Position Description

Leader, Area Program
Location ON, Kingston - Ontario Regional Office
Requisition Number 7003
Openings 1
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Who Can Apply?:
Internal (DCC Employees Only)
Salary Range:
$124,013 - $161,216
Employment status:
Continuing
Term Length:
Security Level:
Secret
Language Requirement:
English Essential
Closing Date:
29/09/2025
Country:
Canada
Employee Referral Program Level:
N/A
Position Reporting To - Title:
RSLL, Contract Management

 

 

Summary

The Leader, Area Program, ensures the overall quality of service delivery and the technical aspects of construction services in a region. This includes communicating, monitoring and meeting key performance indicators for the service line. The incumbent conducts regional audits to assess compliance as well as risk management within the geographic area, including monitoring activities and reporting on risks that will affect the regional service line. The incumbent manages the Client-Partner relationship at a regional level within the assigned program.

Primary

  • Manage risk, communicate proposed solutions to internal and external stakeholders
  • Assist in developing service level arrangements to meet Client-Partner requirements for special or unique programs
  • Communicate, monitor and meet regional service line key performance indicators
  • Lead service line team to provide required support within the program (e.g. multiple projects and contracts involving varying complexities, values, disciplines and costs)
  • Implement risk management framework for the service line (e.g. monitor activities and report on risks)
  • Ensure dissemination and understanding of service line information within the region
  • Ensure service line compliance with corporate policies and procedures
  • Ensure the integration of security considerations into service delivery
  • Promote business development for the service line in the region
  • 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

Other

  • Provide support to service line initiatives
  • Other duties as assigned

General and Specific Knowledge

  • Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in construction, engineering and architecture
  • Procurement mechanisms
  • Service line policies and procedures
  • Project, contract and risk management principles
  • Health and safety management

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

  • Minimum: college diploma in engineering, applied science or related field with eight years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
  • Preferred: university degree in one of the above fields and/or applicable certification or licence (e.g. Certified Engineering Technologist, Association of Architectural Technologists of Ontario, P.Eng)

Abilities

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

Development and Leadership

  • Provide functional oversight and leadership for service line personnel

Working Conditions

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

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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