Technical Specialist, Project Management

Who Can Apply?: **Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)** - Salary Range: **$79,067 - $102,788** - Employment status: **Continuing** - Term Length: - Security Level: **Secret** - Language Requirement: **Bilingual Preferred** - Closing Date: **14/10/2025** - Country: **Canada** The Technical Specialist, Project Management, provides project management services to support the delivery of routine to moderately complex infrastructure and environmental projects. The incumbent acts as a technical specialist for the Client-Partners and may undertake research and conducts studies and assessments. **KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES** **The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive**: **Primary** - Research, prepare and present documentation required for long-term projects (e.g. approvals, statements of work, projects charters, budgets, policies and procedures) - Complete project management from initiation to closure for infrastructure and environmental projects, including new construction, recapitalization and environmental assessment and remediation - Support Client-Partner project approval processes by facilitating decision making within Client-Partner organizations through the development of business case analysis, functional space programming and other documentation - Coordinate stakeholder communications to ensure timely decision making - Participate in procurement planning and prepare tender documents - Coordinate consultant activities - Act as the representative of the project director or project manager, within DCC delegated signing authority - Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders - Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate and Client-Partner expectation **Other** - Prepare monthly reports (e.g. internal, Client-Partner) - Support and/or lead business development activities - Manage risk - Other duties as assigned **SKILLS** **General and Specific Knowledge** - Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in real property, environmental and construction services - Client-Partner project management policies and procedures - Treasury Board Secretariat policies and procedures - Project and risk management principles **Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience** - ** Minimum**:college diploma in engineering, architecture or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent - ** Preferred**:university degree in one of the above fields and/or additional training in project management **Abilities** - Use applicable computer software and operating systems **DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP** - Provide functional direction and advice to employees and to Client-Partners **WORKING CONDITIONS** - Typical office environment with occasional travel - Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment **CHECK OUT YOUR BENEFITS** Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary. **Your package includes**: Health and Wellness - 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums - $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership - $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage - Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans Home and Family - Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance - Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program - Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks - Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home Leave and Retirement - Public-service pension - Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with deluxe travel benefit plans To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance. - DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process_. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening. - criminal record checks - reference checks - previous employment - open