Coordinator, Construction Services

Defence Construction Canada

$80K — $105K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary diploma in engineering, applied science, or related field with 4 years of experience, or equivalent work experience.
  • Certification in a relevant field preferred (e.g., Certified Engineering Technologist).
  • Strong understanding of construction best practices, methods, and legislation.
  • Knowledge of project, contract, and risk management principles.
  • Ability to interpret construction drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and administer contracts ensuring compliance with quality specifications.
  • Coordinate the resolution of day-to-day contractual issues with stakeholders.
  • Monitor construction schedules and ensure timely project progress.
  • Negotiate and manage change orders with client-partners.
  • Maintain detailed site activity records and documentation.
  • Develop effective relationships with internal teams and external clients.
  • Ensure contract risk management and compliance with health and safety standards.

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums.
  • $400 wellness allowance for fitness-related expenses.
  • $2,500 allocated for mental health services, in addition to paramedical coverage.
  • Enhanced maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% for up to 37 weeks.
  • Public-service pension and comprehensive vacation plans.
Full Job Description
Who Can Apply?:

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range:

$80,886 - $105,152

Employment status:

Continuing

Term Length:

Security Level:

Reliability

Language Requirement:

Bilingual Preferred

Closing Date:

23/06/2026

Country:

Canada

The Coordinator, Construction Services, manages and administers medium-complexity construction, professional services and service contracts during construction to ensure compliance with contract requirements. The incumbent engages in daily discussions and negotiations with contractors, consultants and the Client-Partners about quality of work, interpretation of contract documents, scope changes, progress claim reviews and other issues. The incumbent addresses contract management risks within delegated authority, complies with service line requirements, and integrates activities with site teams and other service lines.

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
Primary
  • Manage and administer contracts to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and quality specifications
  • Coordinate and solve day-to-day contractual problems
  • Monitor and control schedules
  • Liaise with Client-Partner representatives (e.g. on contract-related problems and risks, negotiate and issue change orders)
  • Maintain site activity records (e.g. photos, activity reports)
  • Liaise with other service lines and site teams, as required
  • 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 expectations
  • Manage contract risks

Other
  • Manage contract financials
  • Coordinate consultant construction review and third-party testing
  • Ensure health and safety, industrial security and environmental compliance
  • Support and/or lead business development activities
  • Other duties as assigned

SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge
  • Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in construction
  • Construction, products and materials
  • Project, contract and risk management principles
  • Health and safety management

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience
  • Minimum: college diploma in engineering, applied science or related field with four years' relevant experience, or the equivalent
  • Preferred: certification in applicable field (e.g. Certified Engineering Technologist)

Abilities
  • Use applicable computer software and operating systems
  • Interpret drawings and specifications
  • Apply project, contract and risk management techniques to construction and consultant contracts

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
  • Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and to Client-Partners

WORKING CONDITIONS
  • Typical construction site environment; incumbent is required to wear basic safety equipment
  • Some work may be in a typical office environment with occasional travel

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
  • $2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 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.

The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate's or employee's responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:

  • criminal record checks
  • reference checks
  • previous employment
  • open source checks
  • credit/financial status


DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Defence Construction Canada

More Real Estate & Construction Jobs

Find similar Coordinator, Construction Services jobs: