Engineering Co-op Student
Competition # : 45547
Department: Environment and Climate Change
Location: SYDNEY, PORT HAWKESBURY, PICTOU or ANTIGONISH
Type of Employment: Casual
Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG
Closing Date: 04-Apr-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
About Us
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change’s role is to protect the environment, human health and animal health through regulatory excellence, conservation, partnership, and promotion. To achieve this, we strive to develop legislation, regulations and policies, process notifications, applications, and approvals for regulated activities based on sound scientific knowledge and expertise.
Our goal is to educate, inspect, and enforce to ensure compliance with legislation and regulations. We also proactively respond to environmental, conservation, animal, and human health risks and work to develop programs and deliver services to enhance protection in these areas.
About Our Opportunity
The Department of Environment and Climate Change is now accepting applications for a Co-op student for a period of 16 weeks starting May 5, 2025. Candidates must provide proof of status as a full-time post-secondary student, be registered in a cooperative education program, and be scheduled to return to school in September 2025 to be eligible for this program.
Primary Accountabilities
The role of the successful candidate will :
- Learn from a dynamic group of skilled professionals how environmental mitigation and protection are managed in a field setting.
- Assist Regional Engineers with review of industrial files, on-site sewage disposal system design, municipal water and wastewater treatment files, watercourse alteration files, environmental assessment registrations, contaminated site file, etc.
- Execute assigned tasks as required by your supervisor.
- Support other engineering initiatives within the team of Regional Engineers and across the Department as required.
Qualifications and Experience
As the ideal candidate, you must be a returning student in the next applicable semester of an environmental, civil, or chemical Engineering co-op program who will return to school in September 2025.
To be the successful candidate, you must:
- Clearly indicate course work or experience related to water, wastewater, GIS, water resource management, hydrology, hydrogeology, climate change and/or database/data management in your resume
- Excellent communication and organization skills
- Experience in data analysis, problem solving and statistics.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills as well as excellent organizational skills.
- Must have the ability to determine priorities with minimal supervision and demonstrate the use of sound judgement and tact in dealing with a variety of people.\
- Must be task oriented and self-motivated with good time management skills.
- Must be proficient with 10 Microsoft Office products (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Skills with ArcGIS (e.g., ArcMap) would be an asset.
- Having a valid Nova Scotia Driver’s License is an asset.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer.
Additional Information
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Co-op Summer Student position with an employment period of May to August 2025, and can be based in Sydney, Port Hawkesbury, Pictou, or Antigonish. Position location will be determined upon hire.
Please ensure you demonstrate in your application how you meet the above qualifications, and identify in your cover letter the competition number, position, and department.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Pay Grade: HOURLY
Salary Range: $18.22 - $29.69 Hourly
Employment Equity Statement:
Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.
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PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.
Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.
