Transportation Technician - Ontario Public Service (OPS)

Jump-start your career at the Ministry of Transportation by taking pride in strengthening Ontario, its places, and its people! 

The Transportation Technician initiative at the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is a training program providing classroom and on-the-job experience where you will help build and improve Ontario's highways and bridges.

We offer formal and informal learning and developmental opportunities, including rotational assignments to gain experience in a variety of areas such as highway construction, design, maintenance, traffic and geomatics.

View full job description here.

What can I expect to do in this role?

In this role, you will:

• Receive practical, multi-functional learning experiences through rotational assignments, as the ministry determines, in many technical disciplines, including construction, highway design, maintenance, traffic, and geomatics;
• Work independently and as a team member;
• Benefit from on-the-job and classroom training;
• Work with state-of-the-art technology;
• Enjoy career development opportunities with offices across the province and competitive salaries and benefits.
• For additional information, please visit our web page for the Transportation Technician Initiative

Note:

• Depending on work assignment, work hours may occur outside of normal business hours, during nights and on weekends.
• Travel within the region and temporary relocation may be required.

How do I qualify?

Mandatory:

• The positions require the successful candidates to have a valid Ontario class G driver's licence or equivalent. The offer of employment is conditional upon the successful candidates providing proof that they have a valid Ontario class G driver's licence upon being hired.

Knowledge and Technical Skills:

• You have knowledge of highway engineering design, maintenance and contract administration (normally acquired through a diploma in civil engineering technology or related experience)
• You have math skills to complete calculations in engineering survey, design and estimating quantities
• You have computer skills, including AutoCAD to prepare computerized designs, and plans, and statistics and word-processing/spreadsheet software to produce a variety of correspondence, reports and presentations

Analytical Skills:

• You have demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills to assess data, clarify data integrity, identify design/construction problems, analyze traffic capacity and collision statistics and recommend solutions/modifications, as required

Communication Skills:

• You have excellent oral and written communication skills to explain ministry standards/design requirements to other technical areas and contract administrators, and to discuss maintenance problems and emergency road situations
• You have interpersonal skills to work with other project members in a team environment

Don't meet every qualification?

• If you're excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

Additional Information:

NOTE: Positions within the Ministry of Transportation's Transportation Technician initiative are currently posted under separate competitions with job IDs corresponding to the job location:

• 221220 – London
• 221216 – Thunder Bay
• 221218 – Northeast (New Liskeard, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay)
• 211213 – Kingston, Bancroft, Ottawa, Peterborough
• 221214 – Toronto (Downsview)
• 221223 – Toronto (North York)
• 221224 – St. Catharines
• 221226 – St. Catharines

Additional Information

• Job ID:221220
• Address: 4 English Permanent, 659 Exeter Rd, London, West Region
• Compensation Group: Ontario Public Service Employees Union
• Understanding the job ad - definitions Schedule:4
• Category: Maintenance and Trades
• Posted on: Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Note:

The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures, including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

You must apply online.

The deadline to apply is Tuesday, December 17, 2024 11:59 pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

• Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
• Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.
• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Please be advised that the results of this competition may be used to form an eligibility list of qualified candidates to potentially fill future vacancies represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). In accordance with the Collective Agreement, eligibility lists are shared with OPSEU representatives. By applying to this competition, you are providing consent that your name may be shared with OPSEU representatives.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism: We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.