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Duties
As an Asset Support Technician, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of water treatment and utility assets across the site. Working closely with the Asset Officer and Utility Shop, you will provide hands on technical support, monitoring, and reporting throughout the operational season.Your key duties will include:
•Water Quality Monitoring & Reporting
Monitor water quality at all treatment facilities, collect samples, and coordinate laboratory testing. Review sample results, identify trends or issues, and implement or recommend corrective actions as required.
•Facility & Equipment Oversight
Ensure all treatment facility equipment is in proper working order. Perform routine adjustments and operational checks to maintain optimal performance and address minor issues before they escalate.
•Legislative Maintenance Inspections & Safety Compliance
Conduct legislated maintenance and safety inspections in accordance with applicable regulations and standards to ensure ongoing compliance. This includes, but is not limited to, inspecting and monitoring fire extinguishers, eye wash stations, ladders, emergency lighting, and related safety equipment. Document inspection results, identify deficiencies, and follow up on corrective actions in collaboration with the appropriate teams.
•Seasonal & Year End Reporting
Compile and analyze water sampling results throughout the operational season. Prepare comprehensive year end water quality reports and submit them to the Asset Officer for distribution to stakeholders.
•Operational Feedback & Continuous Improvement
Evaluate system performance and provide informed feedback on operational effectiveness. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through emerging technologies, including developing cost estimates and clear breakdowns of potential benefits.
•Asset Maintenance & Repairs
Collaborate with the Utility Shop to support routine maintenance, equipment servicing, and repairs, following direction and priorities to ensure asset reliability and longevity.
•Project Support
Assist with small to medium sized projects as directed by the Asset Officer. Provide hands on support throughout project execution, including coordination, basic technical tasks, monitoring progress, and contributing to successful and timely completion.This role is ideal for someone who enjoys a mix of fieldwork, technical analysis, and collaboration, and who is motivated to contribute to the continuous improvement of essential infrastructure systems.
Work environment
🏆 Parks Canada is proud to be recognized by Forbes as one of Canada's Best Employers.Why work at Parks Canada?
⚖️Work-life balance: We prioritize your well-being with an organizational culture and policies that support a balanced lifestyle.
📚 Training and professional development: Our commitment to continuous learning ensures you can grow and advance in your career.
🌄 Beautiful work locations: With offices and sites in some of Canada's most breathtaking landscapes, your work environment may be as inspiring as the work itself.
↗️Transfer and promotion opportunities: We provide room for career growth, with opportunities to explore diverse roles within Parks Canada.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.
Intent of the process
Preference may be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, visible minority group members or persons with disabilities. As such, we encourage you to self-identify in your application.This process will be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels or linguistic profiles in same or other parts of the country.
Positions to be filled
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Important messages
We will accept on-line applications received via the Public Service Resourcing System (GCJobs site) or via email at rhugnec-mnsfuhr@pc.gc.ca. If you are applying by email: you will need to provide a cover letter outlining how you meet each of the education and the experience requirements listed under “You need (essential for the job)”. We can’t make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough. Instead, provide concrete and detailed examples that clearly explain where, when, and how you gained the experience. We’ll only use your résumé as a secondary source of information. If you don’t clearly demonstrate you have the required experience, we won’t ask for additional information and you may be screened out.For tips to navigate the application process step by step, refer to the following site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GW7P3g9hhICommunication for this process will be sent via email. Applicants MUST check their email accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. 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). Please note that we will have to consider that you are no longer interested in participating in the selection process and that you have withdrawn your candidacy should you not provide us with an up-to-date email address or respond to our communications.If at any point you are struggling with your application or have questions about what we are asking for, please reach out to one of the contacts listed at the bottom of this poster.
Conditions of employment
Reliability Status security clearance
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Possession of a valid class 5 Driver’s License
Operational Requirements
•Willingness to work and/or travel in varied terrain, weather conditions, isolated locations and by various means of transportation
•Willingness to work irregular hours, overtime, weekends and/or statutory holidays and provincial/territorial holidays, when required
•Willingness to obtain valid operator in training certificate and work to fully certified water treatment level 2 operator certification
•Willingness to wear a Parks Canada uniform and prescribed protective equipment
You need (essential for the job)
Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following
A secondary school diploma (successful completion of grade 12) OR an acceptable combination of education, training, and experience related to the position
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EXPERIENCE
•Experience in inspection of built assets to identify deficiencies or maintenance requirements
•Experience in managing the implementation of medium-sized projects including managing contracts, monitoring, reporting, and performance evaluation
•Experience using a variety of computer applications for data entry, data management and report writing (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, databases, Geographic Information Systems etc.)
Applied / assessed at a later date
KNOWLEDGE
•Knowledge of the principals, theories, techniques and practices associated with asset management and maintenance
•Knowledge of routine water and wastewater sampling and procedures
•Knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe work practices pertaining to asset management and operations
ABILITIES
•Ability to perform inspections and to write reports/ technical advice
•Ability to establish priorities, organize work and implement multiple projects with competing stakeholder interests
•Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues/problems
PERSONAL SUITABILITY
•Exercises sound judgement
•Communicates effectively
•Be a team player
•Takes responsibility
Language requirements (essential for the job)
Applied / assessed at a later date
English essential
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You may need (asset qualifications)
May be applied / assessed at a later date
•Experience operating a water treatment facility
Our commitment
We're committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please contact the hiring organization below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
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Equity, diversity and inclusion
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the population it serves. We promote employment equity and encourage you to self-declare if you belong to one of the designated employment equity groups when you apply.
Learn more about diversity and inclusion in the public service.
How to apply
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Information you must provide - Your résumé
- A cover letter - Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their cover letter how they meet the Education and Experience criteria listed in the You need (essential for the job) section. Applicants must list both of these factors in their cover letter, and then write one or two paragraphs for each demonstrating how they meet these factors by providing concrete examples. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that these factors are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the cover letter.
We'd like to thank all those who apply. However, only the people selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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