Asset Manager III (Engineer)

Department Name: Parks Canada
Locations: Different locations: Southwest Ontario Field Unit, Kitchener, Ontario / Northern Ontario Field Unit, Thunder Bay, Ontario / Southern New Brunswick Field Unit, Alma, New Brunswick / Mainland Nova-Scotia Field Unit, Halifax, Nova-Scotia / Prince-Edward-Island Field Unit, Prince-Edward-Island.
Classification: PM - 06
Salary: $79,326 to $90,700
Closing Date: December 1, 2006 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: CAP06J-001473-000059
Selection Process Number: 2006-DGE-I-RM-OC-0019
Employment Tenure: These are permanent positions.
Vacancies: 5

Website: For further information on the department, please visit Parks Canada

Who Can Apply:

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• Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad

Citizenship

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Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.

Language Proficiency

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Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.

English essential

Education

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Graduation with a degree from a recognized university in Civil Engineering or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.
NOTA: YOU MUST SEND A COPY OF YOUR DIPLOMAS WITH YOUR RÉSUMÉ.

Occupational Certification

• Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.
  • Certification as a professional Engineer in Canada. NOTA: YOU MUST SEND A COPY OF YOUR ENGINEER CERTIFICATION WITH YOUR RÉSUMÉ.

Experience

Experience in planning and managing projects for life cycle management of assets, and managing human and financial resources.

Experience in the procurement of consultant and construction services in relation to built works.

Experience in dealing with different levels of government and the private sector.

Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams.

Experience in providing professional engineering expertise, advice and guidance.

Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment

• Organizational Needs which may apply for this position.
  • Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity group: Persons in a visible minority group
• OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  - Possess a valid driver's license (all locations).
  - Willingness to travel (all locations).
  - Work or travel in a variety of terrains and degrees of isolation for various periods of time in all weather conditions (all locations).
  
  For the position located in Thunder Bay only: travel by various means of transportation such as fixed wing aircrafts, helicopters and boats.
  
  For the position located in Charlottetown only: willingness to wear a Parks Canada uniform.
  
  CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
  - Reliability status

Statement of Merit Criteria

Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.

Work Environment

The Parks Canada Agency was founded on April 1, 1999 with the status of separate employer within the Canadian public service. It has thus been endowed with its own system of human resources management, which fully complies with the values of equity, competence and respect. Persons appointed or hired by the Agency are members of the Public Service.

Challenge

Manages the development and delivery of an asset management program, operations and services for the maintenance and improvement of Parks Canada assets in a Field Unit/Park/Site characterized by program, operational and engineering challenges strategic and high in complexity and scope or provides strategic functional direction to more than one Field Unit or Sites within a Field Unit and manages high complexity capital projects.

Additional Requirements / Comments

• These positions are based on Existing Resources.
• Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service will have to pay for their own travel and relocation expenses.
• If you are interested, and meet the screening criteria, you are invited to forward your résumé, by December 1st, 2006, to: Parks Canada Agency , Marie-Claude Beaulieu, Human Resources Assistant, Phone: (418) 649-6022, Fax: (418) 648-5167, E-mail: marie-claude.beaulieu@pc.gc.ca or by mail at this address: Parks Canada Agency, 3, Passage du Chien-d'Or, C.P. 6060, Haute-Ville, Québec (Québec) G1R 4V7.

Information to be provided:

When you apply, you must provide the following information or your application will be rejected:

• Your resumé.
• You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure

Important Messages

Parks Canada Agency is committed to the values of competence, respect and fairness in its staffing practices and to effective communications with employees about opportunities in the workplace. It is also committed to having a skilled, diversified workforce reflective of Canadian society, an equitable representation of women, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group as well as reasonable accommodation of special needs. The Parks Canada Agency is established as a separate employer in the Federal Public Service under the Public Service Staff Relations Act. Persons appointed to the Agency continue to be part of the Public Service. The Parks Canada Agency operates under its own human resources framework outside of the Public Service Employment Act and in line with values of fairness, competence and respect, and its operating principles. In accordance with paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Privacy Act, information or material, whether provided directly by the candidate or otherwise obtained by the selection board, used during the selection process for the purpose of assessing a candidate may be used as part of the selection review and recourse processes. Such relevant information may be provided to third parties, such as other candidates or their representatives, who have a legitimate reason to be aware of that information.

Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.

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

Questions regarding travel and relocation.

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.