Area Project Manager

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When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates MUST provide a cover letter and resume. You must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. The resume may be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Work environment

Did you know that Public Services and Procurement Canada was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2017? We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) 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, 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.

As an organization, PSPC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html

Intent of the process

A qualified pool of candidates may be established from this process to staff identical or similar positions within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada in Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary and Edmonton with various tenures (Indeterminate, Acting, Term, Deployment, Assignment, Secondment)

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum)

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

Education and Certification:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in an engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position AND Certification as a Professional Engineer in Canada

Degree equivalency

Experience
- *Recent and significant experience in managing **Real Property projects
- ***Recent experience in managing professional and technical staff including managing multidisciplinary teams
- Experience in managing financial resources in a business oriented environment.
- Experience in managing project delivery processes related to project delivery such as Design Bid Build (DBB), Design Build (DB), and Construction Management (CM)

*Recent and significant experience is defined as having managed real property projects of varying degrees of complexity and type for a minimum of eight years within the last 12 years including at least five years of Canadian experience

**Real Property projects are defined as new construction or renovations (e.g. interior fit-up) for lands, including mines and minerals, and buildings, structures, improvements, and other fixtures on, above, or below the surface of the land.

***Recent experience is defined as having managed staff (direct report and/or team) for a minimum of three years within the last 12 years including at least three years of Canadian experience

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of project management theories and practices
- Knowledge of the principles of general Architectural and Engineering practices relating to the design and construction of buildings
- Knowledge of managing a team and overall human resources
- Knowledge of managing budgets and overall program of work

Competencies:
- Values and Ethics – serving through integrity and respect
- Strategic Thinking – Innovating through analysis and ideas
- Engagement – Mobilizing people, organizations, partners
- Management excellence – delivering through action management, people management, financial management
- Client Service Level 2

***Please review the Key Leadership Competencies (manager level) at https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/effective-behaviours.html#manager and PSPC Client Service Competency (at http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html) for more information.

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

Asset Qualifications:
- Certification as a Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Knowledge of government construction and consultant procurement processes and administration.
- Knowledge of relevant federal, provincial and municipal acts, regulations, codes and standards
- Knowledge of National Project Management System (NPMS)

Operational Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to travel.
- Possession of a valid driver's license.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

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 targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

All job applications must be submitted through jobs-emplois.gc.ca. Do not fax, email or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the button "apply now".

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). 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.

Failure to respond to communications may be construed as a withdrawal from this process.

In addition to a resume and cover letter, you must answer all screening questions demonstrating how you meet the education and experience requirements as well as the asset qualifications. Please describe in detail using concrete examples, how you meet the experience and education required. It is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities. FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AND APPROPRIATE INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN ELIMINATION FROM THE PROCESS.

Reference checks will be sought.

An interview will be administered.

A written examination will be administered.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only). Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of screening.

Public service employees found qualified in this process may be considered for acting, assignment, deployment or secondment.

An assignment/secondment or an acting appointment is a temporary resourcing option. The approval of your substantive supervisor will be required before an offer can be made.

Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

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.

A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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.