Technical Specialist, Project Management
Defence Construction Canada View all jobs
- Alberta Lakeland, MB
- Permanent
- Full-time
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
Primary
- Research, prepare and present documentation required for long-term projects (e.g. approvals, statements of work, projects charters, budgets, policies and procedures)
- Complete project management from initiation to closure for infrastructure and environmental projects, including new construction, recapitalization and environmental assessment and remediation
- Support Client-Partner project approval processes by facilitating decision making within Client-Partner organizations through the development of business case analysis, functional space programming and other documentation
- Coordinate stakeholder communications to ensure timely decision making
- Participate in procurement planning and prepare tender documents
- Coordinate consultant activities
- Act as the representative of the project director or project manager, within DCC delegated signing authority
- 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 expectation
- Prepare monthly reports (e.g. internal, Client-Partner)
- Support and/or lead business development activities
- Manage risk
- Other duties as assigned
General and Specific Knowledge
- Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in real property, environmental and construction services
- Client-Partner project management policies and procedures
- Treasury Board Secretariat policies and procedures
- Project and risk management principles
- Minimum: college diploma in engineering, architecture or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
- Preferred: university degree in one of the above fields and/or additional training in project management
- Use applicable computer software and operating systems
- Apply project and risk management techniques
- Provide functional direction and advice to employees and to Client-Partners
- Typical office environment with occasional travel
- Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment
- 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 37 weeks
- $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
The City of Cold Lake is located in Alberta’s Lakeland and nestled on the shore of Alberta’s seventh largest lake. The area is known for its many pristine lakes and forests which offer excellent camping, fishing, water sports, and many other recreational activities. Cold Lake also has modern recreation and sport facilities, a nearby alpine ski hill, as well as urban and rural trail systems. Defence Construction Canada (DCC) Cold Lake is located at 4 Wing which is an air force base operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and home to Western Canada’s fighter jets. The Cold Lake air base is known as Canada’s busiest fighter base and the 1.17-million-hectare Cold Lake Air Weapons Range provides opportunity for Canadian and International Air Force training. Working at DCC Cold Lake offers opportunities to support in planning, construction, and maintenance of the infrastructure for the airfield runways, ramp, and hangars as well as other supporting facilities and utilities at both the base and the nearby air weapons range.