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📢 How does this work?
Step 1: Read the entire advertisement. Want to join our team! Let us know you’re interested! Click “Apply online.”
Step 2: Tell us about you! Attach your resume and answer the screening questions in the online application.
Step 3: We will carefully review all of your qualifications. If your talent matches one of our immediate or upcoming opportunities we may contact you for further information or assessment.
Creating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued begins with self-declaration. Count yourself in and self-declare by identifying to which employment equity group(s) you belong to. In order to self-declare, please ensure to indicate this by checking off the appropriate box within the online application as part of the Employment Equity section.
Duties of this position may include (but are not limited to):
↪ Installing electronic equipment, wiring and components, instruments, apparatus and systems in the
laboratory or in the field.
↪ Providing technical advice on the maintenance, repair, evaluation, calibration, installation and/or inspection of electronic equipment.
↪ Assisting with technical investigations, trials and/or experiments on electronic systems and equipment.
↪ Submitting requests and cost estimates/comparisons for equipment, material and parts.
↪ Coordinating work with other team members.
The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government employers, offering over 70 types of civilian career opportunities. DND's role is to provide services and support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in their operations and missions at home and abroad. The civilian workforce is an essential part of the Defence Team. Your knowledge and expertise contribute to the overall mission.
What do we offer?
🍁 At DND we foster a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, learn, progress in their careers and have job satisfaction over the long-term. You’ll enjoy:
▪️ A career among a dynamic and dedicated team
▪️ Opportunities for advancement
▪️ A diverse, respectful and inclusive work environment
▪️ A total benefits package including a competitive salary, health and dental insurance plans, pension plan and a variety of leave entitlements
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✈ This position is located at 8 Wing/Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton. 8 Wing/CFB Trenton sits on the Bay of Quinte and is at the forefront of Canadian military airlift with its fleets of tactical and strategic transport aircraft. Daily flights to the four corners of the globe are routine for this wing, which is highly responsive to international events.
💻 Copy and paste these links into your search browser to learn more about 8 Wing/CFB Trenton:
https://www.canada.ca/en/air-force/corporate/wings/8-wing.html
https://cfmws.ca/trenton
The intent of this process is to fill one full-time indeterminate (permanent) position in Trenton, Ontario. The official location of the position (designated worksite) to be staffed is 8 Wing/CFB Trenton and requires full-time onsite attendance.
A pool of partially or essentially qualified candidates may be established through this process, and used to staff identical or similar positions with various employment tenures (temporary and permanent), security requirements, operational requirements, and conditions of employment at the Department of National Defence.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
❗ Essential qualifications are qualifications that you must meet in order to be considered for the position. This means that when you apply, your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience listed below.
EDUCATION
ED1. A secondary school diploma; and completion of an acceptable training program in electronics technology or the employer-approved alternative.
The employer-approved alternative is as follows:
• An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.
Note:
1. Normally, an acceptable training program in electronics technology involves the completion of two to three years of post-secondary study in this subject.
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EXPERIENCE
EX1. Experience with electrical and electronic theories of operation and characteristics of electronic systems, equipment, instrumentation, and components.
EX2. Experience in the electronics field, such as repairing, calibrating, or installing electronic systems or sub-systems.
EX3. Experience using electronic laboratory test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, and scalar/vector network analyzers.
EX4. Experience reading and understanding electrical drawings and schematics.
❗ Asset qualifications are qualifications that may be required for a position. If you possess any of the qualifications listed below, please clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualification in your application.
EDUCATION
AED1. Completion of an acceptable training program in electronics technology with specialization in communications, control, computer, robotics, or mechatronics.
AED2. Certified electronic technologist (CET).
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EXPERIENCE
AEX1. Experience using microscopes and magnifiers.
AEX2. Experience with through hole and surface mount technology soldering.
AEX3. Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting circuits.
AEX4. Experience with microprocessors and microcontrollers.
AEX5. Experience with programming languages, such as C, C++, Python, Assembly, etc.
AEX6. Experience with AutoCAD, OrCAD, PCB printer, Altium, or Diptrace.
*Experience gained in a learning environment will be accepted.
English essential
Information on language requirements
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COMPETENCIES
C1. Demonstrating integrity and respect
C2. Working effectively with others
C3. Showing initiative and being action oriented
C4. Thinking things through
C5. Communication
ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
The Department of National Defence is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive team that reflects Canada’s population. To achieve a representative workforce, selection may be based on qualified candidates self-declaring as belonging to one or more of the following EE designated groups: Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, women, and visible minorities. We encourage you to indicate if you belong to one or more of the designated groups when you apply.
Information on employment equity
▶ As means to support our military families, consideration may first be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.
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OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willing and able to perform physically demanding tasks including safely lifting and carry up to 40 kg, climbing ladders and structures, bending, stooping.
• Willing and able to work in cramped and awkward positions, where flexibility of movement is limited.
• Willing and able to utilize Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) and adopt Protective Health Measures (PHMs).
• Willing and able to work overtime on an occasional basis.
• Willing and able to attend employer directed training.
• Willing and able to travel, nationally and internationally.
Secret security clearance
• Strict adherence to the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics, Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, Directive on Conflict of Interest, and Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAOD) 7021-1, Conflict of Interest.
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
▶ Our organization will only accept online applications for this opportunity. Please click “Apply Online” to submit your application. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the GC Jobs online portal, you must contact us and receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.
▶ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
▶ A variety of assessment tools may be used. This may include application screening, interviews, role play scenarios, written assessments, reference checks, board knowledge, interactions with internal staff during the process, etc.
↪ Please note that your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, throughout the entire process may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.
▶ Top down selection may be used during any stage of the selection process.
↪ Please note that achieving the pass mark on any of the assessments used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use a score that is higher than the pass mark on any of the evaluations used throughout the selection process. Management may also decide to use top-down selection at any stage of the process.
▶ Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
↪ Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team;
↪ Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed;
↪ Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience;
↪ Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications;
↪ Organizational Needs.
▶ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants.
▶ Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this opportunity. Please click “Apply online” to submit your application. Should you have a disability or an exceptional circumstance that requires an alternative application method, please contact us for guidance.
▶ Applicants 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.
▶ If at any point in this process or upon qualifying in this process, your Values and Ethics do not align with that of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics and Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, you will be eliminated from further consideration in this process.
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.