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Coordinator, Construction Services

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Trenton, Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Listing for: Defence Construction Canada
Remote/Work from Home position
Listed on 2026-01-02
Job specializations:
  • Management
    Operations Manager, Program / Project Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Trenton

The Coordinator, Construction Services, manages and administers moderate- to high-complexity construction, professional services and service contracts during construction to ensure work done under them complies 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.

The incumbent may also lead and manage the human resources responsibilities for a team.

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
Primary

  • Manage and administer contracts to ensure work done under them complies 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 project-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 risk
  • May perform human resources functions (e.g. coach, supervise, mentor, plan and allocate resources, and manage performance)
  • Other

  • Manage contract financials
  • Coordinate consultant construction review and third-party quality assurance testing
  • Ensure health and safety, industrial security and environmental compliance
  • 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 six years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
  • Preferred: university degree in engineering or architecture
  • Abilities

  • Use applicable computer software and operating systems
  • Apply project, contract and risk management techniques to construction and consultant contracts
  • Interpret drawings and specifications
  • Demonstrate leadership and human resources management skills
  • Development and Leadership

  • May be accountable and responsible for direct reports
  • Provide functional direction and advice to other 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
  • $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 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 in Confidence 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
  • Trenton, Ontario
    Trenton is located an hour and a half east of Toronto on the Bay of Quinte, the starting point for the Trent-Severn Waterway. With a population of 22,000, and a 90-year association with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Trenton is surrounded by conservation areas, campsites, marinas and golf courses, and is 30 minutes from the wineries of scenic Prince Edward County.

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