Division Crewperson

**Department**:Public Works

**Location**:Middleton, Digby

**Zone**: 29, 33

**Type of Employment**:Special Works Crew [Casual]

**Union Status**: CUPE - NSPG

**Closing Date**:6/27/2023 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

Under Article 13 of the Collective Agreement between the Nova Scotia Department of Public Works and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1867, the following opportunity is being posted.

**About Us**:
Maintaining our Provincial built infrastructure is no small job. We’re recruiting for people like you to help our Province achieve big things.

The Department of Public Works supports Nova Scotia’s 23,000 kilometers of roads and highways, 4,100 bridges, and 9 provincial ferries. There are a lot of exciting developments on the horizon in our Province, and this is your opportunity to get involved with the growth of your Provincial Infrastructure. Watch your hands-on experiences come to life as you support the maintenance and construction of various projects throughout your assigned construction area.

**About Our Opportunity**:
As the Division Crewperson, there’s no worry about doing the same thing day in, day out. As is the nature of construction, things are always changing, no two days are alike, and every job is different.

**Primary Accountabilities**:
You will be responsible for a combination of maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction processes of the Provincial infrastructure. A typical day in the life of a Division Crewperson could include traffic control including erecting, repairing and maintaining traffic control signs; ditching, installing, replacing and repairing culverts; building, repairing, and maintaining steel/wooden bridges and guardrails; road surface maintenance; brush cutting; and general maintenance.

**Qualifications and Experience**:
Grade 10 plus one (1) year of related experience in survey, road construction and building structures; an acceptable equivalent of education and experience will be considered.

Written and verbal communication skills are essential for completing required documents, forms and reviewing of policies and procedures. The ability to operate small power tools and various portable equipment is essential.

Certification in the following areas of training are considered assets: Traffic Control, Temporary Workplace Signage, Confined Space, Nova Scotia Forest Products Association Tree Felling, Erosion & Sediment Control, Anti Stripping, WHMIS, First Aid and CPR, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Fall Protection, and Chainsaw Safety.

You are a self-motivated individual who works both independently with mínimal supervision and participates fully as an effective team player. You are accurate in your work and have well developed time management and organizational skills to meet established priorities. Your exceptional interpersonal and communication skills are essential for working with staff, contractors, and the traveling public. You consistently maintain a professional and courteous disposition and hold a high standard for client and customer service.

**Equivalency**:
An equivalent combination of training, education and experience will be considered. Equivalencies may include but are not limited to:

- At least 3 years of related experience.

**Benefits**:
Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Pension, General Illness (Short and Long Term), Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs.

**Working Conditions**:
This position is physically demanding. Work is performed in an outdoor environment at highway construction sites, on heavily traveled highways and in rough isolated areas with inherent exposure to dust/dirt, equipment noise, blasting, extreme weather temperatures and dangerous heights. This position requires the ability to work in confined spaces, along with the ability to climb, lift and carry various equipment throughout construction sites.

Traffic Control duties require the ability to stand in one place for long periods of time while maintaining continuous mental concentration.

**Additional Information**:
There are eight (8) opportunities available for a Temporary Special Work Crew as per Article 15 of the CUPE Collective. Positions will work out of Annapolis and Digby Construction Areas.
- four (4) positions are available in Zone 29 (Middleton), and
- four (4) positions are available in Zone 33 (Digby)

It is anticipated that this Special Work Crew will work a minimum of 21 weeks per year (corresponding to the summer works period) and may start earlier and/or extend beyond these dates in any given year depending on bridge work plans/priorities and availability of funding.

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