Senior Maintenance Management Specialist – Architectural

Work environment

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, auditing and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

Intent of the process

The intent of this appointment process is to fill one immediate vacancy and to establish a fully assessed pool of qualified candidates that may be used to staff identical or similar positions of various tenures and various locations in PSPC.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:
Successful completion of a post-secondary education in an architectural related field relevant to the position OR an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:
Registered as a Certified Architectural Technician/Technologist
in “Good Standing” in the Province of Ontario, with:
1 OAAAS – Ontario Association of Applied Architectural Sciences
or
2. AATO - Association of Architectural Technologist of Ontario

Experience:
1. Recent* and significant** experience in providing technical services and programs for buildings architectural related systems and similar facilities.
2. Recent* and significant** experience in coordinating and managing building architectural related system reviews and accessibility inspection programs.
3. Recent* and significant** experience in providing architectural related systems advice to internal and external clients.

*Recent is defined as during the last 5 years.
**Significant is defined as a broad variety of architectural systems, technical services, programs delivery and coordination that would normally be acquired in a period not less than 3 consecutive years.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
1. Knowledge of current practices and policies in maintenance management services.
2. Knowledge of legislation related to architectural related building systems in a federally governed real property environment

Competencies:
1. Written Communication
2. Oral Communication
3. Client Service, Level 2
4. Thinking Things Through
5. Excellence through Results

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Education:
Graduation from a recognized university with a degree in Génie électrique.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification:
Registered as a Professional Architect.

Experience:
1. Experience in real property preventative maintenance programs

Operational requirements:
1. Willing and able to work overtime.
2. Willing and able to travel to project sites.

Conditions of employment

1. Security: Reliability
2. Requirement to possess a valid driver’s license
3. Must be willing and able to travel to project sites, as required.
4. Must be willing and able to work overtime, as required.

Other information

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE and complete the Screening Questionnaire pertaining to this advertised process. You MUST provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and/or asset qualifications section. An online Screening Questionnaire has been created to assist you in completing this information. Alternatively, if you do not complete the screening questions, one effective approach to prepare your application would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs thoroughly demonstrating that you
have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; only candidates successful in the screening process will be contacted.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

You must be prepared to provide the original, or a certified copy, of your educational credentials.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.