Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is seeking an Editor/Writer to join our evolving Communications team—a collaborative and ambitious group that values professionalism, teamwork, and personal growth. The ideal candidate demonstrates exceptional attention to detail, a talent for transforming complex information into plain language, and adaptability across audiences and formats. In this role, you will uphold DCC’s editorial standards and play a key part in shaping our organizational voice and values.
Location: Hybrid work environment; 2 days a week in the office or 100% remote
What you bring
You have an established portfolio showcasing your editing and writing work for a variety of formats, such as reports, web content and executive memos and briefings. Your expertise includes every stage of editing—from structural and stylistic editing to copy-editing, proofreading, and fact-checking—to guarantee clarity, accuracy, and consistency in every piece you review. You are adept at transforming complex material into plain language, tailoring your approach for different audiences and communications channels. Deeply knowledgeable about language, style, and best practices—especially Government of Canada standards—you collaborate well with clients and colleagues and act as a trusted advisor on issues related to DCC’s editorial style guide and lexicon.
Your opportunity and responsibilities
Working closely with the Team Leader, Communications and colleagues on the Communications team, you will provide professional editing and fact-checking services to ensure the clarity, accuracy, and consistency of DCC’s corporate editorial, reporting, and digital content. In this role, you will write and edit plain-language copy for corporate reports, executive speaking notes, internal and external newsletters, job profiles, web and intranet content, and other communications products. You will adapt tone and style to suit various content types and audiences, ensuring that all content is engaging and aligned with the corporate voice. As steward of the corporate style guide and lexicon, you will maintain and evolve corporate language standards.
Your skills, experience, and fit
Meet the team
Join a collaborative communications team that works like an in-house agency, supporting a variety of business units and projects. As our group adapts to new priorities, you’ll be part of a creative, supportive environment focused on achieving results. Here, you can grow your skills, help shape DCC’s mission, and enjoy a strong culture where people know they are valued—as reflected in our 93% employee retention rate and our recognition on the Forbes’ list of Canada’s Best Employers in 2022.
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
o 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
o $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
o $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage
o Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans
Home and Family
o Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
o Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
o Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
o Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home
Leave and Retirement
o Public-service pension
o Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with deluxe travel benefit plans
Contribute to our diverse and inclusive workplace
In our workplace, we want to ensure that everyone has a voice and can be their authentic self. We encourage applications from all people, including women, people of colour, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ communities. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens, yet who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least five years of verifiable background information in Canada. And we 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.
We are Defence Construction Canada
DCC is a Crown corporation of the federal government. Since 1951, we have provided contracting, infrastructure and environmental services to help build and maintain facilities for Canada’s armed forces. Our projects range widely—dockyards and control towers, community centres and accommodation facilities, roads and water systems. Our Client-Partners are the Department of National Defence and the Communications Security Establishment.
How to apply?
To be considered for this position, please submit a recent resume detailing your experience in editing and writing and a cover letter. Please use the cover letter to tell us about a recent writing assignment that you completed. What do you feel was the impact of your work on the target audience?
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:
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.
We are committed to hiring military and Veteran spouses and encourage you to identify your connection with the MSEN when reaching out to us or applying to any of our open roles.
Have questions or want to learn more about us? We would love to hear from you!
Michelle.Scheidegger@dcc-cdc.gc.ca
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