Team Leader, Construction Services

Defence Construction Canada; Ottawa; Presencial; CAD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health and dental premiums

Wellness allowance

Mental health services

Descripción de la vacante

Defence Construction Canada in the Central and North Region seeks a Team Leader, Construction Services to guide a multi-disciplinary team across northern programs, ensuring service delivery quality and policy compliance. Travel to northern Canada is expected.

This bilingual role emphasizes leadership, client-partner coordination, and risk management to deliver timely, compliant results for complex contracts and projects.

Formación

• Leadership and people management experience in construction or related field.
• Ability to manage multiple contracts and mitigate risks.
• Strong coordination with Contractors, Consultants and Client-Partners.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee a team managing construction, professional services and service contracts to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and policies.
• Solve complex problems within delegated authority.
• Facilitate contract-related coordination between stakeholders.
• Promote and manage business development opportunities.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with DCC, Client-Partners and industry.
• Ensure quality standards and manage risk.
• Perform human resources functions for the team.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Contract management

Risk management

Stakeholder relations

Problem solving

Team supervision

Educación

College diploma in engineering, architecture or related field

Herramientas

Project management software

Descripción del empleo

We have an exciting opportunity in the Central and North Region (CNR)!

This position provides support to the northern programs and requires occasional travel across Northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Labrador).

** This position has been designatedbilingual, whereEnglish and Frenchare essential. **
** While priority will be given to qualified candidates who meet this bilingual linguistic profile, we welcome applications from candidates who may not meet this bilingual requirement. **

The Team Leader, Construction Services, ensures the quality of service delivery within the service line at a site with a large construction program. The incumbent ensures compliance with service line policies and procedures, and manages contract-related risks. The incumbent leads a team of professionals and manages the human resources responsibilities for the team. The incumbent also manages the Client-Partner relationship. The incumbent develops creative solutions and ensures the team is focused on collaboration, and quality and timeliness of deliverables.

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES

The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:

Primary

• Oversee a team managing construction, professional services and service contracts to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, and DCC contract management policies and processes.
• Solve complex problems within delegated authority.
• Facilitate contract-related coordination and communications between stakeholders (e.g. contractors, consultants, Client-Partners).
• Promote and manage business development opportunities.
• 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.
• Perform human resources functions (e.g. coach, supervise, mentor, plan and allocate resources, and manage performance).

Other

• Contribute to business planning
• Other duties as assigned

SKILLS

General and Specific Knowledge

• Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in construction, architecture and engineering
• Best practices and trends in financial management and human resources management
• Procurement mechanisms
• Project, contract and risk management principles
• Health and safety management

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

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

Abilities

• Use applicable computer software and operating systems
• Apply project, contract and risk management techniques
• Demonstrate leadership and human resources management skills

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Lead and manage direct reports
• Provide functional direction and advice to other employees and to Client-Partners

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Typical office environment with occasional 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
• $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