Coordinator, Construction Services

Defence Construction Canada; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 81,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental premiums

Wellness allowance

Mental health services

Work-from-home allowance

Public-service pension

Job summary

Defence Construction Canada in Canada seeks a Coordinator, Construction Services to manage and administer medium-complexity construction contracts across the Central and North Region, with travel to northern sites.

The role requires strong technical, communication, negotiation and documentation skills, plus the ability to interpret drawings and specifications, coordinate planning, scheduling and procurement, and ensure safety and quality on site.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering construction, infrastructure, or capital projects.
• Experience managing multiple projects, contracts, consultants and stakeholders.
• Strong ability to interpret drawings, specifications and reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer contracts to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and quality specifications
• Coordinate and solve day-to-day contractual problems
• Monitor and control schedules
• Liaise with Client-Partner representatives on contract-related problems and risks, negotiate and issue change orders
• Maintain site activity records
• Liaise with other service lines and site teams
• Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC and with Client Partners/stakeholders
• Ensure quality standards are met, in line with expectations
• Manage contract risks
• Manage contract financials
• Coordinate consultant construction review and third-party testing
• Ensure health and safety and environmental compliance
• Support and/or lead business development activities
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Scheduling

Project coordination

Communication

Problem solving

Documentation

Education

College diploma in engineering or related field

Engineering technologist certification

Job description

Who Can Apply?

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range

$80,886 - $105,152

Employment Status

Continuing

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid (2 days/week)

Term Length

Security Level:

Security Level

Secret

Language Requirement

Bilingual Preferred

Closing Date

11/10/2026

Country

Canada

We have an exciting opportunity in the Central and North Region (CNR)! This position provides support for Northern projects and requires travel across Northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut). The Coordinator, Construction Services, manages and administers medium-complexity construction, professional services and service contracts during construction to ensure compliance with contract requirements. The incumbent engages in daily discussions and negotiations with contractors, consultants and the Client-Partners about quality of work, interpretation of contract documents, scope changes, progress claim reviews and other issues. The incumbent addresses contract management risks within delegated authority, complies with service line requirements, and integrates activities with site teams and other service lines.

We are seeking candidates with experience delivering construction, infrastructure, or capital projects, particularly in northern, remote, or isolated locations. The ideal candidate has experience managing multiple projects, contracts, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders simultaneously, while coordinating project planning, scheduling, logistics, forecasting, procurement, contract administration, and change management activities. Experience working on active or occupied facilities, overseeing quality assurance and commissioning activities, and managing projects involving critical building systems such as generators, fuel systems, fire alarm/life safety systems, or similar infrastructure will be considered a strong asset. Success in this role requires strong technical, communication, problem-solving, negotiation, and documentation skills, as well as the ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, engineering reports, and contract documents.

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 and quality specifications
• Coordinate and solve day-to-day contractual problems
• Monitor and control schedules
• Liaise with Client-Partner representatives (e.g. on contract-related problems and risks, negotiate and issue change orders)
• Maintain site activity records (e.g. photos, activity reports)
• Liaise with other service lines and site teams, as required
• 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 contract risks

Other

• Manage contract financials
• Coordinate consultant construction review and third-party testing
• Ensure health and safety, industrial security and environmental compliance
• Support and/or lead business development activities
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

General and Specific Knowledge

• Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in construction
• Construction, products and materials
• 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 four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
• Preferred: certification in applicable field (e.g. Certified Engineering Technologist)

Abilities

• Use applicable computer software and operating systems
• Interpret drawings and specifications
• Apply project, contract and risk management techniques to construction and consultant contracts

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and to Client-Partners

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Typical construction site environment; incumbent is required to wear basic safety equipment
• Some work may be in a typical office environment with occasional travel

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
• $2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 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 enhanced travel benefits coverage

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 .

Required

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!

Roles at DCC will require security at various levels including Reliability, Secret, Top Secret and for Canadian Eyes Only (proof of Citizenship required). While we welcome applications to our roles who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information, selection will depend on the specific role’s requirements.

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.

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 [e-mail] .