Building Services Technician

Selection process number
2026-PEN-EA-PRA-202853

Salary
$34.22 to $37.20 per hour

Level
GL-MAM-09-In addition to Normal Pay:
Institutional annual allowance, Weekend premiums, Inmate Training Allowance, Overtime, Callback Pay, Shift allowances

Who can apply
Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

Duties
Operation, installation and maintenance of mechanical systems, components and equipment providing optimum physical environmental conditions for the occupants, management and staff of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) facilities.

Work environment
The Technical Services, Prairie Region, of Correctional Service Canada is a stimulating and dynamic environment whose mission is to ensure the operation, compliance and sustainability of a real estate portfolio of more than $ 8 billion dollars in an operational environment. We are responsible for institutions and penitentiary clusters as well as parole offices and community correctional centers located throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The facilities we manage are very varied, such as buildings and structures, building mechanical systems, electrical distribution networks, infrastructures, generators, oil reservoirs, thermal power plants, water treatment and purification plants, roads, fences and barriers, and vehicles.

The positions are located in federal correctional institutions. Tradespersons employed in these areas are responsible to support the maintenance of the institutions while directly supervising and training inmates. All incumbents must be willing to work within a federal correctional environment including direct interaction and supervision of offenders.

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.
Benefits:
Healthcare, Vision, Hospital, Dental Plans, Disability
Plan members who have retired from the federal public service are eligible to receive coverage under the Public Service Health Care Plan, provided they receive a public service pension. Institution based positions earn operational service time, where after 10 years of service employees can retire at age 50.Leave with Pay:
Vacation paid leave @ 3 weeks annually up to 6 weeks,
Employees with more than two (2) years of service, as defined in clause 37.03, shall be credited a one-time entitlement of forty (40) hours of vacation leave with pay, or thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) where the standard workweek is thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours.
12 paid statutory holidays per year
Paid personal leave
Paid sick time.
Bereavement leave
Parental/Maternity Allowance
Leave for Preschool Childcare/Long Term Care of Parents/Family-related responsibilities.

Indeterminate employees are also able to apply for Leave with Income Averaging where you may be eligible for a special work arrangement that allows you to take an extended leave without pay (for a minimum of 5 weeks and a maximum of 3 months) while averaging your income over a 12-month period. This income averaging allows you to continue receiving part of your regular salary during your leave without pay.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice

We may assess the essential and asset qualifications using interviews, written tests (take home assignments or other), references or a combination of these or other assessment methods. Other sources of information (such as performance agreements, work samples, board member knowledge, etc.) may be used to assess the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria.

For this selection process, we will communicate with you by email. You must provide a valid email address to which you wish to receive communication regarding this selection process. It is your responsibility to inform of any change of address, telephone number and / or email address. You must ensure to check/view your email accounts including spam, promotion or other folders regularly as there may be a deadline for responses.

Candidates who respond past the deadline risk being removed from the selection process.

To support workforce management objectives, employees who are subject to Workforce Adjustment (WFA) who meet the essential qualifications and conditions of employment may be considered before other candidates.

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