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CANDIDATES WITH FOREIGN CREDENTIALS:

If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian educational standards. This will enable you to provide proof of Canadian equivalency when applying for a job in the public service. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (cicic.ca).

Duties

The intent of this process is to staff three (3) positions. Working in the Rail Safety and Security Directorate at Transport Canada, Railway Engineers are responsible for monitoring railways to promote compliance with acts and regulations as well as working with railways and Transport Canada railway inspectors in identifying and reducing risks.

To learn more about the work of railway inspectors, check out this video: https://tc.canada.ca/en/operations-equipment-inspections

What you will be doing:

Transport Canada directly contributes to the safety and security of Canadians on a daily basis. Rail Safety and Security is responsible for strengthening the regulatory framework and overseeing the administration of regulations to support the safe and secure conduct of all railway activities under the federal umbrella. As part of the Railway Engineering team of Rail Safety and Security in Head Quarters-Ottawa, you will work with Engineers involved in every aspect of rail transportation, including the equipment, infrastructure, and any new innovative Engineering fields on the horizon. As a Rail Safety and Security team member, you will interface with key stakeholders including, Transportation Practitioners, members of the Transportation Association of Canada, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, railway industry leaders like Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Canadian National Railway (CN), VIA Rail and our engage with our American counterpart, The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

As a Rail Safety and Security engineer you will play a direct role in advancing safety on the rail transportation system in Canada and will work first hand on engineering recommendations and technical advisory material that creates the basis upon which rail safety is improved. As a Rail Safety and Security Engineer in the Ottawa office, you will play an important role in the development and dissemination of direction and expert advice to teams of Engineers in the five regions that deliver its mandate to improve safety of the rail network. Rail Safety and Security has hands-on Engineers in British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. In addition, the Engineers in the regions also perform inspection duties to keep a pulse on safety performance of the Canadian rail network.

While working with the industry to establish and maintain safety standards, you will have the opportunity to be an integral part of the evolution of Canada’s transportation system. The meaningful work you conduct would have a direct, tangible impact for Canadians.

Work environment

The reporting location for this position is at 427 Laurier West Street, Ottawa. This position occasionally requires to travel locally, regionally, and sometimes nationally to conduct inspections and training. Duties will be performed in an office environment as well as various indoor and outdoor environments such as railway sites or yards.

Office attendance of a minimum of three days per week required in accordance with latest TBS policy, and subject to change: Direction on prescribed presence in the workplace

Although the positions are located in the NCR, applications from individuals in different regions, who are prepared to spend 3 days per week at a specified Transport Canada office in their respective region, will be considered.

Intent of the process

Three (3) indeterminate positions will be staffed as a result of this selection process.

A qualified pool may be established and used to staff this or other similar positions with various tenures or language profiles within Transport Canada.

Candidates will only be assessed once as part of this process if their application is screened in for further consideration.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

❗ You must demonstrate your education, experience, and asset qualifications (if applicable) by answering screening questions within the application and providing supporting information in your résumé. The information and examples you provide must be concrete and with details (e.g. when, where, and how) to demonstrate how you meet the qualifications. It is not sufficient to only state that you meet a qualification or provide a listing of your current or past responsibilities. Failure to provide the required information may result in your application being screened out.
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EDUCATION:
ED: Graduation with a degree from a recognized university in either civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

Occupational Certification:
Education which meets the requirements for eligibility for certification as a professional engineer in Canada (please see note 1).

Note 1: “Eligibility for certification as a Professional Engineer” means candidates must demonstrate he or she is eligible for the certification.

Note 2: Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. For additional information, please consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/indexe.stm

Degree equivalency

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

EXPERIENCE:
AEX1: Experience in the development or oversight of regulations or standards.
AEX2: Experience in applying rules, standards, regulations, guidelines, processes, or procedures in engineering work, or performing engineering work, related to railway operations.
AEX3: Experience with the design, inspection, maintenance, construction, or management of bridge infrastructure.
AEX4: Experience in drainage management, and/or hydrogeological assessment.
AEX5: Engineering experience related to the design, construction, evaluation, maintenance, or alteration of railway works.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
OR1: Physical Environment: this position may require on occasion, physical effort to climb railway structures, equipment, or facilities on sites where the access is difficult, and the terrain is rugged.
OR2: Ability and willingness to travel at short notice by all modes of transportation.
OR3: Ability and willingness to work overtime when necessary.

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

Various language requirements
(English essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES
CO1: Collaboration with partners and stakeholders
CO2: Analytical thinking
CO3: Values and ethics
CO4: Judgement

ABILITIES:
A1: Ability to synthesize technical documents, interpret the results and present them to management.
A2: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A3: Ability to communicate effectively orally.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Organizational Needs:
Qualified candidates who self-declare as members of Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of racialized communities and/or women may be selected for appointment first, to fulfill organizational needs. In addition, this organizational need may be invoked at any stage of the selection process.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Possession of a valid provincial driver’s license or territorial driver’s license to operate a motor vehicle.

Other information

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

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

A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

The asset qualifications contained in the Statement of Merit Criteria may be used as a screening tool.

A random and/or top-down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Your responses to the screening questions will be used as the primary source in determining whether you meet the screening requirements. If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.

For this selection process, we will communicate with applicants by e-mail. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Applicants are responsible for ensuring all information provided on their application is accurate and up to date at the time of application.

The positions are based in the National Capital Region (NCR) located in Ottawa, ON. Results of this staffing process may be used for similar positions in TC Regional Offices.

Preference

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.