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Competition # : 44617 Department: Public Works Location: Petite Passage and Grand Passage Type of Employment: Permanent and Term Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG Closing Date: 02-Dec-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time) About Us The Department of Public Works supports Nova Scotia's 23,000 kilometers of roads and highways and 4,100 bridges. We are an engaged and supportive workplace ensuring safety of our public service; ensuring all return home healthy and safe. The Marine Services division of Public Works maintains and operates seven provincial ferries: Englishtown, Little Narrows, Country Harbor, LaHave River, Tancook Island, and Digby Neck. Our Ferry staff help further connect and expand Nova Scotia's transportation network while ensuring the safe and efficient operation of our Provincial Ferries. Our ferries operate 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. If you want an exciting and challenging career with a daily view of our beautiful Atlantic waters, then we have the perfect opportunity just for you. About Our Opportunity As a Marine Engineer, you will join an engaged and collaborative team. Hours of work include 12 hour shifts and may require the working of various alternating hours per week in order to maintain the ferry schedule. Primary Accountabilities You will operate the main engines of the Ferry; ensuring that all auxiliaries, pumps, ventilating fans, steering motors and furnaces are functioning in a safe and efficient manner. You will inspect, repair, and maintain the mechanical and electrical equipment on the ferry. You will direct traffic on the Ferry; arranging vehicles on the deck and ensuring that the boat is clean at all times. Qualifications and Experience You have Grade 10 education and 3 years of mechanical experience. The Petit Princess is a motor ferry and therefore a SVMO (small vessel machinery operator's license) is required. You have your Seafarers Certificate of Medical Examination, a valid Marine Emergency Duty Certificate, and valid Marine First Aid. Outstanding teamwork and interpersonal skills are essential, along with your ability to work independently with minimum supervision. Strong ability to exercise independent judgement and initiative in your duties will aid in ensuring the Ferry meets safety standards and maintains schedules. We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one of more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentation, interview(s), and reference checks. Benefits Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees. Working Conditions The ability to lift 50 pounds, as well as the ability to stand, shovel, walk, climb and sit for extended periods of time is required in this role. You may be in contact with diesel fumes from equipment, noise and dust. Outside work is required in varying weather conditions. Shift work is required, including nights and weekends. Additional Information Hours of work include 12-hour shifts and may require the working of various alternating hours per week in order to maintain the ferry schedule. The position in Petite Passage is a Term opportunity with anticipated end date of November 30, 2025. The appointment status Term is dependent on the start date of the successful candidate. What We Offer <ul> <li>Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.</li> <li>Engaging workplace. Our Employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in. We have forward-thinking policies and strategies.</li> <li>Countless Career Paths.</li></ul>Pay Grade: MOS 13 Salary Range: $1,914.72 - $1,966.54 Bi-Weekly Employment Equity Statement: Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application. This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link: Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued. External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information. Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to <a href="mailto:Competitions@novascotia.ca" target="_blank">Competitions@novascotia.ca</a>.

Marine Engineer 1 (Petite Passage and Grand Passage)

Details: Job Title: Team Leader - Marine Engineer Location: Halifax, NS Reports To: Engineering Manager Keywords: #Marine.industry.jobs #Marine.designer.jobs #Marine.jobs To lead a team of engineers in the delivery of detail design activities across programmes within the Belcan Marine systems. The role has a strong focus on engineering delivery and quality, providing a focal for technical governance and support to the team Amongst other things the successful candidate will lead the detail design activities of spatial integration modelling, production outputs supervision/ checking and customer change capture and embodiment along with support to production operations in relation to the areas under their supervision, as required. It is expected that the Team Leader will be comfortable working in an Engineering Service environment and will be able to balance the technical responsibilities inherent within the role, with the commercial and project timescale associated with delivery. Principle Responsibilities: * Customer o Interacts with customer technical focal points as required * Delivery o On-Time, On-Budget delivery in accordance with customer quotations * P&amp;L o Maximises billability of team o Avoids overspend and write-offs o Identify &amp; implement cost savings (internal &amp; customer) o Manages change * Resource / Capability o Responsible for technical validity of customer deliverables, by either approving deliverables or utilising suitable qualified and experienced personnel. o Agree and define deliverables for customer quotations o Supervise team members, planning of day to day activities o Identifies training requirements for team members o Provide inputs to and support PDRs * Offshore o Identifies opportunities within their teams activities that align with the functional off-shoring Required Qualifications and Experience: o Must be degree qualified. However other qualifications and experience will be considered. o Must have marine engineering and/ or a defence related industry experience. Must be experienced in both naval ship spatial modelling and in the production and checking of marine output drawings of various disciplines, principally Layouts. o Must be highly proficient in the use of the appropriate tools and techniques that will be used by his/ her team (e.g. Windchill, Foran, etc...). o Have a thorough awareness of naval ship design rules and specifications and all quality and technical standards, and carry out detail design appraisals in assigned areas to ensure all standards are maintained by his or her team. o Must be a highly capable communicator both written and spoken. o Must be an excellent team player with a tenacious and resilient attitude to drive the interface with the customer and the various engineering and support functions of the business. o Must have experience in project co-ordination and /or management in a challenging delivery environment. o Provide technical support and troubleshooting responses in assigned areas to operational units or other activities. o Appreciates and can articulate the value of the engineering lifecycle and the relationship to the Lifecycle Management Process. Support and participate in technical reviews to ensure product viability. o Understand the importance of Health and Safety requirements and can articulate the need to ensure that the product is acceptably safe and that product and system safety assessments form part of the design process. o Must have an understanding of regulatory and statutory requirements of the product. o Has an appreciation of the requirement that the environmental impact of our activities is sustainable in the long term. o Appreciates the need for a supportability engineering process to sustain the long term viability of the business. Understands that supportability goes beyond basic design, maintenance and operability requirements.

Team Lead - Marine Engineer

Details: Job Title: Senior Naval Architect Location: Halifax, NS Reports To: Engineering Manager Keywords: #Marine.engineer.manager.jobs #Marine.designer.jobs #Naval.architect.jobs Belcan are seeking to hire experienced Naval Architects (5 years+) with commercial ship building and offshore experience. Experience in the design and installation of floating off shore structures is highly desireable. Key areas of skills and knowledge should encompass some of the following main areas: * Work across the whole design lifecycle from concept to production * Conceptual design and feasibility studies for newbuild, maintenance/repair, refit and conversion projects * Innovation R&amp;D projects - in conjunction with the likes of UK SHORE, Innovate UK, KTN * Net zero focus - alternative fuels &amp; emerging technologies integration, floating offshore wind * Hydrostatics - Intact &amp; damage stability analysis, inc. launching, mobilization, transportation &amp; installation * Hydrodynamics - inc hullform design &amp; optimization, manoeuvring, seakeeping * Specialised computational analysis - CFD, Moorings * Structural design - global &amp; local scantling design, longitudinal strength, FEA * Classification society &amp; statutory authority liaison * Vessel surveying and reporting * Multi-discipline system integration awareness * Project specification production (from minor repair to newbuild) * Shipyard on-site support inc. project overseeing The role has a strong focus on engineering delivery and quality. Amongst other things the successful candidate will be comfortable working in an Engineering Service environment and will be able to balance the technical responsibilities inherent within the role, with the commercial and project timescale associated with delivery. Principle Responsibilities: Customer * Interacts with customer technical focal points as required * Be able to interact well with both internal and external stakeholders and communicate technical issues; propose solutions for features which do not meet the requirements etc. * Supporting team leader to define approach, timescales and hours associated with tasks * Interacts with customer technical focal points as required Delivery * On-Time, On-Budget delivery in accordance with customer quotations * Adherence to the Belcan QMS P&amp;L * Identify cost savings (internal &amp; customer) * Identify change * Manages change and can articulate its occurrence Resource/Capability * Responsible for technical quality of personal output * Helps support other team members as directed by Team Leader/Management * Helps support Team Leader/Management with aspects such as capability development, QMS related quality issues etc. Required Qualifications and Experience: o Must be degree qualified. However other qualifications and experience will be considered. o Minimum 5 Years" experience in Marine engineering/ Oil &amp; Gas/ Vessel Design and construction. o Must be proficient in the use of the appropriate tools and techniques that will be used by his/ her team (e.g. AutoCAD, ShipConstructor, Inventor, Solidworks, NX, Foran, Aveva Marine/Tribon, NAPA, Paramarine, Maxsurf, GHS, Rhino, Orca3D, STAAD, Strand 7, Ansys, Star CCM+, Orcaflex....) o Must have an excellent knowledge of CLAME, Germanischer Lloyds, Def Stan and other appropriate marine codes. o Working knowledge of structural FEA techniques and software packages. o Highly proficient in structural hand calculations methods and techniques. o Must be a highly capable communicator both written and spoken. o Must be an excellent team player with a tenacious and resilient attitude to drive the interface with the customer and the various engineering and support functions of the business. o Provide technical support and troubleshooting responses in assigned areas to operational units or other activities. o Appreciates and can articulate the value of the engineering lifecycle and the relationship to the Lifecycle Management Process. Support and participate in technical reviews to ensure product viability. o Understand the importance of Health &amp; Safety and Risk Assessment requirements and can articulate the need to ensure that the product is acceptably safe and that product and system safety assessments form part of the design process. o Must have an understanding of regulatory and statutory requirements of the product. o Has an appreciation of the requirement that the environmental impact of our activities is sustainable in the long term. o Appreciates the need for a supportability engineering process to sustain the long term viability of the business. Understands that supportability goes beyond basic design, maintenance and operability requirements. Key Interpersonal/Behavioural Skills o Achieves and sustains a standard of excellence in drive and commitment o Demonstrates Focus on Order through work packages or projects o Demonstrates Customer Focus through forging partnerships that shape customer expectations. o Supports a developmental environment that supports the development of others o Researches when digging for information o Ensures effective application of process in assigned areas in accordance with relevant standards, best practice and developing needs o Develops solutions to requirements o Delivers cost effective data to budget and programme

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