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✅ Step 1: Read the entire advertisement. Want to join our team? Let us know you’re interested! Click “Apply Online”
✅ Step 2: Tell us about yourself! Attach your resume and answer the screening questions in the online application.
✅ Step 3: We will carefully review all your qualifications. If your talent matches one of our immediate or upcoming opportunities, we may contact you for further information or assessment.
Creating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued begins with self-declaration. Count yourself in and self-declare by identifying to which employment equity group(s) you belong. In order to self-declare, please ensure to indicate this by checking off the appropriate box within the online application as part of the Employment Equity section.
⭐Duties
As a successful Project Manager you will responsible for key duties and initiatives such as;
• exercising technical and financial authority for infrastructure projects ranging in value from $100,000 to $25,000,000
• developing statements of requirements, scopes of work and briefing documents for third party design consultants
• reviewing the work of third party design consultants
• producing high level cost estimates
• preparing all the documentation required for contract tending
• preparing and maintaining funding documents and purchase requests
• developing and maintaining project schedules
• providing ongoing communications to management and other project stakeholders regarding project progress, costs and timelines
The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government employers, offering over 70 types of civilian career opportunities. DND's role is to provide services and support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in their operations and missions at home and abroad. The civilian workforce is an essential part of the Defence Team. Your knowledge and expertise contribute to the overall mission. In this regard, the department fosters a work environment where you have opportunities to learn, to develop your talents, to progress in your career and have job satisfaction over the long-term.
The intent of this process is to fill one (1) English essential EG-06 position in the Victoria, British Columbia, on an indeterminate (permanent) basis.
A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates resulting from this process may be established and used to fill similar positions with various tenures, linguistic profiles, and/or security requirements at the Department of National Defence.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
EDUCATION
A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (see Note 1).
NOTE 1: The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are:
• A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
• An acceptable combination of education, training or experience.
*Relevant technical fields include: electrical, building controls, automation systems, mechanical, architectural, or civil.
EXPERIENCE
EX1: Experience in design, implementation or management of projects that demonstrates expertise in one of the following construction or engineering disciplines and a general understanding of two others:
• Architectural engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Structural engineering
• Civil engineering
EX2: Experience with managing budgets as it relates to multi-discipline project management.
EX3: Experience providing technical advice to a multi-disciplined project teams.
EX4: Experience in Project Management practices, contract administration, and project development.
English essential
Information on language requirements
COMPETENCIES
C1: Demonstrating integrity and respect
C2: Thinking things through
C3: Working effectively with others
C4: Showing initiative and being action-oriented
C5: Adaptability to changing priorities
C6: Communication
ABILITY
A1: Ability to calculate material quantities and estimate labour, construction and material costs
A2: Ability to analyze options and recommend a course of action based on sound principles.
A3: Ability to read and understand technical specifications and drawings to ensure that they meet project standards and requirements.
EDUCATION
AED1: Graduation with a Degree or Diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution in Engineering, Architecture or Applied Sciences
OR an acceptable combination of education, training or experience with a focus in architectural, mechanical, electrical, structural or civil disciplines.
Occupational Certification:
AOC1: Certification Engineering Technologist. (CET)
AOC2: Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
AOC3: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
AOC4: Certified Engineering Technician (C.E.T)
AOC5: Certified Energy Manager (C.E.M.)
AOC6: Building Operator Certification (BOC)
AOC7: Facility Management Professional (FMP)
AOC8: Engineer in Training (EIT)
AOC9: Energy Manager in Training (EMIT)
ASSET EXPERIENCE
AEX1: Experience in planning of infrastructure maintenance and repair programs.
AEX2: Experience working on marine infrastructure.
AEX3: Experience developing statements of requirements or scopes of work.
AEX4: Experience in contract administration.
AEX5: Experience in coordinating consultant activities from project initiation, options analysis, design development and construction administration phases
AEX6: Experience as an Architect, Architectural Technologist, Technician or Tradesperson contributing to projects supporting building architectural systems (interior renovations and new construction).
AEX7: Experience as an Electrical Engineer, Technologist, Technician or Tradesperson contributing to projects supporting site or building electrical systems (interior renovations and new construction).
AEX8: Experience as a Civil Engineer, Technologist, Technician or Tradesperson contributing to projects supporting site or building municipal systems (interior renovations, site development or recapitalization and new construction).
AEX9: Experience as a Mechanical Engineer, Technologist, Technician or Tradesperson contributing to projects supporting building mechanical systems (interior renovations and new construction).
AEX10: Experience as a Structural Engineer, Technologist, Technician or Tradesperson contributing to projects supporting building structural systems (interior renovations and new construction).
The Department of National Defence is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive team that reflects Canada's population. To achieve a representative workforce, selection may be based on qualified candidates self-declaring as belonging to one or more of the designated groups: Indigenous Peoples, members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and women. We encourage you to indicate if you belong to any of the designated groups when you apply.
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As means to support our military families and linked with the Department of National Defence priorities, consideration may first be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT
Willingness and ability to work overtime as required.
Willingness to travel and work at various sites and under various conditions, as required.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Security: Various
Strict adherence to the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics, Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, Directive on Conflict of Interest, and Defence Administrative Orders and Directives (DAOD) 7021-1, Conflict of Interest.
Possess and maintain a valid class “5” driver’s license without restriction issued by the Province of British Columbia. or equivalent issued by another Canadian Province or territory.
Provide a current and acceptable driver’s abstract.
Willing to obtain and maintain a DND 404 military driver's licence.
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.
Information on employment equity
▶ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
▶ Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this opportunity. Please click “Apply online” to submit your application. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the PSRS online portal, you must contact us and receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.
▶ Depending on the position being staffed:
↪ Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required.
↪ Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential.
↪ Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential.
▶ Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.
▶ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants. Your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.
▶ If, at any point your Values and Ethics do not align with that of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics and Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, you may be eliminated from further consideration in this process.
▶ To ensure the integrity of the selection process, the content and questions of the assessment must remain confidential. Please do not discuss or share the assessment content with anyone, including other candidates. You must complete the assessment, including screening questions, by yourself, without the help of others, including the use of unapproved internet resources and artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT or any other forms of artificial intelligence). Plagiarism and the use of artificial intelligence is strictly prohibited throughout the entire process and suspected non-compliance will be investigated. Any violation may result in potential consequences which could include your elimination from this selection process.
Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.
Information on the preference to veterans
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.