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🚩Isolated Post Allowance: approximately additional $7.73 to $12.88 per hour
🚩Vacation Travel Assistance: approximately $1,438.50/year prorated to length of contract per employee and eligible dependents, including spouse/common-law partner.
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As part of our dynamic skilled and semi-skilled maintenance team in Dawson, you will be working on national historic sites located in and around Dawson, YT.
The work will include performing skilled carpentry work on heritage and contemporary assets including new construction, restoration and rehabilitation, inspecting and reporting on facility defects, creating and coordinating work schedules with work of other trades, providing leadership on jobsite, developing budget estimates and authorizing payments; procuring materials, and maintaining records.
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 SS Klondike National Historic Site in Whitehorse, to the fabled Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site, to Canada's largest ice field and extreme peaks in Kluane National Park and Reserve, extending to the colourful 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!
The intent of this process is to hire one (1) full-time term position from May 2025 to November 2025.
This process may be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels or linguistic requirements in same or other parts of the country.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
Contact information for 3 references.
EDUCATION
► Successful completion of a post-secondary program relevant to the position OR an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.
OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
► Journeyman Carpenter Certificate
EXPERIENCE
► Significant* experience working as a carpenter;
► Experience with building maintenance and construction techniques used in historic and contemporary assets;
► Experience with the tools, equipment and materials used in the building trades;
► Experience with health and safety practices.
*Significate experience is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally acquired by performing a broad range of various, complex related activities over a period of approximately three (3) years.
English essential
Information on language requirements
KNOWLEDGE
► Knowledge of building maintenance and construction techniques within 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 related 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;
► Ability to demonstrate a culture of health and safety (OHS) and inclusivity.
CORE COMPETENCIES
► Inclusiveness;
► Personally connects with people;
► Integrity and respect;
► Communicates effectively (written and oral);
► Exercises sound judgment.
The "Core Competencies" listed above will form the foundation of the assessment process - you will be screened based on the responses to the experience questions; you will be assessed during the interview phase on how you demonstrate these core competencies; and, we may use the core competencies to confirm references.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
► Experience in the inspection, repairing and maintenance of heritage structures;
► Experience working or living in a northern or isolated community.
► Reliability Status security clearance;
► Possess and maintain a valid Yukon class 5 driver's license or equivalent;
► Successfully pass and maintain pre-employment Occupational Health Assessment and periodic medical checks
OPERATIONAL REQUIRMENTS
► Willingness to wear a Parks Canada uniform as per the Parks Canada uniform policy and prescribed protective equipment;
► Use appropriate safety equipment and protective equipment at all times in the performance of duties;
► 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;
► Successfully complete safety courses and training, as 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
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, Indigenous 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.
● Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.
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.
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.
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.