Housing Projects and Maintenance Technician

National Defence - Canadian Forces Housing Agency
Esquimalt (British Columbia)
EG-04
$71,741 to $90,184
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About the Canadian Forces Housing Agency Video

**Closing date: 5 August 2025 - 23:59, Pacific Time**

**Who can apply**: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

**Important messages**:
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

If at any point in this process or upon qualifying in this process, your Values and Ethics do not align with that of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Code of Values and Ethics and Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector, you will be eliminated from further consideration in this process.

THIS PROCESS WILL ONLY BE USED TO STAFF POSITIONS AT HOUSING SERVICES CENTER ESQUIMALT. NO POOL WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR STAFFING AT OTHER LOCATIONS.

Due to the nature of the work, it is not possible to work from home. This position is full-time from the office and would require relocation to Esquimalt, British Columbia.

**Duties**:
SOME DUTIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE:

- Identify, assess and document repair and maintenance requirements for CFHA housing units.
- Plan, organize and implement repair and maintenance work on CFHA housing units through service providers. This would include the preparation of repair and maintenance work orders.
- Oversee and confirm work/repair completion in accordance with the terms of the contract, specifications, technical codes and standards.
- Conduct responsive and preventive repair and maintenance inspections of housing units and equipment/systems.
- Provide customer services that includes responding to CFHA housing unit service requests, elaborating repair and maintenance plans/schedules on the housing units.
- Provide ongoing instruction, information and guidance to service providers, team members, and housing unit occupants.
- Assess and perform minor repair/installation and/or temporary fixes/solutions. This would include identifying and utilizing materials and tools required to complete the repairs.
- Prepare technical documentation and plans, provide coordination, collaboration and support for capital asset project design, development and implementation through external service providers.
- Maintain ongoing assessment and provide technical inputs with respect to housing unit operations, repairs, life cycle replacement, betterment projects and activities.

**Work environment**:
A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT CFHA...
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.

CFHA Esquimalt is a dynamic team of 15 full-time employees. We work together to provide housing services to approximately 700 Canadian Forces families. As a CFHA employee, you will play an important role in the implementation of housing services while working with a dedicated team.

**Intent of the process**:
The immediate need is to staff one English Essential position on a temporary (determinate) basis at the CFHA Esquimalt Office. A pool will be created and could be used to staff future permanent and/or temporary opportunities at the CFHA Esquimalt Office.

**Positions to be filled**: 1

**Information you must provide**:
Your résumé.

EDUCATION
- EDU. A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives.

The employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma are:

- A satisfactory score on the Public Service Commission test approved as an alternative to a secondary school diploma; or
- An acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- EX1. Experience in one of the following:

- Renovation of residential single-family, semi-detached or row housing units;
OR
- Conducting inspections and determining maintenance requirements of residential housing or commercial properties.
- EX2. Experience in property or facility maintenance or project management.

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
- AOC1. Possession of a valid journeyman's certificate in a residential building trade or certification as an engineering technologist or technician.
- AOC2. Interprovincial Red Seal Certification as a Car