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When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.
📢 How does this work?
Step 1: Read the entire advertisement. Want to join our team! Let us know you’re interested! Click “Apply online.”
Step 2: Tell us about you! Attach your resume and answer the screening questions in the online application.
Step 3: We will carefully review all of your qualifications. If your talent matches one of our immediate or upcoming opportunities we may contact you for further information or assessment.
Creating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued begins with self-declaration. Count yourself in and self-declare by identifying to which employment equity group(s) you belong to. In order to self-declare, please ensure to indicate this by checking off the appropriate box within the online application as part of the Employment Equity section.
📢 The first applications could be collected from the inventory as early as June 16, 2025. Apply before this date to be considered for our immediate vacancies.
As an EGS tech, you will be employed to:
• Install, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair mobile electrical generators and associated control equipment (10%) – This includes weekly preventative maintenance (PM) checks, monthly maintenance checks, semi-annual maintenance checks, annual maintenance checks, and quinquennial (5-year) maintenance checks on trailer-mounted, containerized, and construction site portable generator sets.
• Install, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair power plant electrical generators and associated control equipment (40%) – This includes weekly preventative maintenance (PM) checks, monthly maintenance checks, semi-annual maintenance checks, annual maintenance checks, and quinquennial (5-year) maintenance checks on static (permanent) installed generator sets which includes generator sets housed in pad-mounted enclosures, and standalone “quiet sites.”
• Install, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair engine prime movers associated with equipment driven by Construction Engineers (10%) – This includes PM checks on standby engine-driven water pump arrangements for fire suppression.
• Install, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair Static Uninterruptable Power Systems and Rotary Uninterruptable Power Systems (15%) – This includes weekly, monthly, semi-annual, annual, and quinquennial PM checks on various UPS makes/models and sizes.
• Overhaul electrical generation systems and equipment (10%) – This includes control wiring overhauls and ancillary systems overhauls.
• Produce designs and specifications (5%) – This includes conducting industry research and contributing technical advice on shop projects.
• Produce mechanical and electrical drawings (5%) – This includes drafting reconnaissance drawings for proposed generator set installations or portable generator set placements and cable layouts.
• Perform brazing/welding and machining work (5%) – This includes workshop and field repair welding/brazing, and workshop and field metal fabrication.
The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government employers, offering over 70 types of civilian career opportunities. DND's role is to provide services and support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in their operations and missions at home and abroad. The civilian workforce is an essential part of the Defence Team. Your knowledge and expertise contribute to the overall mission. In this regard, the department fosters a work environment where you have opportunities to learn, to develop your talents, to progress in your career and have job satisfaction over the long-term.
What do we offer?
🍁 At DND we foster a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, learn, progress in their careers and have job satisfaction over the long-term. You’ll enjoy:
✅ A career among a dynamic and dedicated team
✅ Opportunities for advancement
✅ A diverse, respectful and inclusive work environment
✅ A total benefits package including a competitive salary, health and dental insurance plans, pension plan and a variety of leave entitlements.
Working at DND: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/job-opportunities/civilian-jobs/working-at-dnd.html
The intent of this process is to create an inventory of candidates for current and future vacancies with various tenures, linguistic profiles, and security requirements at the Department of National Defence. There is an immediate need to fill one (1), English essential GL MAM 09 position on an indeterminate (permanent) basis in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
Education
Journeyperson Certification in an acceptable Mechanical Trade
or
Journeyperson Certification in an acceptable Electrical Trade
or
Post secondary training in the Electrical Generation Field
or
Canadian Forces Certification Electrical Generator Systems Technician (EGS Tech) Qualification Level 5 (QL 5)
or
An acceptable combination of education, training and experience
Experience
EX1: Experience in the Electrical Generation Systems Field which includes repairing equipment such as: mechanical engines, diesel powered electrical generators, electronic control systems, or related equipment
EX2: Experience with electrical AC/DC theory
EX3: Experience reading, writing, and interpreting electrical drawings and schematics
Asset Education
Post-secondary Education in a related field.
OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Possession of additional certifications:
-First Aid
-CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
-WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
-Aerial Lift equipment
Asset Experience
-Experience working in multi-disciplinary workplaces/work teams
English essential
Information on language requirements
Competencies
Demonstrating integrity and respect
Thinking things through
Working effectively with others
Showing initiative and being action-oriented
Communication
Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women
Information on employment equity
The Department of National Defence is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive team that reflects Canada's population.
To achieve a representative workforce, selection may be based on qualified candidates self declaring as belonging to one or more of the designated groups: Indigenous Peoples, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and women.
We encourage you to indicate if you belong to any of the designated groups when you apply.
As means to support our military families and linked with the Department of National Defence priorities, consideration may first be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Secret Security Clearance required
-Possession of a valid and unrestricted Provincial or Territorial Driver’s License
-Requirement to be on standby on a rotational basis
-Requirement to obtain and maintain DND 404 driver’s licence
-Employee may occasionally be required to enter confined spaces
-Employee may be required to work in inclement weather
-Employee may be required to do physically demanding work
-Employee may be required to conduct heavy lifting of up to 80 Lbs
-Employee may be required to troubleshoot electrical systems while energized
-Employee may be required to work overtime
-Employee may be required to travel for training requirements
-May require wearing safety boots, standing, climbing, walking, lifting, bending, pulling and pushing, grasping, reaching, stooping, and crouching, sitting, reading, writing, colour determination, speaking and listening, for extended periods of time
-Strict adherence to the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics, Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, Directive on Conflict of Interest, and Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAOD) 7021-1, Conflict of Interest
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/defence-ethics/policies-publications/code-value-ethics.html
https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=25049
https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32627
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/policies-standards/defence-administrative-orders-directives/7000-series/7021/7021-1-conflict-of-interest.html
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▶ To ensure the integrity of the selection process, the content and questions of the assessment must remain confidential. Please do not discuss or share the assessment content with anyone, including other candidates. You must complete the assessment, including screening questions, by yourself, without the help of others, including the use of unapproved internet resources and artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT or any other forms of artificial intelligence). Plagiarism and the use of artificial intelligence is strictly prohibited throughout the entire process and suspected non-compliance will be investigated. Any violation may result in potential consequences which could include your elimination from this selection process.
▶ If at any point in this process or upon qualifying in this process, your Values and Ethics do not align with that of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, you will be eliminated from further consideration in this process. (Copy and paste these links in your browser for more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/defence-ethics/policies-publications/code-value-ethics.html AND https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=25049)
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▶ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
▶ Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.
▶ Depending on the position being staffed:
↪ Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required
↪ Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential
↪ Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential qualifications
↪ You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed
▶ Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
↪ Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team;
↪ Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed;
↪ Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience;
↪ Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications;
↪ Organizational Needs.
▶ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants.
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.