Job Description

Competition # : 38115

Department: Environment and Climate Change

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Term

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date: \xe2\x80\x8b3/14/2023\xe2\x80\x8b (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change\xe2\x80\x99s role is to protect the environment, and human health through regulatory excellence, conservation, partnership and promotion. To achieve this, we strive to develop legislation, regulations and policies, process notifications, applications, and approvals for regulated activities based on sound scientific knowledge and expertise.

Our goal is to educate, inspect and enforce to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations. We proactively respond to environmental, conservation, and human health risks and work to develop programs and deliver services to enhance protection in these areas.

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About Our Opportunity

The Water Branch of Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change has an exciting opportunity for a 2-year term position to carry out work identified in the Climate Plan to improve municipal stormwater infrastructure and planning. The Climate Plan represents the government\xe2\x80\x99s commitment to develop, co-ordinate and lead actions that promote sustainable prosperity for all Nova Scotians.

Reporting to the Manager, Water Resources Management Unit, the Stormwater Engineer will work with a cross-departmental team to apply the principles of science and engineering and public policy analysis to develop stormwater management planning requirements for municipalities across Nova Scotia.

In this role, you will be expected to use critical thinking, judgment and initiative to guide major regulatory processes with scientifically sound information. You will demonstrate initiative in increasing the awareness of the complex business, environmental, and scientific issues faced in the area of stormwater management, as well as provide leadership and strategic thinking in the development and implementation of program strategies and improvements.

Primary Accountabilities

As the Stormwater Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Creating a made-in-Nova Scotia framework for stormwater management plans to improve municipal stormwater infrastructure across the province with consideration of climate change.
• Develop guidelines, educational resources and other program support tools, and provide technical engineering support to staff across provincial departments as it relates to stormwater planning and design.
• You will work with staff within the Department of Environment and Climate Change and at the Department of Municipal Affairs and Housing to design and implement a program to support the development of municipal stormwater management plans.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

The successful candidate will posses a Bachelor of Engineering plus six (6) years of engineering experience in a related field (such as water resources or storm drainage design) and be licensed to practice as a Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (Engineers Nova Scotia). Advanced degrees and training will be considered an asset. Training and / or experience within a land use planning environment will also be considered assets.

In addition to the above, you also possess the following:

Knowledge

- Familiarity with the provincial Storm Drainage Policy
- Integrated stormwater management approaches and planning
- Stormwater /storm drainage design and construction
- Municipal and provincial civil and land development permitting processes
- Methods and practices to include climate adaption into engineering design
- Asset management and infrastructure planning processes
- Microsoft Suite of software including Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Experience

• Project management working in cross-disciplinary design teams
• Experience in leading and facilitating stakeholder consultation
• Preparing a range of documentation including: reporting, meeting materials, and milestone updates in digital and presentation formats
• Experience working in a municipal setting
• Experience in policy development

Capabilities.

• Demonstrate strong communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Be an effective and engaging team player
• Exhibit well-developed planning and organizational skills
• Have the ability multi-task and adapt in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
• Build strong and lasting relationships with various internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem -solving skills; ability to apply engineering principles to solving complex programs

We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

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

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

Additional Information

Please note, this is expected to be a Term status position with an end date of March 31, 2025; however, the position status (\xe2\x80\x9cterm\xe2\x80\x9d, \xe2\x80\x9ctemporary\xe2\x80\x9d or \xe2\x80\x9ccasual\xe2\x80\x9d) is dependent on the start date of the successful candidate. This position is based in Halifax. This position offers an option for flexible working.

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 18

Salary Range: $3,215.50 - $3,781.51 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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