Senior Marine Engineering Project Officer

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Work environment

Regular office job not for you? Head for the excitement, freedom, and challenge of a career with the Canadian Coast Guard.

As the federal organization responsible Canada's civilian fleet, Canadian Coast Guard's role in exerting Canada's influence over its oceans and waterways cannot be overstated. Accessible, clean, safe and secure waters and coastlines are part of our heritage. Coast Guard responds to the on-water needs of our citizens and acts as a visible symbol of the Canadian identity from coast to coast.

As a Special Operating Agency of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the CCG helps DFO meet its responsibility to ensure safe and accessible waterways for Canadians. The CCG also plays a key role in ensuring the sustainable use and development of Canada's oceans and waterways.

Intent of the process

This inventory will be used to staff similar positions on a temporary basis (term, acting, assignment or secondment) with various language requirements (English Essential, English or French Essential, Bilingual Imperative, BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC) and various security requirements within the Department across Canada.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

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

EDUCATION:
A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
First Class Marine Engineering, Transport Canada Certificate of Competency or CCG Marine Electrical Certificate combined with a minimum of 5 years of experience working for CCG in a vessel Life Cycle Management related field (operational or technical)
OR
Second Class Marine Engineering, Transport Canada Certificate of Competency combined with a minimum of 10 years of experience working for CCG in a vessel Life Cycle Management related field (operational or technical)
OR
Third Class Marine Engineering, Transport Canada Certificate of Competency combined with a minimum of 15 years of experience working for CCG in a vessel Life Cycle Management related field (operational or technical)
OR
Extensive experience (10 years) in the procurement field with Public Works and Government Services Canada in the marine sector.

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

EXPERIENCE:
Experience as a contracting authority OR as a technical authority OR as a Marine Engineer onboard of a heavy Icebreaker Vessel (Type T1300).

Experience as a contracting authority OR as a technical authority OR as a Marine Engineer onboard of a medium Icebreaker Vessel (Type T1200).

Experience as a contracting authority OR as a technical authority OR as a Marine Engineer onboard of a multitasked Vessels (Type T1100 & T1000).

Experience as a contracting authority OR as a technical authority OR as a Marine Engineer onboard of a Science Vessel.

Experience as a contracting authority OR as a technical authority OR as a Marine Engineer onboard of a Search and Rescue Vessels (cutter of 47 feet).

Experience as a contracting authority OR as a technical authority OR as a Marine Engineer onboard of a Patrol Vessels.

Experience as a contracting authority OR as a technical authority OR as a Marine Engineer onboard of an air cushion vehicle.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Be willing and able to work overtime to meet operational requirements.

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

Various language requirements
This inventory will be used to staff similar positions with various language requirements (English Essential, English or French Essential, Bilingual Imperative, BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC).

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

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
Values and ethics
Engagement

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

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Various requirements.
This factor is not used at the pre-selection stage. The Department is responsible for the security clearance process.

Be willing and able to travel within Canada and abroad.

Be willing and able to go to sea in ships under trial.

Other information

Random selection may be used to identify which applicants will be assessed in this appointment process.

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

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/

IMPORTANT: You must complete the prescreening questionnaire. In this questionnaire, you must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. The curriculum vitae will be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the prescreening questionnaire.

Please note that the information provided may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential or asset qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly. Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process.

All information must be provided on-line. Do not fax or mail in hard copy documents as these will not be accepted.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.