Project Manager (Engineers and Architects)

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Duties

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) manages one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of real estate in the country and is the Government of Canada’s real property expert. We are actively looking for motivated and energetic engineers and architects with a background in project management who are eager to work in a professional and dynamic organization. As a member of the Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of project development and delivery and will be supervising the work of teams in the planning, design, construction, commissioning and evaluation of assigned engineering and architectural projects.

Work environment

Want to help build history in one of Canada’s most iconic sites? Located in downtown Ottawa, the Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch (SPIB) of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) offers a dynamic team, a challenging work portfolio, opportunities for growth, and unique access to historic buildings.

As part of the SPIB team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with federal and municipal partners on a range of urban planning initiatives to project delivery that will influence the evolution of Parliament Hill and surrounds.

SPIB provides a single point of service delivery to Crown assets within the Precinct in partnership with its parliamentary partners: the Senate of Canada, the House of Commons and the Library of Parliament. Other clients include the Privy Council Office and the Prime Minister’s Office. SPIB also manages the space for commercial tenants leasing properties along Sparks Street. Services offered by SPIB to its clients and partners include: accommodation planning, capital projects delivery, building operations and maintenance to ensure ongoing operations of government within rehabilitated and modern facilities.

Take a look behind the scenes at the progress made on the rehabilitation projects within the SPIB: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/100/index-eng.html.

We also invite you to visit the following link to discover the top 10 reasons to come work for PSPC: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/carrieres-careers/travail-work-eng.html

Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established through this process to staff Project Manager positions within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada across Canada.

Acting opportunities may be offered for internal employees who qualified in the pool.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

EDUCATION

ENG: Graduation with a degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, or some other engineering specialty relevant to the duties of the position.

AR: Graduation with a degree* in architecture from a recognized post-secondary institution OR Graduation with a degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in landscape architecture or in urban planning, rural planning, community planning or some other specialty relevant to landscape architect and town planner positions.

*A degree is defined as a baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
1. Experience in managing financial and human resources.
2. **Extensive Real Property project management experience related to planning and development or construction of buildings (construction includes buildings, infrastructure, interior fit up) or engineering assets. This includes from the planning to the delivery of projects, with varying degrees of ***complexity and magnitude in an environment of competing demands.
3. Experience in managing* project teams including: stakeholders, consultants and contractors.
4. Experience in providing guidance, strategic advice and recommendations to senior management and clients in two or more of the following areas: accommodation planning, project management, construction technology, cost estimation, sustainable development and construction scheduling.

*Management experience of approximatively 5 years.

**Extensive experience is defined as the management of several projects/components that are strategically or thematically linked; to qualify on this factor, candidates must demonstrate they manage or have managed the strategic component as well as various types of projects including large projects with a high degree of technical difficulty.

*** Complex projects must include 2 or more of the following characteristics: large number of stakeholders requiring specific governance and organized communications, important heritage component, multi-disciplinary consulting team, interrelated dependencies with other projects or programs, alternative form of delivery, or approvals required from Central Authorities (such as Treasury Board or a Board of Directors or equivalent in the private sector).

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET EXPERIENCE
1. Experience with procurement processes and contract management related to real property or other large industry projects.
2. Experience in leading files related to environmental sustainability.

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

Various language requirements
Please note that most positions to be staffed are bilingual imperative CBC/CBC.
Other positions to be staffed may be bilingual imperative BBB/BBB or English Essential.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of project management principles and practices.

COMPETENCIES
1. Effective interpersonal skills
2. Action Management
3. Leadership
4. Strategic Thinking
5. Client Service Competency – Level 2 (https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html)
6. Communication (Oral & Written)

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

ASSET KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of Government of Canada financial management policies, principles and practices, including government contracting policy, budgets and financial planning, analysis and reporting.

Conditions of employment

Various security clearances: Secret or Reliability
Willing and able to travel (i.e., occasional visits to construction sites).
Agree to access and work at active construction sites.
Agree to overtime on short notice and on weekends.

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 designated groups when you apply.

Please note that we will contact candidates later to obtain information about assets.

Please apply online.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this 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.

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials and proof of citizenship.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

Preference

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