🚩Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible for consideration.
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.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online using the Public Service Resourcing System. If there is something preventing you from doing so, please communicate with the contact persons at the bottom of this advertisement. Your submitted application will be active for 180 days, and you will receive a notification in your account 14 days before it expires.
As positions become available, candidates who meet the screening criteria may be contacted for further assessments.
Working in the Rail Safety Directorate at Transport Canada, Regional Railway Inspectors are responsible for monitoring railways to promote compliance with acts and regulations as well as working with railways in identifying and reducing risks.
To learn more about the work of railway inspectors, check out this video: https://tc.canada.ca/en/operations-equipment-inspections
What you will be doing:
☑ Conducting inspections and audits of railway equipment within the region, and recommending compliance and/or enforcement actions as required;
☑ Providing technical advice and guidance to internal partners and stakeholders in the railway industry;
☑ Applying expertise in the investigations of accidents, incidents, injuries and fatalities, complaints and other situations as it relate to acts and regulations; and
☑ Participating in the planning and implementation of the regional inspection and monitoring program.
The reporting locations for this position are 101 - 22nd Street E, Room 305 in Saskatoon; 800 - 1601 Airport Road NE in Calgary, and 1100 - 9700 Jasper Avenue in Edmonton. The successful candidate will follow Transport Canada's hybrid work guidance for inspectors working in the field to ensure compliance with the work arrangement agreement and onsite presence requirement minimums for this position are consistent with those defined in the Treasury Board's Direction on prescribed presence in the workplace.
Travel is required, both locally and regionally, and occasionally nationally, for inspection and training activities. Duties will be performed in an office environment as well as various indoor and outdoor environments such as railway sites or yards and under varying weather conditions.
A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be established to staff identical or similar positions with various linguistic profiles, tenures, and locations within Transport Canada.
Candidates will only be assessed once as part of this process if their application is screened in for further consideration.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
📌 You must demonstrate your education, experience, and asset qualifications (if applicable) by answering the screening questions in the application and providing supporting details in your résumé. The information and examples you provide must be concrete, including details on when, where, and how you meet the qualifications. It is not sufficient to simply state that you meet a qualification or provide a listing of your current or past responsibilities. Failure to provide the required information may result in your application being screened out.
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A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
𝙴𝚇𝙿𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴
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Significant* experience working in a mechanical department OR as a supervisor OR a training instructor OR combination of experience of all at a railway in Canada, including at least two (2) of the following:
- Passenger rail car inspection and maintenance
- Freight rail car inspection and maintenance
- Air brake inspection, maintenance, and testing
- Locomotive inspection maintenance and testing
- Technical training or operating procedure/policy creation
*Significant experience is defined as having performed a broad range of various and complex activities normally acquired over a period of at least five (5) years.
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Successful completion of a post-secondary educational program from a recognized post-secondary institution.
Experience working in a supervisory role within a mechanical department at a railway in Canada.
Experience as a Certified Car Inspector, Heavy Duty Mechanic (Locomotive), or Electrician (Locomotive) working in the North American railway industry.
Experience in risk evaluation and trend analysis.
Experience working in an occupational and health and safety environment.
Experience working as a training instructor overseeing training of Mechanical Employees at a railway in Canada.
Experience writing operating instructions, policy or procedures for Mechanical Employees at a railway in Canada.
English essential
Information on language requirements
𝙺𝙽𝙾𝚆𝙻𝙴𝙳𝙶𝙴
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Knowledge of the Railway Freight Car Inspection and Safety Rules.
Knowledge of the Railway Passenger Car Inspection and Safety Rules.
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Knowledge of the Railway Locomotive Inspection and Safety Rules.
Knowledge of the Railway Freight and Passenger Train Brake Inspection and Safety Rules.
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Thinking things through
Working effectively with others
Showing initiative and being action-oriented
Demonstrating integrity and respect
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Ability to recognize unsafe railway operating situations and to ensure corrective actions are taken.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to act in accordance with the Government of Canada's Values and Ethics.
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Qualified candidates who self-declare as members of Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of racialized communities and/or women may be selected for appointment first, to fulfil organizational needs. In addition, this organizational need may be invoked at any stage of the selection process.
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Ability and willingness to work in adverse environments and weather conditions, as required.
Ability and willingness to work overtime including evenings and weekends, as required.
Ability and willingness to use various types of personal protective equipment, as required.
Ability and willingness to travel and using all modes of transportation, as required.
Ability and willingness to exercise physical effort to climb, embark and disembark railway structures or equipment, at times on sites where access may be difficult, and the terrain is rugged.
Ability and willingness to work independently.
Reliability Status security clearance
Required to pass a pre-employment Category III medical for Transportation Security Inspectors and pass a periodic Category II medical every 5 years.
Reliability status security clearance.
Possession of a valid provincial or territorial driver’s licence to operate a motor vehicle.
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
We are 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 use the contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
A variety of assessment tools and methods may be used as part of this process. All information obtained throughout the selection process from the time of application to close of process may be used to evaluate candidates.
Volume management strategies may apply to determine which candidates will be given further consideration during the assessment process.
Communications for this process will be sent via email. It will be your responsibility to provide accurate and updated contact information in case of changes. Failure to respond to time sensitive correspondence may result in elimination from this process.
Candidates are entitled to participate in this process in the official language of their choice.
Original proof of education will need to be provided as part of this process. Candidates with foreign educational credentials will be required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. You may consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials at www.cicic.ca for more information.
Candidates applying from outside the public service will not be reimbursed for travel expenses associated with this assessment process. However, reasonable efforts will be made to minimize travel costs for candidates undergoing assessment.
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.