Housing Projects and Maintenance Technician (Borden)

National Defence- Canadian Forces Housing Agency

Selection process number
26-DND-EA-CHFA-563357

Salary
$71,741 to $90,184

Level
EG-04

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

Duties

- Identify, assess, and thoroughly document repairs, maintenance, and improvement needed for different housing units in accordance with technical standards and building best practices.
- Plan, organize, and coordinate the execution of repairs and maintenance work in collaboration with service providers, including preparing work orders and handling related administrative tasks.
- Supervise, inspect, and validate the compliance of completed work, ensuring adherence to contracts, specifications, building codes, technical standards, and quality requirements.
- Conduct preventive and reactive inspections of buildings, mechanical systems, structural components, building envelopes, and provide technical recommendations.
- Deliver professional customer service to occupants by responding to service requests, assessing reported issues, and developing action plans and intervention schedules.
- Provide technical guidance and instructions to service providers, team members, and occupants, and support problem-solving on site.
- Perform minor repairs or installations, including implementing safe temporary solutions when appropriate.
- Assist in preparing plans, technical documents, and specifications, and support the design, development, and execution of capital projects in collaboration with external service providers.
- Contribute to ongoing technical assessments, including life cycle evaluations,



investment prioritization, and continuous improvement of maintenance and operational processes for housing units.

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 Borden is a dynamic team of 13 full-time employees. We work together to provide housing services to approximately 710 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 an indeterminate (permanent)



basis at the CFHA Borden location.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 Borden.

Positions to be filled

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Driver and Safety Requirements

- 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.
- Incumbent must maintain the capacity to perform the essential duties of the position in office at the designated work location.

Operational Requirements

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)

EDUCATION:

- EDU. A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives (See note). Note:
- 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.
- Candidates who already meet both of the following criteria must be accepted as meeting the secondary school diploma requir

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