Mechanical Engineer (Engineer 4)

at  Province of Nova Scotia

Department: Labour, Skills and Immigration
Location: DARTMOUTH
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 09-Oct-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

ABOUT US

The Occupational Health and Safety Division plays a key role in workplace safety in the province of Nova Scotia. Our goal is to help make Nova Scotia the safest place to work in Canada. The Internal Responsibility System (IRS) is the foundation of the Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act, and it prescribes the legislated rights and responsibilities of workplace parties regarding health and safety.
The Division plays a supportive role in the IRS and is responsible for establishing and clarifying the responsibilities under the law. The Division aspires to continuous improvement through setting requirements, promoting, and verifying compliance, and applying enforcement options when required.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will work independently as an engineering expert and department specialist. You may be called upon to make critical decisions and recommendations that impact occupational health and safety, to establish standards associated with engineering required at workplaces throughout the province. You will work primarily within the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its relative regulations and will be required to make recommendations to the Executive Director as part of regulatory approval procedures.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provides reviews, assessments, and recommendations on specific mechanical engineering questions.
• Provides consultative and supervisory services as a subject matter expert on mechanical engineering for the department. This includes providing advice, direction, and interpretation of Acts, regulations, standards, guidelines, and policies on Safety and Health matters to departmental staff, other government departments, external professionals/consultants, and the public sector.
• Responsible as a program expert to lead departmental activity such that a continuous improvement cycle is used, ensuring ongoing program evaluation and improvements.
• Provides independent, specialized, engineering, and scientific fact-based and analytical options to assist and inform management in the review, planning, development, and implementation of regulations and enforceable standards.
• Provides leadership as a subject matter expert to enhance, develop, and implement a technical education and outreach program for worksites to ensure the health and safety of Nova Scotians.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in this role you must have a Bachelors’ degree in Mechanical Engineering and extensive work-related engineer experience (minimum 6 years) including work with occupational health and safety practices and standards. You must have a current membership or be eligible to register as a Professional Engineer with Engineers Nova Scotia.
You know emerging trends, particularly in heavy industry, and the impact of technology and equipment on workplace health and safety are required. You also have detailed knowledge of the NS Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations with a demonstrated ability to apply and interpret legislation and policy. You have experience relaying and interpreting technical information and advice to industry stakeholders, senior officials, government, and/or the public in an effective manner.
This work requires strong consultation, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills with the ability to interact effectively with clients, partners, other government departments, and external agencies. You must have the ability to establish and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, and at times may be required to work independently, and in team environments applying the concepts of equity, diversity, and inclusion to all areas of your work and will support your colleagues to do the same. Considerable judgment, tact, and diplomacy are required in the role to provide solutions and recommendations because of independent analyses that can be relied upon to be sound, authoritative, technically accurate, and feasible.
You have excellent communication skills (oral, written, electronic) to effectively convey information to wide audiences ranging from industrial sector experts to academic experts, and the public. In addition, the incumbent must have technical and presentation skills to deliver training modules to departmental staff, stakeholders, and special interest groups.

Assets considered for this position:

• Experience reviewing mechanical design plans
• A professional safety designation, including CRSP

• Provides reviews, assessments, and recommendations on specific mechanical engineering questions.
• Provides consultative and supervisory services as a subject matter expert on mechanical engineering for the department. This includes providing advice, direction, and interpretation of Acts, regulations, standards, guidelines, and policies on Safety and Health matters to departmental staff, other government departments, external professionals/consultants, and the public sector.
• Responsible as a program expert to lead departmental activity such that a continuous improvement cycle is used, ensuring ongoing program evaluation and improvements.
• Provides independent, specialized, engineering, and scientific fact-based and analytical options to assist and inform management in the review, planning, development, and implementation of regulations and enforceable standards.
• Provides leadership as a subject matter expert to enhance, develop, and implement a technical education and outreach program for worksites to ensure the health and safety of Nova Scotians