Team Leader, Deployed Operations
Defence Construction Canada
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Job summary
Defence Construction Canada is seeking a Team Leader, Deployed Operations to supervise overseas deployment services for CJOC, CFJOSG, and 1 ESU. You will manage deployment programs, ensure training and medical screenings, and coordinate security requirements across regions.
With a minimum university degree in engineering/architecture and six years of related experience, you will lead a team, plan resources, and report to senior management.
Qualifications
- Minimum: university degree in engineering, architecture or related field with six years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent.
- Experience coordinating overseas deployments and client-partner programs.
- Ability to manage procurement planning and statements of work reviews.
Responsibilities
- Manage, track and report on all overseas programs, including those for CJOC, CFJOSG and 1 ESU
- Manage and review list of deployed employees and track all pre-deployment activities
- Participate in procurement planning and assist with statement of work reviews and discussions related to deployed operations
- Review threat and risk levels for deployment locations
- Coordinate DCC, DND and CAF training and related requirements for all deployed staff
- Coordinate pre- and post-deployment medical screenings, insurance, assignment letters and related documents with Human Resources
- Coordinate with DND Honours and Recognition to have DCC deployed staff recognized for their support overseas
- Prepare briefings and weekly reports for the Senior Management Group
- Support Client-Partners’ industrial security requirements for overseas locations
- Coordinate and lead all weekly update teleconferences with deployed staff
- Offer support outside of standard business hours to coordinate urgent matters with deployed staff
- Collaborate with deployed individuals’ team leader and site manager to carry out all business management tasks
- Perform human resources functions for deployed staff (coach, supervise, mentor, plan and allocate resources, and manage performance)
- Support DCC efforts to develop business overseas
- Other duties as assigned
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Job description
Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)
$109,219 - $141,984
Continuing
Hybrid (2 days/week)
Security Level: Secret
Bilingual Mandatory
21/11/2026
Canada
Occasional travel to remote overseas theatres (ex. Latvia, Kuwait, Jamaica, etc.) will be required for this position to support Canadian Forces deployed situations.
Access to the sites is either by CAF service flight or commercial flight.
The Team Leader, Deployed Operations, leads and manages DCC’s deployed operations program. The incumbent supervises the delivery of DCC services to support of overseas infrastructure projects for the Client-Partners, in particular the Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), Canadian Forces Joint Operational Support Group (CFJOSG), 1 Engineer Support Unit (1 ESU) and the Task Force Engineering Team in each overseas location. The incumbent identifies opportunities for deployment, the minimum job requirements and the necessary training, leads the development and management of all service level arrangements for overseas deployments, and works with DCC’s regions to create and maintain records related to employees scheduled to be deployed. When required, the incumbent deploys on short notice to fill capacity gaps (one to six weeks) and for meetings, quality assurance activities and site visits.
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
- Manage, track and report on all overseas programs, including those for CJOC, CFJOSG and 1 ESU
- Manage and review list of deployed employees and track all pre-deployment activities
- Participate in procurement planning and assist with statement of work reviews and discussions related to deployed operations
- Review threat and risk levels for deployment locations
- Coordinate DCC, DND and CAF training and related requirements for all deployed staff
- Coordinate pre- and post-deployment medical screenings, insurance, assignment letters and related documents with Human Resources
- Coordinate with DND Honours and Recognition to have DCC deployed staff recognized for their support overseas
- Prepare briefings and weekly reports for the Senior Management Group
- Support Client-Partners’ industrial security requirements for overseas locations
- Coordinate and lead all weekly update teleconferences with deployed staff
- Offer support outside of standard business hours to coordinate urgent matters with deployed staff
- Collaborate with deployed individuals’ team leader and site manager (from their substantive position) to carry out all business management tasks (e.g. time entry, expense claims, determining start and end dates for temporary assignments, performance evaluations)
- Perform human resources functions for deployed staff (e.g. coach, supervise, mentor, plan and allocate resources, and manage performance)
- Support DCC efforts to develop business overseas
- Other duties as assigned
- DCC service lines
- Business management
- Project management, contracting and contract management
- Building construction in overseas environments
- Minimum: university degree in engineering, architecture or related field with six years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
- Use applicable computer software and operating systems
- Identify and solve problems
- Work independently and innovatively
- Lead and manage direct reports
- Provide functional advice and guidance to team members and other employees
- Typical office environment, with regular visits to deployment locations
- Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment
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.
- 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
- 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
- Public-service pension
- Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with enhanced travel benefits coverage
** This position has been designated bilingual, where English and French are 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. **
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.
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