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✅ 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.
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The Material Control Officer (MCO) is responsible for leading a team that oversees a wide range of materiel management functions, including procurement support, warehousing operations, shipping and receiving, and inventory planning. On a daily basis, the MCO ensures that workflows are coordinated to meet competing priorities across multiple functional areas—ranging from hazardous goods handling and secure storage to customer support and regulatory compliance. The role involves consistent engagement with technical authorities, internal clients, and logistics partners to align operational execution with strategic requirements.
A core responsibility is maintaining operational balance—ensuring that personnel, space, and materiel resources are distributed in a way that maximizes throughput without overwhelming any single node in the system. This includes anticipating demand, forecasting stock levels, coordinating repair and disposal activities, and adjusting task assignments to prevent bottlenecks. The MCO must continuously monitor workflow effectiveness, identify risks or misalignments, and take proactive steps to reallocate resources as needed. The position requires a dynamic mix of day-to-day leadership and forward-looking planning to keep operations efficient, compliant, and responsive.
Together, DND and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) form the largest and most complex organization in Canada. DND's role is to provide services and support to the CAF in their operations and missions at home and abroad. DND and the CAF work side-by-side to fulfill the Government of Canada’s mission to defend Canada and Canadians and contribute to international peace, security, and stability efforts.
What do we offer?
🍁 At DND we foster a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, learn, progress in their careers, and have job satisfaction over the long-term. You’ll enjoy:
✅ A career among a dynamic and dedicated team
✅ Opportunities for advancement
✅ A diverse, respectful, and inclusive work environment
✅ A total benefits package including a competitive salary, health and dental insurance plans, pension plan and a variety of leave entitlements
The intent of this process is to fill one (1) bilingual imperative (CBC/CBC) position on an indeterminate (permanent) basis in Montreal, Quebec.
A pool of partially or essentially qualified candidates may be established through this process and used to staff identical or similar positions with various employment tenures (temporary and permanent), language profiles, operational requirements, and conditions of employment at the Department of National Defence.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
❗ Essential qualifications are qualifications that you must meet in order to be considered for the position. This means that when you apply, your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience listed below.
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ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
ED1. A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (see Note 1).
Notes:
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 and/or experience.
Candidates who already meet both of the following criteria must be accepted as meeting the secondary school diploma requirement:
- Candidates who have achieved a satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; and
- Candidates who have been appointed or deployed for an indeterminate period to a position in the PG classification.
The opportunity to be assessed by at least one of the two employer-approved alternatives must be offered to candidates who have not previously met the secondary school diploma requirement.
Candidates who were appointed or deployed on an indeterminate basis using an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience meet the secondary school requirement for the PG classification only and must be reassessed for entry to other classifications on the basis of this alternative.
2. Acceptable experience and/or training in a field relevant to positions in the PG classification is required when the education qualification specified for the position being staffed is a secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives.
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ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
EX1. Experience supervising or managing multiple teams.
EX2. Experience managing warehousing operations, such as receiving, issuing, consolidating, and storing various types of materiel (e.g., petroleum, oil, lubricants (POL), hazardous materials, vehicle parts, weapons).
EX3. Experience overseeing operations in a shipping and receiving environment.
EX4. Experience in managing the lifecycle of materials, such as planning and coordinating maintenance in compliance with applicable regulations.
EX5. Experience contributing to inventory planning, forecasting, or determining stock levels in support of operational or customer requirements.
Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)
The language requirements for these supervisory positions are in line with the updates to the Official Languages Act. As of June 20, 2025, all supervisory positions with subordinates in bilingual regions will require a linguistic profile of CBC/CBC. Supervisory positions without subordinates in bilingual regions may require a lower profile.
Copy and paste this link into your browser to see the list of bilingual regions in Canada:
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/values-ethics/official-languages/list-bilingual-regions-canada-language-of-work-purposes.html
Information on language requirements
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COMPETENCIES
C1: Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
C2: Thinking Things Through
C3: Working Effectively with Others
C4: Showing Initiative and Being Action Oriented
C5: Communication
❗ Asset qualifications are qualifications that may be required for the position. If you possess any of the qualifications listed below, please clearly demonstrate how you meet the qualification in your application.
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ASSET EDUCATION
AED1. Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field related to business administration, materiel management, or supply chain.
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ASSET OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
AOC1. Possession of a recognized professional certification in supply chain, logistics, or project management (e.g., Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), and Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent).
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ASSET EXPERIENCE
AEX1. Experience using a Warehouse Management System (e.g., SAP or similar) to support inventory and logistics operations.
AEX2. Experience managing or supporting inventory and asset tracking systems, such as Materiel Service Accounts (MSA) or equivalent.
AEX3. Experience in compliance and audit readiness within a warehousing or supply chain context.
AEX4. Experience managing materials during transfer of responsibility or disposal while following organizational procedures.
AEX5. Experience managing or coordinating warehousing operations involving high-risk or controlled materials (e.g., hazardous goods or secure equipment).
AEX6. Experience collaborating with technical or compliance authorities to align warehousing or inventory operations with policy or regulatory requirements.
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ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
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.
As means to support our military families and linked with the Department of National Defence priorities, consideration may be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.
Information on employment equity
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OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
OR1. Willing and able to work overtime when required.
OR2. Willing and able to travel within Canada.
OR3. Willing and able to work in operational environments that may include hazardous materials and controlled goods.
OR4. Willing and able to perform duties across multiple physical warehouse locations and secure storage areas.
Reliability Status security clearance
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.
Copy and paste these links in your browser for more information:
↪ https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/defence-ethics/policies-publications/code-value-ethics.html
↪ https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=25049
↪ https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32627
↪ https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/policies-standards/defence-administrative-orders-directives/7000-series/7021/7021-1-conflict-of-interest.html
Additional conditions of employment may be required depending on the position being staffed. Candidates may be contacted and asked to submit information to confirm conditions of employment.
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▶ 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 GC Jobs 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 qualifications
↪ You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed
▶ 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.
▶ 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.
▶ If, at any point in this process or upon qualifying in this process, 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 will be eliminated from further consideration in this process.
Copy and paste these links in your browser for more information:
↪ https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/benefits-military/defence-ethics/policies-publications/code-value-ethics.html
↪ https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=25049)
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.