Hours per week: 35

Salary Grade: SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range: $85,040.00 - $107,421.00

Campus: Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation: SSUO

Job Type: Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments): 24

Job Family: Facilities Planning and Logistics

# of Open Positions: 1

Faculty/Service - Department: Facility Management

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/10/08

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/10/19

About The Faculty Of Medicine

Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists. Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

Position Purpose

Evaluates problems and recommends solutions or improvements autonomously to ensure the continual operation of complex building systems and structures, sophisticated equipment, and to minimize repercussions on personnel, buildings, and equipment in dynamic situations. Acts independently as on-site faculty representative to ensure that the laboratories and surrounding physical environment is well maintained, and in compliance with university policies. Limits research downtime and accidents related to research equipment and environments through planning and consultation with Facilities and the immediate supervisor.

Collaborates with the immediate supervisor, researchers,



health and safety and technical staff in reviewing conditions of the workplace that is dispersed among multiple sites varying from office spaces to complex and cross-disciplinary research environments. Assesses feasibility with research and teaching staff in planning the placement of, and manages the relocation and decommissioning activities of, sophisticated scientific equipment and products.

Collaborates with the immediate supervisor and team members in the design and optimization of new spaces through construction or renovation projects for complex scientific equipment and safety infrastructure. Enforces safe shutdown requirements of research equipment and sites with Facilities.

Ensures that fixed facilities, equipment and workplace environment are protected, functional and conducive to the research, teaching and support mandate of the faculty. Ensures corrective actions are initiated and implemented as requested.

Specific Accountabilities

- Assesses the physical environment of multiple buildings housing the Faculty of Medicine, with the majority of the space comprised of complex scientific equipment and research facilities. Evaluates the conditions and deficiencies and follows up on subsequent remedial activities to address noted deficiencies.
- Institutes corrective measures to repair deficiencies in research laboratories, teaching spaces, common areas, and administration spaces.



Follows up on these corrective measures to ensure quality of remediation and timeliness of response.
- Meets the immediate supervisor on a regular basis to plan workload, generate solutions through collaborative discussions and determine resources needed to address facility concerns.
- Assess the day-to-day operational needs as required with regards to the complex and integrated physical environment and sophisticated scientific equipment and supporting infrastructure.
- Prioritizes activities independently when faced with emerging problems over multiple locations and varying degrees of severity.
- Works directly with Facilities personnel and contractors on a variety of facility issues to ensure a safe, expedient, and proper response to maintenance needs and equipment shutdown requirements.
- Plans operations to mitigate and/or decrease down time for infrastructural services and systems on complex and multidisciplinary research equipment. These services and systems may include HVAC, plumbing, electrical, specialty building systems for research, building envelopes or structures, room finishes and lighting.
- Performs various inspections on a regular basis to identify problems and recommends solutions to ensure the continual operation of complex building systems and structures, sophisticated equipment, and to minimize repercussions on research, teaching, personnel, buildings, and equipment.
- Leads the relocation of personnel, furniture, and research equipment and infrastructure. Includes coordinating and acting on the decommissioning and dismantling of this research equipment and infrastructure. Follows up on the resultant work to resolve all deficiencies.
- Provides expertise and insight with regards t

📌 Intermediate Specialist, Faculty Infrastructure (Ottawa)
🏢 University of Ottawa
📍 Ottawa