future report. The tasks would include supporting hydrocarbon energy supply modelling (such as emissions abatement in the oil and gas supply chain, bitumen beyond combustion, etc.), renewable energy resource modelling, and intra-provincial level electricity supply modelling.

Work environment

The CER is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with regional offices in Montréal, Vancouver, and Yellowknife. The CER has approximately 600 employees. There is a flexible and hybrid work environment, with options to be able to work both in the office and at home, subject to CER hybrid work guidelines.

The CER is an organization where it is possible to get to know your colleagues across many disciplines and take full advantage of the many opportunities available to connect with people who have similar interests, aptitudes, and aspirations.

The CER is recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in a national competition to determine which employers lead their industries in offering exceptional workplaces for their employees.

Intent of the process

This process is intended to hire students for the 2024 summer season (May to September). We will only contact students who demonstrate clearly in their application how they possess the education and experience required for this opportunity.

The results may be used in the future to fill other temporary student vacancies with full or part-time hours for various tenures, depending on the status of the selected candidate.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter

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

EDUCATION:
Enrolled in a graduate degree program related to the duties of the position at a recognized post-secondary academic institution.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
Experience based on academic training (such as completion of a self-directed project) and/or office work in each of the following areas:

1. Energy system modelling;
2. Coding (R, Python); and
3. Research and data collection.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Organization-wide Competencies:

OC1: Leadership & Teamwork (Proficiency: Learn)
• Establishes good working relationships with team members and with colleagues in other teams.

OC2: Accountability & Results Orientation (Proficiency: Learn)
• Sets and meets deadlines and takes personal accountability for results, including organizing and prioritizing work.
• Clearly defines analyses and solves problems, resolves issues and gets results.

OC3: Communication (Proficiency: Learn)
• Communicates clearly, concisely, and effectively.

OC4: Process and Project Management (Proficiency: Learn)
• Organizes, prioritizes and schedules assigned work.

Technical Competency (Proficiency: Learn)

TC1. Applies modern techniques and methods applicable to energy modelling, interprets raw data sets, and draws inferences about relationships and trends in energy markets and systems

Competency Level Definition:
Learn is defined as developing a basic knowledge of the competency and ability to apply it.

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

Asset Qualification:
Experience with Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping.

Conditions of employment

1) Willingness to undergo, successfully pass and maintain a reliability status security clearance.
2) Compliance with the CER’s Code of Conduct is required.
Note: It is strongly recommended that potential applicants read and consider the CER’s Code of Conduct prior to applying. This document is available on the CER Website http://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/code-of-conduct.
3) Must be willing and able to travel and to work overtime when required.
4) Must be willing to move within and between business units and teams, based on operational requirements and/or as individual development needs are identified.

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

1. Application Requirements: Applicants must submit, by the closing date, a resume and cover letter clearly demonstrating how they meet the essential qualifications of education and experience.

2. Each person is entitled to participate in the process in the official language of their choice.

3. 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).

4. Student Integration: Successful completion of the education program and a Student Placement under the CER Student Employment Program may lead to a term or permanent federal public service positions for which students meet the merit criteria and consideration of employment.

5. Salary: Effective 1 May 2022 STUD, $22.71 to $34.59

6. Head Office Location – Calgary, AB: 210, 517 10th Avenue SW

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.