Buildings Department- Material Resources Consultant, Temporary Replacement / Conseillère ou Conseiller en ressources matérielles, remplacement temporaire - 35 Hours/heures

We, the Western Quebec School Board, acknowledge that the lands upon which we live, learn, and work are the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe peoples. We thank them for sharing these lands and commit, as an organization, as educators and as individuals, to an ongoing relationship that recognizes and respects the lands, traditions, and culture of the Anishinaabe people. The Western Quebec School Board is committed to building an educational community with the common purpose to realize the potential of all our students by cultivating a strong corps of support, professional, teaching, and administrative excellence. We, therefore, encourage applications from Indigenous people, as well as from other racialized people groups, persons living with a disability, people of religious faith, and gender minorities. As an organization, we strive to hire individuals who reflect the communities we serve, and who embody and practice a love of life-long learning, teamwork, and the highest professional ethics. Our efforts to achieve a diverse workforce that contributes to a culturally safe working environment include establishing proactive employment practices to address systemic barriers and removing obstacles to hiring and retaining qualified people.

Nature of the work

The position of material resources consultant encompasses, in particular, project management, more specifically in construction, conservation and layout, including analysis, planning, design, evaluation, implementation, delivery, control, advisory, development and research duties related to movable and immovable property (buildings, land and facilities) of the school board, especially in the sectors of planning and programming, energy management, space management, safety and emergency measures, and sustainable development.

Some Characteristic Duties

• The material resources consultant analyzes the needs, especially in construction, maintenance of assets, transformation and restoration.
• He or she plays a collaborative role in planning and programming movable and immovable property.
• He or she meets with the parties involved to clearly define the objectives and needs related to the projects assigned.
• He or she participates in conceptualizing projects, analyzing problems, conducting the necessary research and finding solutions.
• He or she submits appropriate recommendations to relevant parties.
• He or she coordinates preparation of plans and specifications.
• He or she identifies risks and constraints and draws up a contingency plan.
• He or she evaluates projects in terms of costs, schedule and human, contractual and material resources required to complete the project.
• He or she consults the operations team during the project development phase based on the norms in effect and the institutional standards and, where applicable, ensures follow-up with the team during the execution phase, as well as the transfer of information and documents on projects completed with the operations team.
• He or she evaluates and analyzes the recommendations related to all the technical components indicated in the plans and specifications based on the norms in effect and the institutional standards, where applicable, and on criteria such as quality, reliability, safety and operating and maintenance costs.
• He or she coordinates, together with the operations team, the logistics prior to the project execution phase.
• He or she participates in preparing the specifications and the tendering process.
• He or she may be called upon to forward information concerning the institution’s contractual rules and to apply laws and regulations related to his or her files.
• He or she participates in analyzing tenders, making recommendations and selecting contractors, as needed.
• He or she oversees construction work performed on buildings, land and facilities, while ensuring quality work, compliance with plans and specifications, health and safety, including schedule, budget, maintenance program and regulations in effect.
• He or she represents the school board, when required, with partner firms, ministries and external organizations.
• He or she prepares the necessary documents as needed.
• He or she coordinates the activities of contractual resources and acts as a link between the parties involved.
• He or she may be called upon to conduct or participate in jobsite meetings.
• He or she coordinates the operations which must be conducted by the departments and services involved in the work and, if need be, the work of staff in his or her sector.
• He or she is responsible for the financial and administrative control of the projects assigned to him or her.
• He or she designs and develops preventive maintenance programs for school board systems, buildings and facilities.
• He or she inspects and assesses the condition of equipment and infrastructures, recommends the necessary repairs, proposes solutions, and follows up on maintenance projects.
• He or she advises management staff and multidisciplinary teams.
• He or she collects data and completes the necessary information for reporting requirements; he or she develops and implements procedures, directives, guides, tools or protocols for monitoring, executing or inspecting work.
• He or she ensures application of various norms and regulations in effect, especially in sustainable development.
• He or she participates in preparing an investment plan, evaluates and classifies the work required and makes appropriate recommendations to support decision making.
• He or she ensures filing, archiving and updating of all documents dealing with building inventory.
• He or she ensures a technological, legislative and administrative watch.

Qualifications Required

A bachelor's degree in an appropriate specialty: architecture; engineering.

Working Conditions

The position is governed by the collective agreement between CPNCA and FPPE (Federation of Educational Professionals of Québec). Vacation: 35 days. Special leave days. Pension plan. Group insurance program. Employee assistance program. Work-life balance (flexible hours). Only those candidates chosen for interviews will be contacted. In accordance with Law 94, new employees must comply with regulations concerning the wearing of religious symbols in the workplace. While the Board values diversity and inclusion, we are required to fulfill our obligations under provincial law.