Housing Projects and Maintenance Supervisor – Gagetown

Location: Oromocto (New Brunswick)

Salary: $78,909 to $99,200

Level: EG-05

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

Duties:

• Plan, organize, and oversee the delivery of technical housing services for capital asset repair, maintenance, and betterment projects.
• Provide technical leadership, issue resolution, and risk-based recommendations to support housing inspections, investigations, assessments, and maintenance activities.
• Act as a subject matter expert by providing technical and advisory input to corporate processes, asset management initiatives, and operational reporting.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with service providers, partners, stakeholders, and internal technical communities to resolve complex issues.
• Ensure compliance through quality assurance, monitoring, and guidance on technical standards, regulatory requirements, health and safety, and environmental policies.
• Supervise, train, and develop technical services staff while contributing to continuous improvement of policies, procedures, processes, and tools.

Work environment:

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 Gagetown is a dynamic team of 20 full-time employees. We work together to provide housing services to over 1400 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 Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC position on an indeterminate (permanent) basis at the CFHA Gagetown Office. A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions with various tenures and language requirements at Housing Services Center Gagetown.

Positions to be filled: 1

Important messages:

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 Gagetown. 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 Gagetown, New Brunswick.

Conditions of Employment:

• Recent and acceptable driver’s abstract.
• Valid, unrestricted driver’s licence holding a qualification (class) equivalent to the DND vehicle to be operated.
• Eligibility and willingness to obtain the DND 404 military driver's licence.
• Utilizing necessary equipment and clothing in compliance with safety regulations.
• 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.

Operational Requirements:

• Willing and able to travel.
• Willing and able to work overtime on an occasional basis.
• Willing and able to meet the occasional requirement to work in confined areas such as crawl spaces or at heights such as second storey roofs.

You need (essential for the job):

Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following:

EDUCATION:

• A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives.

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience conducting inspections and determining maintenance requirements of residential or commercial properties.
• Experience planning, coordinating, or overseeing maintenance, repair, or construction work for residential or commercial properties.
• Experience engaging and collaborating with stakeholders.

COMPETENCY:

• Project Management
• Demonstrating Integrity and Respect

ABILITY:

• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and organize work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to assess residential construction and renovation projects for compliance with relevant codes, standards, and material requirements, and to provide technical guidance based on findings.
• Ability to lead and support a team to meet operational objectives.
• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders.

Language requirements (essential for the job): May be applied / assessed at a later date.

ASSET - OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:

• Possession of a valid journeyman's certificate in a major residential building trade and/or certification as an engineering technologist or technician.
• Interprovincial Red Seal Certification as a Carpenter, Electrician, Plumber or Gasfitter.

ASSET - EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in supervising a team.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

As means to support our military families and linked with the Department of National Defence priorities, consideration may first be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.

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.

Our commitment:

We're 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 contact the hiring organization below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the population it serves. We promote employment equity and encourage you to self-declare if you belong to one of the designated employment equity groups when you apply.

Preference will be given to veterans first, followed by Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of jobs located in Nunavut or Yukon.

For positions located in Nunavut, qualified Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement will be appointed first. For positions located in Yukon, qualified Yukon First Nations will be appointed first, followed by qualified Indigenous persons.

We'd like to thank all those who apply. However, only the people selected for further consideration will be contacted.