Regional Railway Inspector, Infrastructure

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Assessment accommodation

📌INSTRUCTIONS📌
You must submit a complete application, including a resume along with answering to the screening questions. It is your responsibility, as a candidate, to demonstrate clearly how you meet each of the essential and asset criteria for Education and Experience. Please note that it is not sufficient to simply state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must provide concrete examples with dates and duration as to when these experiences were gained for each experience criterion. The information provided during the application process must enable the Selection Board Members to understand HOW (clear explanation of duties), WHEN and for HOW LONG (date and length of time in months or years), and WHERE (employer and geographic location) the experience was acquired. Your answer should clearly identify your role and explain relevant responsibilities and/or actions that you took. Your resume may be used to confirm the information provided.

Asset qualifications may be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that your application and resume clearly indicate how you meet these qualifications. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or missing information. A lack of information may result in your application not being considered any further.

Please note that your capacity to communicate effectively may also be evaluated at all steps in the process.

Duties

Reporting to the Regional Surface Directorate, the Regional Railway Inspector monitors and promotes regulatory compliance of infrastructure under the Railway Safety Act (the Act). The inspector also carries out education and awareness activities, audits, and law enforcement actions.

📊 Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and conduct regulatory inspections;
- Write inspection reports and follow up on corrective measures;
- Analyze trends in concerns, non-compliances, and railway incidents;
- Conduct education and outreach activities to provide information on programs, regulations, and compliance to railway company employees and other stakeholders;
- Handle complaints and inquiries related to railway transportation;
-Take enforcement actions to address serious violations of the Act, regulations, rules, and related standards.

Work environment

🌈 EVERYONE IS WELCOME: Transport Canada (TC) is committed to building an inclusive workforce with a diversity of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds that represent Canada. If you would like to work in a dynamic team, are forward thinking and action oriented, enthusiastic about creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging, then TC is the place for you!

🌟Our Vision: A transportation system in Canada that is recognized worldwide as safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible.

🎯Our Mission: To serve the public interest through the promotion of a safe and secure, efficient and environmentally responsible transportation system in Canada.

➸ At Transport Canada, we work towards these objectives by:
- Proposing and updating policies, laws and regulations;
- Conducting inspections, enforcement activities and surveillance of the transportation industry’s equipment, operations and facilities; and
- Providing funding to organizations for projects that strengthen the transportation network, including safety improvement projects, technological innovations and green transportation initiatives.

➸ While we are not directly responsible for all aspects or modes of transportation, we play a key leadership role in ensuring that all parts of the transportation system across Canada work together effectively. We do so by collaborating with various groups including Indigenous people, industry, provincial and territorial governments and international partners.

Intent of the process

🎯We currently have an immediate need to staff one (1) position on an indeterminate basis.
This process may be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates which may be used to staff similar or identical positions for various tenures and with different language requirements and/or conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: 1

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)

🎓 EDUCATION
• High school diploma or an acceptable combination of studies, training, or relevant experience.

Degree equivalency

🧾 EXPERIENCE
• Significant experience* as a track inspector or supervisor** within a railway company, involved in the inspection and maintenance of railway tracks. Work experience may have been gained with a railway contractor or supplier.
• Experience in assessing the condition of railway tracks in accordance with North American standards.

*By "significant experience," we mean experience typically gained over a period of two (2) years.

** Person certified in accordance with Part I of the Rules Respecting Track Safety.

­➡️ KNOWLEDGE
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and inspection related to railway track design and maintenance.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

­➡️ KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
• Uphold integrity and respect – Act in an honest and consistent manner
• Thinking things through – Innovation through analysis and ideas
• Achieve results – Mobilize resources to accomplish priorities

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➡️ ABILITIES
• Ability to analyze situations to formulate recommendations.
• Ability to resolve issues in collaboration with various stakeholders and partners.
• Ability to monitor railway track maintenance programs to identify gaps and assess corrective measures.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

🎓 EDUCATION
• Postsecondary diploma in a field related to engineering.

Degree equivalency

🧾 EXPERIENCE
• Experience in a track supervision role within a railway in Canada.
• Significant experience*** in applying the Transport Canada Railway Safety Regulations.
• Experience in managing projects related to railway activities.
• Experience in risk assessment and trend or risk analysis.
• Experience in writing and presenting reports.

***By "significant experience," we mean diverse experience associated with carrying out a wide range of varied and complex activities typically gained over a period of two (2) years.

➡️ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
In support of achieving a diversified workforce, considerations may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following employment equity groups: Indigenous, person with disability, visible minorities and women.

🛠️ OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Be able to work outdoors in adverse weather conditions.
• Agree to and be able to work alone in remote locations.
• Agree to make physical efforts to climb onto railway structures or equipment, to board and disembark from them, sometimes in difficult-to-access areas with rough terrain, and be able to do so.
• Agree to and be able to travel within Quebec and across Canada as part of the duties.
• Agree to and be able to work overtime, including nights and weekends.

Conditions of employment

📍CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
• Security Clearance : Reliability
• Hold a valid provincial or territorial driver's license

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

⚙️ INFORMATION ⚙️

• Depending on the number of applicants, Transport Canada's needs or HR plans, volume management strategies (e.g. random selection, invocation of one or more assets, top-down approach) can be used to manage applications.

• Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent to applicants.

• Transport Canada will contact candidates once the screening process is completed.

• Candidates should ensure that their email address is on their application for correspondence and that it accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

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

• Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications and/or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

• Successful candidates must meet and maintain the conditions of employment throughout their employment.

• A variety of tools and methods may be used to provide accommodation to candidates. Throughout the process, a request has to be sent to the email below this poster in order for us to evaluate the request and take action.

• Candidates who wish to submit their application in a format other than on GC Jobs must contact the email listed at the bottom of this poster.

• Candidates who were educated outside of Canada, must have the certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. This will enable candidates to provide proof of Canadian equivalency when applying for a job in the public service. The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) assists persons who wish to obtain an assessment of their educational, professional, and occupational credentials by referring them to the appropriate organizations The CICIC can be contacted through its website at: http://www.cicdi.ca.

• Candidates are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice and are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

• To submit an application on-line, select the button "Apply Online".

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.

Contact information

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