Job Description

Competition # : 40766

Department: Natural Resources & Renewables

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date: \xe2\x80\x8b14-Nov-23 \xe2\x80\x8b (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

The Department of Natural Resources and Renewables manages and promotes energy and mineral resources to achieve optimum economic, social, and environmental value from these sectors. The Subsurface Energy Development Branch of the Department provides leadership, strategic direction, research, and innovation for building subsurface energy regimes in onshore and offshore Nova Scotia. The Subsurface Energy Branch responsibilities include establishing resource and economic potential for development while ensuring responsible resource stewardship. The Department manages these resources through legislation, regulations, market assessments, and cross-jurisdiction relationships for energy development.

About Our Opportunity

The Geoscientist is generally responsible for basin, petroleum, and subsurface geological models of well, seismic, migration and storage data for use in de-risking subsurface resources in onshore and offshore Nova Scotia. Practical applications of the Geoscientist\'s technical work will include evaluations of hydrocarbon, carbon sequestration, geothermal, underground energy storage, and future subsurface energy resources. The Geoscientist will also perform technical integration of geology and planning data to support natural hazard and marine environmental geoscience for energy infrastructure development in offshore Nova Scotia that is anticipated for future offshore wind and hydrogen production. The Geoscientist 3 role is a junior geoscience position with the Subsurface Energy Development branch. The successful candidate will work closely with and provide support to senior technical and management staff.

The Geoscientist will have demonstrated experience and skills using geographic information systems (GIS) and geological analysis software and workflows to build professional geotechnical products, reports and presentations. Geographic and geological data processing tasks will include: (1) geospatial data compilation, curation, and analysis, (2) interpretation and integration of multi-layered geotechnical data for maps, atlases, publications, presentations, and (3) communicating results to government, industry, academia, and the public.

Primary Accountabilities

The position is primarily responsible for:

• Basin, petroleum, and subsurface geological analysis of physical core, well description and petrophysical log data, seismic data and interpretation, and hydrocarbon migration data for use in de-risking subsurface energy resources.
• Stratigraphic, basin, and petroleum systems models using industry standard software and workflows.
• Geotechnical analysis of shallow offshore geology using marine seismic, sonar and multibeam data to de-risk natural hazards and energy infrastructure deployment.
• Geographic Information Management -- including curation and quality assurance -- of complex geological data sets, models, and derivative products for the purposes of energy geoscience information sharing, map-making and research and investment decision supports,
• Technical report preparation, writing, and publication of energy geoscience including presentations at geotechnical meetings, conferences, workshops and seminars.
• Provision of scientific and technical expertise to staff, management, executive leaders at the deputy to ministerial levels, industry, academia, stakeholders and the public.
• Geotechnical support for external partners and stakeholders including intra-government management, municipal and federal governments, agencies, committees, academia, and industry associations.
• Assists in the recruiting and supervising of casual, temporary or term staff for projects.
• May perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

The successful candidate will have Bachelor of Science in earth and geosciences + 5
years related experience; Master of Science in earth and geosciences + 4 years
related experience; or a Doctorate in earth and geosciences + 2 years related experience.

Essential skills, experience, and qualifications required for this opportunity include: * Multiple years of experience interpreting and integrating data including well information, reflection seismic data, source-to-sink sedimentary data, and stratigraphic and basin model outputs using Schlumberger Petrel E&P platform or equivalent.

• Multiple years of experience in GIS data management and geological data processing using ESRI ArcGIS/ArcPro or an equivalent GIS software suite.
• Experience in shallow and deep marine seismic mapping and analysis.
• Experience presenting complex geoscience to technical and executive stakeholders to support stewardship, planning, implementation, and regulatory oversight of resource exploration or production programs, and as well as, for sharing and promoting subsurface energy resource opportunities to investment communities.
• Active membership in the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Nova Scotia (APGNS) or the education and work experience prerequisite to become registered with APGNS as a Full Member or Member-In-Training if the successful candidate.

Skills and experience with added value for this opportunity include: * Post-graduate training in geographic information systems (GIS) from an accredited College or University.

• Prior experience in scientific workflow automation and quality assurance using computer programming or computer-assisted knowledge systems.
• Prior work experience in one or more of the following areas: (i) geothermal energy, (ii) reservoir modeling, or (iii) carbon sequestration.
• Prior work experience building and executing basin modeling workflows using industry tools such as Biecip-Franlab\'s DionosisFlow, Petrel E&P\'s Petromod, or equivalents
• Prior experience and knowledge of Nova Scotia\'s onshore and offshore geology as it relates to subsurface energy.

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status and Union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Pension, General Illness (Short and Long Term), Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Click to learn more about our various benefits offering and eligibility criteria.

Working Conditions

Office working environment is typical of modern office working environments.

Field Work or Site Visits are generally accompanied by the normal hazards associated with the outdoors environment. These may include hazards associated with travel, working in streams, forests, steep inclines, working in small watercraft, working on drill sites, geophysical survey lines, around explosives and working in or near quarries or mines. Field work in remote locations and/or in rough terrain where accidents can occur, and survival skills may be required.

Normal work week is 35 hours/week, 7 hours/day. May be required to work overtime on occasion.

Additional Information

Some of these positions may require a Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) or eligibility to apply for professional designation with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Nova Scotia.

Many of the field and lab positions will require that the incumbent have a valid driver license, possible drone training, and all required safety training.

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths
• Department specific flexible working schedules

Pay Grade: PR 15

Salary Range: $2,746.69 - $3,348.16 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 Competitions@novascotia.ca.

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