Position Description

Coordinator, Facility Management
Location ON, National Capital Region, Ottawa Area
Requisition Number 6361
Openings 1
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Who Can Apply?:
Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)
Salary Range:
$89,586 - $116,459
Employment status:
Continuing
Term Length:
Security Level:
Secret
Language Requirement:
Bilingual Preferred
Closing Date:
03/12/2024
Country:
Canada

 

 

** The incumbent is required to be on site (Richmond, ON) 5 days a week **

The Coordinator, Facility Management, provides facility management services to support the delivery of complex operations and maintenance of Client-Partner facilities. The incumbent manages and administers complex contracts related to facility management, maintenance, energy management and minor construction. The Coordinator carries out quality assurance for the activities of contractors, the Client-Partner and third parties. The incumbent undertakes research, studies and assessments, and provides advice to the Client-Partner. The Coordinator may prepare or verify maintenance management plans, prepare building asset inventories and review maintenance management system data and reports.

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
Primary

  • Manage and administer contracts to ensure compliance with requirements (e.g. ensure activities conform to contract requirements, administer contract changes, carry out safety reviews and inspections, manage consultants and contractors to ensure they meet Client-Partner requirements and contractual obligations)
  • Plan and coordinate implementation of the facility management quality assurance plan
  • Participate in procurement planning for requests for additional work
  • Track and report quality assurance activities for contracts and requests for additional work
  • Recommend contract changes and how to resolve complex performance management problems 
  • Provide advice on interpreting contract documents and on performance management
  • Support maintenance programs to ensure buildings and building systems remain energy-efficient (e.g. identify maintenance and repair requirements, review maintenance management system data and reports, prepare estimates and technical reports)
  • Support the operations and maintenance of facilities 
  • Liaise with Client-Partner representatives 
  • Maintain records, schedules and documents and prepare standard reports
  • Coordinate input into contracts of third parties (e.g. Technical Standards and Safety Authority, Electrical Safety Authority, soil testing contractors, consultants)
  • Prepare building asset inventories
  • Review maintenance management plans to ensure they conform to industry, legislative and Client-Partner standards and applicable codes and regulations
  • Conduct regular energy audits of facilities and make recommendations based on results 
  • Support and/or lead business development activities
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders
  • Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate and Client-Partner expectations 
  • Manage contract risk
  • Perform human resources functions (e.g. coach, supervise, mentor, plan and allocate resources, manage performance), as needed

Other

  • Prepare monthly reports (e.g. internal and for Client-Partners)
  • Other duties as assigned

SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge

  • Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in energy management, facility management and construction contract management
  • Project and risk management principles

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

  • Minimum: college diploma in facility management, engineering, applied science or related field with five years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
  • Preferred: certification in engineering technology, architecture, real property management, facility management (Certified Engineering Technologist, certified facility management professional)

Abilities

  • Use applicable computer software and operating systems
  • Apply project and risk management techniques
  • Demonstrate leadership and human resources management skills

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

  • Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and the Client-Partners

WORKING CONDITIONS

  • Typical office environment with routine travel
  • Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment

Check out the benefits

 

Working with DCC offers excellent opportunities for growth – and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages. In your role as Coordinator, Facility Management, your package is valued at 25% to 30% of your salary.

 

Your package will include:

  • Public service pension
  • 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, health and dental premiums, and life, accidental death, and short- and long-term disability insurance
  • $400 Wellness Allowance (e.g., gym membership)
  • $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage
  • $750 Health Care Spending Account (for some medical expenses that aren’t covered under provincial plans or our standard insurance plan)
  • Telus Virtual Health Care
  • Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for a maximum of 17 weeks
  • Hybrid workplace options including $400 allowance every two years to support work-from-home options
  • Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
  • Deluxe travel benefit plans
  • Comprehensive vacation and other paid leave plans

 

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.  As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.

DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.

The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC.  Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:

  • criminal record checks

  • reference checks

  • previous employment

  • open source checks

  • credit/financial status


DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.


Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.

DCC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.

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