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✅ Step 3: We will carefully review all your qualifications. If your talent matches one of our immediate or upcoming opportunities, we may contact you for further information or assessment.
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Are you ready to take on a dynamic and hands-on role that supports Canada’s naval operations? Our Technical Inspectors are at the forefront of ensuring excellence and reliability in the maintenance and repair of Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) ships and equipment.
As a Technical Inspector, you’ll serve as the Government of Canada’s trusted technical representative, working directly with contractors at commercial, private, and Crown-owned shipyards. You’ll oversee and manage production activities related to repairs, upgrades, and in-service support for RCN vessels and systems.This role offers exciting challenges in a variety of technical domains, including mechanical, electrical, naval architecture, and combat systems.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Conducting quality assurance inspections to ensure the highest standards.
• Monitoring repair progress and overseeing system activations and operations.
• Evaluating maintenance and repair schemes for compliance with contracts and regulations.
• Ensuring safety, integrity, and conformity of delivered materials.
• Providing expert oversight on design changes and technical modifications.
If you’re passionate about making a tangible impact and ensuring the safety and efficiency of Canada’s naval fleet, this opportunity is perfect for you.
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
The intent of this process is to fill 1 (one) TI-06 bilingual imperative (BBB/BBB) position on an indeterminate basis in Lévis, Quebec.
This position requires a full-time on-site presence.
This process may also be used to fill future positions in the following locations:
• Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Esquimalt, BC
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), language profiles, 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.
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EDUCATION:
EDU1. A postsecondary diploma from a program of at least two (2) years from a recognized technological institute with a specialization in a technical or scientific field (electrical engineering, electronics, aerospace or marine engineering or naval architecture or mechanical or industrial engineering technology; or other technological / manufacturing field deemed pertinent).
OR
An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience in a technological / manufacturing field deemed relevant.
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EXPERIENCE:
EX1. Significant* experience inspecting, monitoring and evaluating ship construction, refit, repair or life extension work to ensure compliance to contractual terms.
EX2. Significant* experience reviewing, assessing and implementing inspection plans, ship system reactivations for the construction, refit, repair or life extension of ships respective to mechanical, electrical, communication, metallurgy, ship structure or combat systems.
EX3. Significant* experience in marine construction, repairs, operation, inspection or quality assurance respective to mechanical, electrical, communication, metallurgy, ship structure, combat systems, industrial technology field or another technical field related to Ship maintenance.
*Significant experience will be assessed in terms of the depth and breadth of activities, the complexity and diversity of work handled, as well as the level of autonomy demonstrated.
Such experience is that which is normally obtained over a period of approximately 2 years.
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ASSET EXPERIENCE:
AEX1. Experience working with ISO 9001:2015 to ensure compliance with industry best practices and continuous improvement in operational processes.
AEX2. Experience conducting audits.
Various language requirements
English Essential, Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB)
Information on language requirements
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COMPETENCIES:
C1. Demonstrating integrity and respect
C2. Thinking things through
C3. Working effectively with others
C4. Showing initiative and being action-oriented
C5. Communication
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ABILITIES:
A1. Ability to analyze contracts, specifications, and drawings to identify risks, investigate issues, and recommend corrective actions in collaboration with management.
A2. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
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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 designated groups: Indigenous Peoples, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and women.
We encourage you to indicate if you belong to any of the designated groups when you apply.
Information on employment equity
As means to support our military families and linked with the Department of National Defence priorities, 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:
OR1. Willingness and ability to work overtime on statutory holidays, weekends, and evenings.
OR2. Willingness and ability to travel within Canada and abroad, on short notice.
Secret security clearance
One or more of the following conditions of employment may be required, depending on the position being staffed. Additional conditions of employment could also be required, not listed below. The complete list of conditions of employment will be communicated to candidates at the time of consideration for appointment for each position being staffed.
COE2. Possess a valid Class 5 (G) driver's license or equivalent.
COE3. 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.
COE4. Obtain and maintain a Health Canada medical evaluation.
COE5. Willingness and ability to work on board ships in dry dock, alongside or in motion, etc. (approximately 25%-50% of the work day)
COE6. Willingness and ability to walk, stand and bend for considerable amount of time; climb to height using scaffolding or upright ladders; and crawl into dark, tight and/or confined spaces - such as tanks, cofferdams, void spaces or ship’s bilges - to meet with staff, contractors and conducting investigations.
COE7. Willingness and ability to wear protective clothing and be exposed to regular plant hazards such as but not limited to: radiation and nuclear material, volatile fumes, operating machinery, vehicular traffic, noise, fumes, heat cold and/or any weather conditions.
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
▶ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
▶ Our organization will only accept on-line 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.
▶ 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.
▶ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants. Your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.
▶ To ensure the integrity of the selection process, the content and questions of the assessment must remain confidential. Please do not discuss or share the assessment content with anyone, including other candidates. You must complete the assessment, including screening questions, by yourself, without the help of others, including the use of unapproved internet resources and artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT or any other forms of artificial intelligence). Plagiarism and the use of artificial intelligence is strictly prohibited throughout the entire process and suspected non-compliance will be investigated. Any violation may result in potential consequences which could include your elimination from this selection process.
▶ 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. (Copy and paste these links in your browser for more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/defence-ethics/policies-publications/code-value-ethics.html AND https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=25049)
▶ Depending on the position being staffed:
↪ Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required
↪ Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential
↪ Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential qualifications
↪ You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed
▶ 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.
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.