Transportation of Dangerous Goods Inspector - Regional

About the position

Duties
Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Program develops standards and regulations, provides oversight, and offers expert advice to promote public safety in the transportation of dangerous goods across all modes in Canada.

What you will be doing:✅Conducting field operations: Perform inspections, audits, and enforcement activities to ensure compliance with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Act.
✅Enforcing compliance: Initiate or recommend compliance and enforcement actions for alleged violations of the TDG Act and related regulations and standards.
✅Providing guidance: Deliver information sessions and offer technical advice and guidance to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including the public, on TDG oversight programs.
✅Supporting program development: Participate in the design, development, and implementation of the TDG regulatory compliance program.
✅Collaborating: Join internal and external working groups, project teams, consultation committees, and other initiatives related to dangerous goods safety.
✅Facilitating knowledge transfer: Support formal and informal workplace learning through various methods, including job shadowing, coaching, and mentoring.

Work environment
Extensive travel, both locally and regionally, and occasionally nationally, is required for inspection and training activities. Duties will be performed in an office environment, as well as in various indoor and outdoor settings, such as warehouses, cross-dock facilities, airports, manufacturing facilities, hospitals/labs, railyards, waste facilities, marine facilities, etc. as needed.

The duties involve exposure to potential hazards associated with various modes of transportation, extreme environmental conditions (such as dust and noise), adverse weather, rough or uneven terrain, proximity to hazardous substances, and the requirement to wear personal protective equipment and specialized clothing. Due to the nature of the job, satisfactory completion of a pre-employment medical clearance is a condition of employment.

Intent of the process
The intent of this continuous recruitment inventory is to create and maintain a bank of candidates for future staffing needs. When a pull of candidates will be conducted, candidates who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further consideration.

❗The first pull is expected to take place in September 2026, subject to a sufficient number of applications being received.When a pull is conducted, a pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established to fill future staffing needs. This pool of candidates may be used to staff similar positions of various tenures at Transport Canada.

Positions to be filled
3

Important messages
When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.
🚩 Selections from this inventory can be made at any time. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible for consideration. When you apply to this process (job advertisement), you are not applying for a specific position, but to an inventory in anticipation of future vacancies. As positions become available, the applicants meeting the initial screening requirements identified by the hiring manager may be contacted and referred for consideration. Please ensure that your information is updated and remains current in your PSRS Applicant Account.

1️⃣ You are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of your choice. Please indicate your preferred official language in your application.2️⃣ You must include in your application a valid email address. Make sure that this email address is always functional and accepts messages from unknown users.3️⃣ Communication Skills: This application and all communications during this process may be used to assess your communication skills. Use complete sentences.4️⃣ You must clearly demonstrate in your responses to the screening questions how you meet each “essential qualifications” (education and experience). The answers provided to the screening questions will be the main source of information. Should you indicate in your response "please refer to resume", we may be unable to assess you against the position’s essential qualifications. You will not be contacted to clarify incomplete or missing information. Failure to provide complete answers, lack of examples or lack of details may result in your application being screened out from further consideration in this process."Asset qualifications" are not required to apply for this process. However, "Asset qualifications" could be used either at the screening phase or to determine which person will be appointed. Therefore, if you meet the asset qualifications, you should also describe in your answers (with detailed and concrete examples) how you meet these qualifications.5️⃣ Further assessment may be conducted on the “essential qualifications” (education or experience) or "Asset qualifications" later in the process.☑️Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact you once the screening process is completed.☑️Persons with diplomas from outside of Canada must provide proof of Canadian equivalence. Visit the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) for more information at http://www.cicic.ca/.🚩We encourage you to submit your application through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Following is some of the benefits associated with applying on-line:
✅ You can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other job advertisement without having to recreate a new application each time.
✅ You can modify your application or resume at anytime before the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
✅ You can verify the status of your applications at any time.
✅ You can be notified electronically of tests, interviews or results.
✅ For some jobs, you will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line. 🚩If you have difficulties applying online, please contact the person responsible for this job advertisement.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

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🔸Medical Requirement: Valid Health Canada Occupational Health Assessment.
🔸Possession of a valid Canadian driver’s license.
🔸Ability and willingness to travel, on short notice and for extended periods, regionally and nationally, using all modes of transportation, as required.
🔸Ability and willingness to use various types of personal protective equipment.

Operational Requirements

🔸Ability and willingness to work overtime on short notice.
🔸Ability and willingness to work alone in remote and/or isolated areas.
🔸Ability and willingness to work in adverse environments and weather conditions, as required.

You need (essential for the job)

Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following

EDUCATION
🔹A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (see Note).
❗Note:
The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are:
➡️A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
➡️An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Candidates who already meet both of the following criteria must be accepted as meeting the secondary school diploma requirement:
➡️Candidates who have achieved a satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; and
➡️Candidates who have been appointed or deployed for an indeterminate period to a position in the TI classification.The opportunity to be assessed by at least one of the two employer-approved alternatives must be offered to candidates who have not previously met the secondary school diploma requirement.Candidates who were appointed or deployed on an indeterminate basis using an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience meet the secondary school requirement for the TI classification only and must be reassessed for entry to other classifications on the basis of this alternative.

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EXPERIENCE
🔹Experience in conducting inspections or investigations and preparing reports on their findings.
🔹Experience in promoting, monitoring or enforcing legislation.
🔹Experience in developing and maintaining partnerships and collaborative relationships with stakeholders, clients or the public.

Applied / assessed at a later date

KNOWLEDGE
🔹Knowledge of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, and its regulations.
🔹Knowledge of the Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Good program.

COMPETENCIES
🔹Demonstrating integrity and respect
🔹Thinking things through
🔹Working effectively with others
🔹Showing initiative and being action-oriented

ABILITIES
🔹Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
🔹Ability to communicate effectively orally.
🔹Ability to organize workload and establish priorities in order to meet deadlines.

Language requirements (essential for the job)

Applied / assessed at a later date

Various language requirements - Language requirements will vary depending on the position being staffed:
🔹Bilingual imperative (BBB/BBB)
🔹English Essential

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You may need (asset qualifications)

May be applied / assessed at a later date

ASSET QUALIFICATION - EDUCATION
🔹Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field relevant to the duties of the position.

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ASSET QUALIFICATIONS - EXPERIENCE
🔹Experience working in the dangerous goods industry.
🔹Experience conducting dangerous goods inspections.

Our commitment

We're 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 contact the hiring organization below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

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Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the population it serves. We promote employment equity and encourage you to self-declare if you belong to one of the designated employment equity groups when you apply.

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Selection may be limited to members of the following employment equity groups: Indigenous (Aboriginal) peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and women.

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Transport Canada 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 Transport Canada is the place for you!

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first, followed by Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of jobs located in Nunavut or Yukon. For positions located in Nunavut, qualified Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement will be appointed first. For positions located in Yukon, qualified Yukon First Nations will be appointed first, followed by qualified Indigenous persons.

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How to apply

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Information you must provide

• Your résumé

We'd like to thank all those who apply. However, only the people selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Hiring organization contact

Name: Mohammed Ech-chetyteh, Human Resources Advisor
Email address: [email protected]

Name: Khang Benny Chu , Human Resources Assistant
Email address: [email protected]
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