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🏠 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Canadian Forces Housing Agency’s national office is seeking someone dynamic to ensure that housing designs comply with building regulations, planning policies, and accessibility standards. In this role, you will assess design plans for new housing developments and ensure they align with quality, sustainability, and community needs. You will work closely with teams to ensure designs meet all necessary requirements and contribute to the development of high-quality, functional living space.
Some activities include :
🖍️ Develop concept designs for housing projects, ensuring alignment with CFHA/DND standards.
💻 Assess accommodation needs, provide technical guidance, and integrate universal design principles.
📏 Evaluate housing designs, analyze trends, and support asset information management.
🖍️ Prepare detailed drawings, ensure compliance with codes, and conduct site inspections.
📔 Implement conservation strategies and collaborate with external agencies.
📑 Contribute to CFHA guidelines, policies, and inter-agency initiatives.
🖥️ Use AutoCAD and other tools for design, analysis, and documentation.
💸 Estimate costs, optimize designs, and minimize project risks.
🏢 Office-based with occasional site visits and travel; manage multiple priorities under deadlines.
🏠 WHO ARE WE?
As a Special Operating Agency reporting to the Department of National Defence (DND),CFHA contributes to the quality of life of CAF members and their families through the provision of housing services, and through the responsible and sustainable management of the Department’s housing infrastructure. We are a team of 380 federal public servants who work hard to meet the needs of the Canadian Armed Forces families living in DND housing. We have close to 230 employees at our Housing Services Centers across Canada and 150 employees at our Head Office in Ottawa.
🏠 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
• High Performer: Highly detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Excellent Communicator: Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem Solver: Ability to anticipate needs and address challenges proactively.
• Team Player: Collaborative mindset with a focus on fostering positive relationships.
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🏠 WHAT WE OFFER:
• Work-Life Balance: Work will not follow you after hours.
• Great work environment: Healthy and supportive environment.
• Inclusive Culture: A diverse workplace where all voices are valued.
💥If you’re passionate about making a difference and ready to take on exciting challenges in the housing sector, we want to hear from you! Join us in shaping the future of residential housing for those who serve our country.
❗ CFHA has adopted a hybrid work environment based on operational requirement to leverage the best of both in-person and virtual work to deliver results. To foster a dynamic environment for purposeful in-person connections, hybrid work arrangements are established in accordance with TBS direction. The position is located at the CFHA Head Office at 2171 Thurston Drive in Ottawa and we currently have free parking. The office is a 5-minute drive from the Walkley or Hunt Club exits on the 417.
The immediate need is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis, with a linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB.
A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions with various tenures at CFHA Head Office.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
EDUCATION:
Successful completion of two years of a post-secondary program from a recognized post-secondary institution, with acceptable specialization in fields such as building-related architecture design or engineering technology.
EXPERIENCE:
• (EX1) Experience in analyzing housing designs by researching options and recommending solutions.
• (EX2) Experience in developing housing designs that consider functional requirements and design objectives.
• (EX3) Experience using 2 and 3 dimensional CADD software in a professional context.
ASSET - CERTIFICATION:
• (AC1) Professional certifications related to building-related engineering, architectural design or engineering technology.
ASSET - EXPERIENCE:
• (AEX1) Experience in providing technical oversight of construction, renovation, repairs, maintenance or management of real property.
• (AEX2) Experience in conducting compliance audits or assessments as a technical subject matter expert of real property.
• (AEX3) Experience in working in a municipal, provincial or federal real property environment.
OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.
• Willingness and ability to travel within Canada.
Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)
Information on language requirements
KNOWLEDGE:
• (K1) Knowledge of code standards related to housing construction.
ABILITY/SKILLS:
• (A1) Ability to design plans based on code standards related to residential construction.
• (A2) Ability to effectively communicate orally.
• (A3) Ability to effectively communicate in writing.
PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
• (PS1) Working effectively with others.
• (PS2) Dependability.
• (PS3) Initiative.
• (PS4) Judgement.
• (PS5) Client Services Oriented.
• (PS6) Demonstrating integrity and respect.
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.
Information on employment equity
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.
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
Only applications submitted online via the jobs.gc.ca site will be accepted. To submit an application online, please select the button "Apply Online" below. All information about the process will be sent by email. You are therefore responsible for regularly checking your email account to see if you received new messages about this process.
Screening questions have been built into the application process. Answers provided to the screening questions will be used to assess both education and experience. You must answer the screening questions in addition to providing a resume. For experience qualifications, your answers must include concrete examples that demonstrate how the experience was obtained. The onus is on the candidate to provide sufficient information in their answers. Additional information will not be solicited from the candidate. The resume will be used to validate the information provided through the screening questions.
Random selection, top down selection and/or the application of asset criteria may be used at any step of the process.
Please note that all written communication, including the screening questions, may be used to evaluate the ability to communicate effectively in writing.
You must provide proof of your education credentials.
Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. If you meet them, please demonstrate 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.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.
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.