Coordinator, Professional Services Contracts
Defence Construction Canada
Provides project management, construction, and infrastructure services for the Canadian Defence sector.
Manages medium‑risk professional services contracts, overseeing scope, cost, schedule, and compliance.
1 months ago ago
C$79,067 - C$102,788
Intermediate (4-7 years)
Full Time
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Onsite
Company Size
700 Employees
Service Specialisms
Construction services
Project Management
Consulting
Engineering
Architecture
Property Development
Design
Technical Services
Sector Specialisms
Buildings
Infrastructure
Commercial
Residential
Industrial
Water Resources
Heavy Civil
Marine
Role
Description
contract management
risk management
schedule tracking
cost estimation
quality assurance
stakeholder management
- Apply project, contract and risk management techniques
- Ensure consultant work complies with health and safety, industrial security and environmental requirements
- Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders
- Visit construction sites, and coordinate construction-phase activities and performance with construction coordinators
- Prepare estimates and negotiate costs for additional contract scope
- Track and monitor schedule, including all milestone deliverables
- Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment
- Manage the financial aspects of the contract and payment certification
- Manage risks associated with contracts
- Ensure consultant deliverables comply with contract requirements (e.g. review invoices, statements of work, deliverables)
- Support and/or lead business development activities
- Manage multiple contracts and competing priorities, as required
- Provide support to and coordinate work with other service lines. (e.g. on pre-tender reviews)
- Carry out quality assurance for contract work and write contract performance reviews
- Provides functional advice and guidance to employees and to Client-Partners
- Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate and Client-Partner expectations
- Use applicable computer software and operating systems
- Review statements of work for problems related to contract management
Requirements
design process
engineering diploma
project management
risk management
pmp
4 years
- Design process and typical deliverables (e.g. pre-design, schematic design, design development, construction documents)
- previous employment
- Minimum: college diploma in engineering, architecture or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
- Project, contract and risk management principles
- Preferred: certification in applicable field (e.g. Project Management Professional, Certified Engineering Technologist)
Benefits
- Public-service pension
- criminal record checks
- Typical office environment with occasional travel
- Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
- $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage
- Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
- 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
- Estimation of fees for professional services
- Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with deluxe travel benefit plans
- Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
- Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans
- $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
- Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home
Training + Development
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Interview process
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Visa Sponsorship
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Security clearance
- reliability or secret security clearance required, involving extensive background verification.
- checks include criminal record, references, previous employment, open‑source, and credit/financial status.
- must provide five (reliability) or ten (secret) years of verifiable background information.
Company
Overview
- Founded to serve the construction needs of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence.
- Manages a wide array of construction and infrastructure projects across Canada.
- Specializes in designing and delivering facilities, buildings, and utilities for national defence operations.
- Operates in diverse sectors including infrastructure, buildings, transportation, utilities, and heavy civil works.
- Has delivered projects in remote locations, ensuring the highest standards for military operations and safety.
- Known for managing large-scale, complex projects that are critical to national security.
- Works with military, governmental, and private partners to support the Canadian Defence sector's evolving needs.
- Handles the entire lifecycle of projects, from planning and design to construction and maintenance.
Culture + Values
Since 1951
Year Established
The company has consistently supported defence infrastructure and environmental requirements, demonstrating a long-standing commitment to its mission.
- Collaboration: Committed to developing collaborative relationships with Client-Partners, industry, employees and other stakeholders. Together, they leverage shared expertise toward common goals.
- Competence: Offers a dynamic and inclusive working environment where employee experience, expertise, and diversity enable innovative solutions for client needs.
- Fairness: Engages everyone in a fair and ethical manner, embraces equity and inclusion, and advocates for mutual respect and professionalism throughout its business.
Environment + Sustainability
Net-Zero by 2050
Joining Canada's Net-Zero Challenge
Committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
80% GHG Reduction
Supporting DND energy targets
Helping achieve energy reductions for the Department of National Defence.
15.7M CAD Investment
Net-Zero Ready Facility
Constructed a 3,389 m² training facility with geothermal and water treatment.
31% Energy Reduction
Energy Performance at CFB Kingston
Delivered energy savings with significant GHG reductions.
- Managed construction of CFB Gagetown Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Facility (3,389 m², CAD 15.7 million), running almost completely off-grid with geothermal heating, onsite water treatment and septic, net-zero ready.
- Since 2018, delivered energy performance contracts at CFB Kingston (31 % energy reduction, ~5,865 tCO₂e fewer emissions), and multiple other bases including Petawawa, Esquimalt, Greenwood and Bagotville.
- Under DEES and federal Greening Government Strategy, contributing to national targets: 40 % GHG reduction from real property and light-duty fleets by 2025 and net-zero by 2050.
- Tracking and monitoring GHG emissions, reducing contaminated sites via Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan, plus waste audits and diversion initiatives.
- Awarded best practices in environmental sustainability (Real Property Institute of Canada) for net-zero building at CFB Gagetown.
Inclusion & Diversity
April 20, 2021
Diversity Strategy Launch
Company launched Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2.0 with a five-year roadmap for new initiatives to advance inclusion and acceptance.
41.9% Women
Workforce Representation
Women make up 41.9% of the workforce, reflecting a significant portion of the company's diverse employee base.
$1,000+ Raised
Internlational Cuisine Initiative
International Cuisine lunch/cookbook initiative raised over CAD 1,000 for charity, fostering cultural exchange and community impact.
- Indigenous individuals make up 4.5% of the workforce (LMA 3.3%), persons with disabilities 5.7% (LMA 8.5%), and visible minorities 11.3% (LMA 18.0%).
- Recognized three years consecutively by Employment and Social Development Canada for its inspirational role model in employment equity; two executives designated as Employment Equity Champions.
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