Coordinator Construction Services

Construction Services Coordinator

The Construction Services Coordinator manages construction contracts of moderate complexity, professional services and construction services contracts to ensure compliance with contractual requirements. The position holder participates in daily discussions and negotiations with contractors, consultants and client partners regarding quality of work, interpretation of contract documents, changes to scope of work, and review of periodic payment requests and other relevant topics. They manage risks associated with contract management within delegated authority, ensure compliance with service sector requirements and integrate activities with site teams and other service sectors.

Key activities and periodic tasks include:

• Managing contracts to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and quality of estimate.
• Coordinating and resolving daily contract issues.
• Monitoring and controlling schedules.
• Liaising with client partner representatives (e.g. market-related problems and risks, and negotiation and issuance of corrective orders).
• Maintaining records of activities performed on site (e.g. photos and activity reports).
• Liaising with other service sectors and site teams as needed.
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships within Defence Construction Canada as well as with the industry, client partners and stakeholders.
• Ensuring compliance with quality standards, in accordance with the expectations of the Corporation and client partners.
• Managing market-related risks.

Other tasks include:

• Managing financial records of the contract.
• Coordinating expert construction review and third-party testing.
• Ensuring compliance with environmental, health and safety and industrial safety requirements.
• Supporting or leading business expansion activities.
• Performing other tasks as required.

Knowledge, general and specific:

• Best practices, methods, trends and construction legislation.
• Construction products and materials.
• Project management, contract management and risk management principles.
• Health and safety management.

Education/certification(s) and experience:

• Minimum requirement: a college diploma in engineering, applied sciences or a related field, and four years of relevant experience, or equivalent.
• Advantage: certification in a relevant field (e.g., Certified Engineering Technologist).

Capabilities:

• Using appropriate software and operating systems.
• Interpreting plans and estimates.
• Applying project management, contract management and risk management techniques in construction and consulting contracts.

Improvement and leadership:

• Providing functional advice and guidance to employees and client partners.

Work conditions:

• The position holder works on typical construction sites, where it is mandatory to wear basic safety equipment.
• The position holder sometimes works in a typical office environment and is occasionally required to travel.

Benefits:

• Defence Construction Canada offers excellent opportunities for advancement and one of the best benefits packages in the job market. The benefits of a Construction Services Coordinator represent 25% to 30% of their salary.
• Your benefits package includes:
• Public Service Pension Plan
• 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, health, dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• $400 wellness allowance (e.g. gym membership)
• $1500 for mental health services in addition to regular paramedical coverage
• $750 health spending account (to cover certain medical expenses not covered by provincial plans or our standard insurance plan)
• TELUS Virtual Care Service
• Complementary maternity and parental leave benefits up to 93% of regular gross pay for a maximum of 37 weeks
• $400 every two years to support telework options
• Enhanced Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Luxury travel benefits
• Comprehensive vacation and other paid leave benefits