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The Engineer Recruit position will work together with the Yukon’s Northern Contaminated Sites team on the remediation of contaminated sites in Yukon’s portfolio. The team works on the following sites: United Keno Hill Mines, Mount Nansen, Clinton Creek, Ketza River, Arctic Gold and Silver Mill and Tailings, Venus Mill and Tailings and several smaller Waste Management sites identified through the Devolution Transfer Agreement.
The Yukon’s Northern Contaminated Sites team consists of 19 people. The team has a strong technical focus with 15 engineering and environmental science positions.
The expected focus of the successful candidates will be split between assisting all project teams with general program administration and advancing the remediation at the United Keno Hill Mines, Mount Nansen, Clinton Creek and Ketza River sites by providing specific day-to-day project management support to those teams. The management team will evaluate the distribution of projects once these positions are filled based on all team members skill set, experience, history, interest and career development needs.
The main duties of the position are:
✔️ Assist in the implementation of an agreement with a private company for the remediation of the United Keno Hill Mines and Mount Nansen sites.
✔️ Assist team with day-to-day project management tracking for the United Keno Hill Mines, Mount Nansen, Clinton Creek and Ketza River projects.
✔️ Conduct technical research and present finding to teams as requested.
✔️ Conduct analyses, both technical and financial, for project teams as requested.
✔️ Liaise with Northern Abandoned Mines Reclamation Program officials in the National Capital Region and coordinate Yukon’s responses to their inquiries and requests.
CIRNAC provides you with the tools you need to develop valuable skills that will promote your future success, with opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels.
The Federal Public Service has adopted a common hybrid work model that will see employees work on site at least 3 days each week, or 60% of their regular schedule. A part-time telework agreement may be discussed and implemented at the time of hiring in accordance with the operational needs of the positions to be filled.
The Federal Public Service offers competitive rates of pay, benefits, pension packages and flexible work schedules that promote work-life balance.
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📢 The immediate intent of the process is to staff indeterminately two positions at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established, which could be used to staff temporary, and/or permanent positions, with similar qualifications, various linguistic profiles, various security requirements, and/or various tenures at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, within the Yukon Region. Conditions of employment may vary according to the positions to be staffed.
Positions are located in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. If not already a resident in Whitehorse, YT, the selected candidate will have to relocate to Whitehorse. The remote work is not possible.
⚠️ Candidate information will not be shared with federal departments outside Yukon to fill vacancies elsewhere across Canada.
Positions to be filled: 2
Your résumé.
👉 The following criteria will be assessed using your resume and the online screening questions. Your resume alone is not sufficient; the assessment of the criteria mentioned below is based primarily on your answers to the online questions. To be selected, you must imperatively demonstrate when, where and how you acquired each of the qualifications by giving concrete examples.
EDUCATION
• Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, aeronautical engineering, geological engineering, naval architecture or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.
Note: The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.
📢 If you were educated outside of Canada, you must provide proof of your certificates and/or diplomas are comparable to Canadian education standards. This proof is essential for candidates who will be qualified for this process. Consult the link below for more information.
EXPERIENCE
• Experience with engineering or construction documents
• Experience in project or program management
👉 The following criteria will be assessed using your resume and online screening questions. They are asset qualifications; preference could be given to those who meet them.
ASSET EXPERIENCE
• Experience in assessing or remediating contaminated sites.
• Experience in engineering (planning, design, and/or construction) projects.
• Experience with northern engineering design principles and constraints
• Experience in mining projects and/or mine reclamation projects
• Experience in environmental assessment, permitting or regulatory processes
• Experience working with Indigenous communities
English essential
Information on language requirements
ABILITIES
Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently
Ability to make recommendations
Ability to interpret and apply policy or legislation
Ability to communicate effectively orally
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
PERSONAL SUITABILITY
• Tact
• Teamwork
• Judgement
• Dependability
ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is committed in having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population it serves. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, preference may be given to candidates who, at the time of application, indicate that they are belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups (self-declaration): Indigenous peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (may be requested, upon taking up the position)
• Willingness and ability to travel to remote communities and to areas outside of the Yukon.
• Willingness to work overtime.
👉 The following conditions must also be met on taking up the position and maintained throughout the employment.
• Reliability Status security clearance.
• Health Canada Medical Clearance: The incumbent and their dependents* must obtain Health Canada medical clearance in accordance with the Isolated Post and Government Housing Directive.
*This includes incumbent’s spouse or common-law partner and children.
• Possession of a valid driver’s licence
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. Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence to answer questions at any stage of this process is strictly prohibited. If such use were proven, you would automatically be eliminated from the process.
2. You will be required to complete an online questionnaire when you apply. You must respond to all statements in all categories in order to proceed to the next steps. You must indicate "NO" if you do not have experience in performing a task related to a specific field.
3. All applications must be submitted online through GC Jobs. Do not email or mail any applications, unless you are a person employed in the Government of Yukon, as it may be declined unless there is a major issue. No acknowledgement of receipt will be sent for your request. We will contact you as soon as the screening process is completed.
4. 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.
5. Candidates are strongly encouraged to indicate if they meet any of the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that one, some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at any stage of the staffing process.
6. Communication for this process will be sent via email. 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). If your primary communication email address changes during the process, it is your responsibility to update your contact information in GC Jobs application, as well as to inform the Hiring Manager of the process by contacting the generic address:
7. Online assessments may be scheduled, and applicants will be invited to participate in these assessments via email. Applicants MUST make themselves available within the time span of the testing phase. The written/online exam MAY be administered outside of regular working hours including evenings and weekends.
8. Applicants are entitled to participate in the staffing process in the official language of their choice and are required to indicate their preferred official language in their application profile.
9. The GC Jobs system will time out after 60 minutes which may result in your inability to save your work or loss of data. It is recommended that you draft all responses as well as your CV/résumé in another document on your PC that can be saved (e.g., in MS Word or WordPerfect) and copy/paste into the GC Jobs system when completed. CIRNAC is not responsible for system problems, which may result in loss or data and/or incomplete or non-submitted applications.
10. CIRNAC 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 CIRNAC 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.
11. Depending on the number of applicants, CIRNAC needs and HR plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, application of one (1) or more assets, top-down approach, and/or cut-off scores MAY be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.
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.