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👉 Isolated Post Allowance: approximately $6,172/year to $10,272/year prorated to length of contract
👉 Vacation Travel Assistance: approximately $1,325 /year/person prorated to length of contract per employee & eligible dependents, including spouse/common-law partner.
As part of our dynamic and skilled carpentry team in Whitehorse, you will be working on the SS Klondike and Chilkoot National Historic Sites.
You will be performing skilled carpentry work on historic and contemporary assets. This work would include foundation upgrades, roof upgrades , inspecting facilities for defects and working with a multi-disciplinary team to repair and maintain our heritage and modern structures. As a carpenter, you will have the opportunity to lead different projects in collaboration with the Carpentry Supervisor.
In this position you may be required to work outside in sometimes challenging weather conditions in remote backcountry environments.
The Yukon Field Unit is one of the most diverse field units across the country.
Geographically dispersed over 1200km across the Yukon, northern BC, and into Alaska, we offer a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors and staff. Our sites offer diverse and varied opportunities to explore Yukon’s beautiful landscape – from the glorious S.S. Klondike National Historic Site in Whitehorse to the fabled Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site in northern British Columbia, to Canada’s largest ice field and extreme peaks in Kluane National Park and Reserve, extending to the colorful Klondike National Historic Sites in Dawson, to Vuntut National Park located above the Arctic Circle.
Our Field Unit staff are truly outstanding and remarkable; over 90% of them feel their job is a good fit with their skills and interests, understand how their job contributes to larger agency goals and objectives, and truly enjoy their work.
As a Field Unit, 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.
We welcome you to be part of our fantastic team!
We are looking to hire a Carpenter for a 12-month term from April 2024 To March 2025.
This process may 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: 1
Your résumé.
Contact information for 2 references.
EDUCATION:
Successful completion of a post-secondary program relevant to the position OR an acceptable combination of education, training, and experience.
OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE :
• Journeyman Carpenter Certificate
EXPERIENCE
• Experience in the safe and appropriate use and maintenance of power, hand tools and construction equipment used in the building trades
• Experience in the inspection, repairing and maintenance of heritage and modern structures
• Recent*experience working as a carpenter
Recent is defined as * Minimum 3 years experience working as journeyman carpenter within the last 5 years
KNOWLEDGE
• Knowledge of building maintenance and construction techniques in historic and contemporary assets
• Knowledge of tools, equipment and materials used in the building trades
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety legislation, as they relate to the employee and employer, and able to demonstrate a culture of safety in the work environment
ABILITIES
• Ability to use, inspect, and maintain a wide range of shop tools associated with carpentry
• Ability to review and interpret conceptual building/construction plans
• Ability to work independently, plan, assess and adjust varied priorities
• Ability to work as a team and provide leadership on the jobsite
• Ability to estimate materials, costs and tools required to plan and execute a project
PERSONAL SUITABILITY
• Inclusiveness
• Personally connects with people
• Demonstrates integrity
• Communicates effectively
• Exercises sound judgement
This position requires the incumbent to:
• Wear a Parks Canada uniform
• Work weekends, shift work and irregular hours as required, with advance notice
• Use appropriate safety equipment and protective equipment at all times in the performance of duties
• May be required to perform heavy lifting as well as working in cramped and awkward positions
English essential
Information on language requirements
• Reliability Status security clearance
• Possess and maintain a valid class 5 Drivers’ Licence
• Successfully complete safety courses and training, as required (e.g.: Standard First Aid, Fall Arrest, WHMIS, CLC training, etc.)
• Undergo and pass pre-placement and periodic medical checks (when position is located in an area classed as isolated and remote, a pre-employment medical examination of an individual and his/her dependants may be required)
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
Your personal suitability and your ability to communicate in writing may be assessed throughout the process, including but not limited to your responses to the screening questions or your résumé.
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.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
Successful candidates who are hired from this process will not be relocated or considered to be on travel status, and will be expected to report for work at Whitehorse, YT at their own expense.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.