JOB PROFILE POSITION #: 00051687, 00112557
TITLE: SENIOR GEOSCIENTIST/SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER CLASSIFICATION: LICENSED SCIENCE OFFICER 4 OTHER
MINISTRY: TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORK UNIT: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
SUPERVISOR’S TITLE: MANAGER, DESIGN, GEOHAZARDS AND SLOPE STABILITY
SUPERVISOR’S POSITION #: 00042520
JOB OVERVIEW The Senior Geoscientists supervise the delivery of professional Aggregate Resource Management, Terrain Analysis, ML-ARD, and Contaminated Sites services. Position number 00051687 specializes in the management of contaminated sites remediation. Position number 00112557 specializes in the management of metal leaching-acid rock drainage remediation. ACCOUNTABILITIES Leads the analysis, development, and implementation of Aggregate Resource Management, Terrain Analysis, ML-ARD Assessments and Contaminated Sites solutions. Directs and oversees projects providing oversight on the procurement of consultants for design work, setting terms of reference (TOR), overseeing proposal evaluations, recommending contract awards, and ensuring contracting policy and procedures are followed. Provides senior professional advisory services in Aggregate Resource Management, Terrain Analysis, ML-ARD assessments, and Contaminated Sites to senior managers, program staff, engineering consultants and other stakeholders.
Career Group: Scientific/Technical Job Family: Engineering Job Stream: Transportation Role: Professional Revised Date: August 2011 Manages consultation and assessment processes to ensure obligations for consultation are met. Keeps current on Aggregate Resource Management, Terrain Analysis, ML-ARD assessments, and Contaminated Sites through ongoing professional development, participation in conferences and symposia, and literature review. Leads and participates on provincial and/or program committees, contributing technical and professional expertise to the development of policy and standards. Supervises licensed and non-licensed professional and technical staff including assignment of work, development and evaluation of performance plans and approval of leave. Prepares and/or negotiates contracts, monitors performance and/or authorizes payment.
JOB REQUIREMENTS Degree in Geology, Geography, Geological Engineering or equivalent as recognized by the APEGBC. Registered, or immediately eligible for registration in British Columbia with the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists as a Professional Geoscientist or a Professional Engineer. Minimum of 7 years’ experience directly related to Aggregate Resource Management, Terrain Analysis, ML-ARD Assessment, and Contaminated Sites. Project management experience in infrastructure planning, design and/or construction. Successful completion of security screening requirements of the BC Public Service, which may include a criminal records check, and/or Criminal Records Review Act (CRRA) check, and/or enhanced security screening checks as required by the ministry (Note: It is important that you read the job posting carefully to understand the specific security screening requirements pertaining to the position). BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES Conceptual Thinking is the ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related, and to identify key or underlying issues in complex
Career Group: Scientific/Technical Job Family: Engineering Job Stream: Transportation Role: Professional Revised Date: August 2011 situations. It includes using creative, conceptual or inductive reasoning or thought processes that are not necessarily categorized by linear thinking. Expertise includes the motivation to expand and use technical knowledge or to distribute work-related knowledge to others. Leadership implies a desire to lead others, including diverse teams. Leadership is generally, but not always, demonstrated from a position of formal authority. The “team” here should be understood broadly as any group with which the person interacts regularly. Problem Solving and Judgment is the ability to analyze problems systematically, organize information, identify key factors, identify underlying causes and generate solutions. Relationship Building is working to build or maintain ethical relationships or networks or contacts with people who are, or may be, potentially helpful in achieving work-related goals and establishing advantages. These people may include customers, clients, counterparts, colleagues, etc. Results Orientation is a concern for surpassing a standard of excellence. The standard may be one’s own past performance (striving for improvement); an objective measure (achievement orientation); challenging goals that one has set; or even improving or surpassing what has already been done (continuous improvement). Thus, a unique accomplishment also indicates a Results Orientation. Service Orientation implies a desire to identify and serve customers/clients, who may include the public, colleagues, partners (e.g. educational institutes, non-government organizations, etc.), co-workers, peers, branches, ministries/agencies and other government organizations. It means focusing one's efforts on discovering and meeting the needs of the customer/client. Teamwork and Co-operation is the ability to work co-operatively within diverse teams, work groups and across the organization to achieve group and organizational goals. Holding People Accountable involves setting high standards of performance and holding team members, other government jurisdictions, outside contractors, industry agencies, etc., accountable for results and actions. Planning, Organizing and Coordinating involves proactively planning, establishing priorities and allocating resources. It is expressed by developing and implementing increasingly
Career Group: Scientific/Technical Job Family: Engineering Job Stream: Transportation Role: Professional Revised Date: August 2011 complex plans. It also involves monitoring and adjusting work to accomplish goals and deliver to the organization's mandate.
Career Group: Scientific/Technical Job Family: Engineering Job Stream: Transportation Role: Professional Revised Date: August 2011