Driver/Operator – Road Maintenance II & Vacuum Truck Driver/Operator

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Assessment accommodation

📢The next pull of applications for this competition will be pulled on November 24th, 2024 - 23:59, Pacific Time. Subsequent applications will be pulled if and when required.📢

📌Management can decide to access applications at any point so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible!

📌For tips to navigate the application process step by step, refer to the following site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GW7P3g9hhI.

📌Tips for applicants:
• Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience.
• Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided.
• Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.
• Written communication may be assessed through your pre-screening questionnaire responses and your resume.

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📌Persons who are unable to apply on-line must contact the person listed below prior to the closing date.

📌Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates must include in their application a valid email address and ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that any changes to their personal information be provided to the email address indicated on this job advertisement.

Duties

Day in the Life (Stream 1 - Vacuum Truck Driver/Operator): Operation of vacuum truck to conduct routine maintenance of sanitary sewer system, various outhouses and the storm sewer system.

Day in the Life (Stream 2 - Road Maintenance II): Conducts highway/road/street maintenance operating various heavy-duty equipment such as Vac-truck, Dump truck, Backhoe, and roadside mowers. The candidate is required to have a Class 3 License with an air brake endorsement. This position is also involved with ancillary maintenance and labor services for the park such as garbage and recycling, sewage disposal and organic material disposal.

Work environment

🏞️ Parks Canada is a federal government agency responsible for the protection and presentation of Canada’s outstanding natural and cultural resources through a system of national parks, national marine conservation areas and national historic sites in all regions of Canada.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values. Diverse teams bring different perspectives and creative ideas that benefit our clients, the communities we serve and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from individuals with diverse abilities and from all backgrounds and identities.

Intent of the process

📣The intent of this process is to fill one year-long full-time term position and one seasonal position (approximately May to October annually).

A qualifying list will be established and may be used to fill similar positions of various tenures (indeterminate, seasonal, temporary, full-time, part-time) and various locations within the Coastal BC Field Unit.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

✅OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:
• Must be in possession of and maintain a valid British Columbia Class 3 license (with air brake endorsement)

💼EXPERIENCE:
• *Recent experience in the operation and maintenance of various light, medium and heavy-duty equipment.

*Recent and significant is defined as experience acquired over a period of approximately five (5) years within approximately the past ten (10) years.

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

💼 ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
• *Recent experience in the operation and maintenance of various light, medium and heavy-duty equipment

*Recent and significant is defined as experience acquired over a period of approximately five (5) years within approximately the past ten (10) years.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

📚KNOWLEDGE:
• Knowledge of the operations and maintenance of a medium to heavy-duty Vacuum truck;
• Knowledge of light, medium and heavy equipment maintenance;
• Knowledge of parking lot and highway sign maintenance and repair;
• Knowledge of safety measures and safety regulations common to work sites.

📝ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
• Do you have *recent and significant experience in the operations of a medium to heavy duty Vacuum truck? Please describe with concrete examples, the nature and scope of your experience.

*Recent and significant is defined as experience acquired over a period of approximately five (5) years within approximately the past ten (10) years.

💡ABILITIES:
• Ability to communicate orally;
• Ability to operate light, medium and heavy equipment including but not limited to chainsaws, brush cutters, hand tools, and line painters etc;
• Ability to perform general labour tasks as they relate to roads and grounds maintenance (bucking downed trees, inspecting culverts and signs, etc.);
• Ability to work independently or part of a team.

⭐PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:
• Effective interpersonal skills;
• Sound judgement;
• Dependability;
• Initiative;
• Willingness to learn.

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

📁 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Willingness to wear a Parks Canada uniform and prescribed protective equipment
• May be required to undergo and pass pre-placement and periodic medical checks
• Willingness to work irregular hours, shift work, on standby, weekends, overtime and/or statutory holidays and provincial/territorial holidays, when required
• Willingness to work and/or travel in varied terrain, weather conditions, isolated locations and by various means of transportation (i.e., to travel to work over roads closed to the public)
• Must be able to lift to 50lbs (22.5kg)
• Must be willing to operate all equipment within the environmental restrictions used in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Conditions of employment

• Obtain and maintain Reliability Status security clearance
• Must be in possession of and maintain a valid British Columbia Class 3 (with air brake endorsement)

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

📌For tips to navigate the application process step by step, refer to the following site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GW7P3g9hhI.

📌Parks Canada is committed to the principles of diversity and employment equity under the Employment Equity Act, and strives to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse nature of Canadian society. We encourage women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of a visible minority group to self-identify in their application.

📌Please submit your completed application, including all of the above-mentioned documentation. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

📌The Parks Canada Agency is established as a separate employer in the Federal Public Service under the Financial Administration 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.

📌Tips for applicants:
• Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience.
• Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each Experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided.
• 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.

📌Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

📌Travel cost for individuals who are not Federal Public Servants will not be covered.

📌PLEASE NOTE:
Housing accommodations are not provided.

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

Contact information

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