Maintenance Specialist
Selection process number: 2024-PEN-EA-ONT-191272
Important messages
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💲 Positions are entitled to a $2,140 Correctional Services Special Duty Allowance annually.
🖊 Candidates will be required to provide thorough responses to all of the essential qualification questions. Indicating "refer to resume" is not a sufficient response. Failure to provide this information in the requested fields may result in your application being rejected.
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Duties
• Work with maintenance staff to develop Statements of Work for maintenance service contracts and maintenance projects
• Work with Correctional Service Canada (CSC's) procurement to request contracts and support contract administration
• Manage and maintain the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) by maintaining user accounts, updating locations, assets and implementing preventative and legislative maintenance schedules
• Extract and examine data from the CMMS in order to establish compliance reports and statistics for maintenance activities
• Provide support to management for site managed capital and construction/maintenance projects by liaising with the Regional Facilities office to ensure that site-managed projects have been appropriately documented and concerns and priorities are identified
• Assist in the implementation, development and annual review of facilities maintenance specific Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) programs and related training
Work environment
The position you are applying for is located in the following federal correctional institution where you will be responsible for supporting the maintenance of the institution:
📍 Beaver Creek Institution
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is the federal government agency responsible for administering sentences of a term of two years or more, as imposed by the courts. CSC is responsible for managing institutions of various security levels and supervising offenders under conditional release in the community.
Our Mission
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), as part of the criminal justice system and respecting the rule of law, contributes to public safety by actively encouraging and assisting offenders to become law-abiding citizens, while exercising reasonable, safe, secure and humane control.
📌 For further information on the department, work environment, careers at CSC and application process, please visit our website at https://www.canada.ca/en/correctional-service.html.
Intent of the process
The intent of this process is to identify qualified candidates for current and anticipatory staffing needs for Maintenance Specialist positions with Correctional Service Canada in Gravenhurst, Ontario.
Staffing needs include permanent, temporary (term) and casual (maximum 90 working days in a calendar year) employment opportunities.
Positions to be filled: Number to be determined
Information you must provide
Your résumé.
In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)
EDUCATION
A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience
EXPERIENCE
Experience providing facility maintenance services in a large complex*
*Large complex can be defined as a correctional institution, hospital, airport, shopping mall, university, etc.
Experience managing or maintaining a preventative maintenance program
Experience providing advice or guidance to management related to maintenance activities
Experience using word processing software, spreadsheet software and an email platform
Note: Word processing software (i.e. Microsoft Word), spreadsheet software (i.e. Microsoft Excel), and email platform (i.e. Gmail, Outlook)
The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)
English essential
Information on language requirements
COMPETENCIES
Thinking things through
Demonstrating integrity and respect
Working effectively with others
Initiative
ABILITIES
Ability to analyze and develop recommendations to resolve issues
Ability to communicate effectively in writing
Ability to communicate effectively orally
The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)
◼ ASSET QUALIFICATIONS ◼
EDUCATION
Graduation with a college diploma in engineering technology or another discipline related to the position
Applicable provincial or interprovincial certification required to perform the duties of the position
EXPERIENCE
Experience interpreting architectural, mechanical and electrical drawings, work orders, specifications or manufacturers data
Experience using a Computerised Maintenance Management System
Experience developing requests for project proposals
ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
To support employment equity objectives, diversity and inclusion and/or to meet business objectives, selection may be limited to a member of an equity-seeking group.
Applicants must complete the Employment Equity portion of the CREATE/MAINTAIN PROFILE identifying themselves as a person of an EE group in their application through Government of Canada jobs in order to be considered to meet the Organizational Need in this process. EE groups are defined as persons identifying as Visible Minority, Aboriginal, Woman, Person with a disability.
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willingness and ability to travel, including to correctional sites across the Ontario Region
• Willingness and ability to work within a correctional environment
• Willingness and ability to work with inmates
• Willingness and ability to work at heights or in confined spaces
• Willingness and ability to work overtime
• Willingness and ability to perform duties at any of the locations within the cluster for which this position serves, if applicable
Conditions of employment
Reliability and Security: Reliability
Possession of a valid driver’s license
Requirement to lift and carry items weighing up to 23 kg utilizing basic safe lifting techniques
Other information
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.
Information on employment equity
SELECTION PROCESS STAGES
This selection process has three stages:
Stage 1 - Screening
The applications will be reviewed (screened), specifically the responses to questions assessing the essential qualifications, imbedded in this job advertisement. Resumes are considered a secondary source of information during screening.
Stage 2 - Interview
Interviews, may be completed in person or by Microsoft (MS) Teams.
Stage 3 - Reference Checks
Two references will be requested in Stage 2.
Note: Information regarding asset qualifications may be solicited and assessed at a later date.
For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of results and invitations to interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email) and frequently check their inbox and JUNK/SPAM folders. It is also the candidate's responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.
Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications noted in the Statement of Merit Criteria to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though they do not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or operational requirements. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice (English or French).
Preference
Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.
Information on the preference to veterans
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Contact information
| Staffing Operations, Ontario Process Team |
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GEN-ONT.Selectionprocesses/Processusdeselection@csc-scc.gc.ca |
- Date modified:
- 2026-07-07