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Technical Specialist, Program Management6900 Western Regional Office

Defence Construction Canada

Western Regional Office, Alberta

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Technical Specialist, Program Management6900 Western Regional Office

Defence Construction Canada

Western Regional Office, Alberta
 
Salary: $91,826 - $119,370
 

 

 

The Technical Specialist, Program Management, oversees multi-disciplinary work to develop, maintain and deliver centralized coordination functions in support of capital construction, operations and maintenance and/or environmental programs. The incumbent acts as a technical specialist for Client-Partners, providing support in the areas of joint program management, information management, and communications management. The incumbent works with multiple service lines to support program delivery and provides advice to Client-Partners on program delivery.

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

  • Support the development and management of new programs and existing programs in conjunction with Client-Partner
  • Provide program life cycle management and ensure programs are aligned with Client-Partner strategy and stakeholder requirements
  • Analyze and manage detailed program information and data
  • Support communications with Client-Partners, and DCC management and employees on program status and issues
  • Maintain and report on program metric and operating results • 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 risk

Other

  • Prepare monthly status reports
  • Develop new capabilities for DCC
  • Support the development of new DCC approaches, policies and processes for consideration by DCC management
  • Other duties as assigned

SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge

  • Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in real property, environmental services and construction services
  • Program management industry standards
  • Risk management principles

  • Client-Partner program management policies and procedures 

     

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

  • Minimum: college diploma in engineering, architecture or related field with five years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent

Abilities

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

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

  • Demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Provide functional direction and advice to employees and 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 Technical Specialist, Program 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 37 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

Edmonton
Edmonton prides itself in being a welcoming and multi-cultural city boasting over 50 diverse festivals and events every year that celebrate all aspects of this great city and its amazing people. Edmonton is also home to the Edmonton Oilers NHL hockey team as well as the West Edmonton Mall, North America’s largest shopping mall. Built in 1955, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Edmonton currently has over 35 Operational and Support Units with over 300 buildings covering over 2,550 hectares of land. Defence Construction (DCC) Edmonton supports the Department of National Defence (DND) with a variety of contracts including multi-trade and single trade construction projects of varying sizes and complexity, such as new construction, repairs, renovations, and maintenance of infrastructure in support of Canadian Forces Operations, as well as providing technical services support, such as land surveying, materials testing, equipment and structure inspections, architectural and engineering design, geological, and environmental studies.

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.

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

 

Whenever possible, reach out to a named contact rather than a general inbox  - it helps ensure a quicker, more personalized response. If you hit a bounce-back, let us know at

employment.Emploi@cfmws.com

 

About Defence Construction Canada

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is a Crown corporation that provides innovative and cost-effective contracting, construction contract management, infrastructure and environmental services, and lifecycle support for Canada's defence requirements. Our Client-Partners are the Assistant Deputy Minister Infrastructure and Environment (ADM IE) Group at the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).