Position Description

Coordinator, Facility Management
Location AB, Ralston (CFB Suffield)
Requisition Number 7204
Openings 1
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Who Can Apply?:
Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)
Salary Range:
$68,014 - $88,417
Employment status:
Continuing
Term Length:
Security Level:
Reliability
Language Requirement:
English Essential
Closing Date:
05/12/2025
Country:
Canada

 

 

The Coordinator, Facility Management, manages and administers facility management contracts for the Client-Partners. The incumbent carries out all administrative activities and duties related to facility management, maintenance and minor construction contracts. The incumbent may prepare maintenance management plans, conduct building systems inventories, and review computerized 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 contractual requirements (e.g. ensure activities conform to contract requirements, carry out safety reviews, and manage service providers, including consultants and contractors, to ensure they meet Client-Partner requirements and contract obligations)
  • Provide services to support facility management contracts (e.g. review maintenance quality, carry out environmental and occupational health and safety audits, conduct contract inspection, coordinate activities of consultants and oversee commissioning)
  • Support the operations and maintenance of facilities (e.g. electrical, HVAC, plumbing, building automation, fire detection and suppression, electronic security and communication systems, roads and grounds).
  • Conduct regular inspections of facilities for compliance, performance, Client-Partner satisfaction, safety and asset integrity
  • Maintain records, schedules and documents, and prepare standard reports.
  • Coordinate the input of third parties into contracts (e.g. TSSA, ESA, 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
  • 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

  • Support and/or lead business development activities
  • Manage risk
  • Other duties as assigned

SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge

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

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

  • Minimum: college diploma in facility management or related field with approximately two years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
  • Preferred: certification in engineering technology, real property or facility management (Civil Engineering Technician or Construction Engineering Technician, and Real Property Management or Facilities Management Administrator)

Abilities

  • Use applicable computer software and operating systems
  • Apply project and risk management techniques

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 your benefits
Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.

Your package includes:
Health and Wellness

  • 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
  • $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
  • $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage
  • Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family

  • Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
  • Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
  • Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
  • Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement

  • Public-service pension
  • Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with deluxe travel benefit plans

Located in the scenic South Saskatchewan River Valley, Medicine Hat's population of just over 60,000 citizens enjoying more hours of sunshine than any another Canadian community (2,512 hours per year!) making it "Canada's Sunniest City." The city is rich in local history and unique attractions, from the 20-storey high Saamis Tepee, the Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic District, the gaslight-themed downtown with over 200 shops and services, to the state-of-the-art Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre.

Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield is located approximately 50 kms northwest of Medicine Hat, spanning over 2600 km2, and is one of the largest live-fire training areas in the western world. CFB Suffield provides support services for Canadian Military users, along with two lodger units: Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC-Suffield) and The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS). CFB Suffield is also home to a 458 km2 National Wildlife Area, an environmentally protected area recognized under the Canadian Wildlife Act.

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’s goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.

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