Technical Specialist, Real Property Management

Who Can Apply?:

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range

$79,067 - $102,788

Employment Status

Continuing

Term Length

Security Level:

Reliability

Language Requirement

English Essential

Closing Date

16/12/2025

Country

Canada

Technical Specialist, Real Property Management

We are building a talent pool of experienced project management professionals to fill a number of current roles at DCC.

Please note that you are not applying for a specific job, but rather for a number of current vacancies. Applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

We’re looking to hire a variety of positions in beautiful Greenwood, Nova Scotia!

Join Defence Construction Canada (DCC) in Greenwood, NS, and play a vital role in supporting Canada’s National Defence! As a Federal Crown corporation with over 70 years of contribution to national defence, DCC is renowned for its innovative and cost-effective solutions in contracting, construction management, and infrastructure services.

What You Bring

You are a good fit if you have experience with:

• Applicable building standards and regulations (National Building Code, ADA compliance)
• Liaising with Client-Partner representatives (e.g. on project-related problems and risks,);
• Project development
• Project management in a construction setting
  
  

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES

The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:

Primary

• Complete complex real property project work (e.g. facility reviews, technical reviews, strategic plans, development plans)
• Assist with generating facility management statements of operational requirements, preparing business cases and conducting investigations, as required
• Develop, implement and manage real property management programs (preventive and demand maintenance administration) and/or energy programs to ensure buildings and systems remain operational and energy efficient (e.g. identify maintenance and repair requirements, determine damage responsibility, prepare estimates and technical reports)
• Audit facilities to determine compliance, condition, maintenance requirements, energy efficiency and Client-Partner satisfaction
• Participate in procurement planning
• Provide project management support to real property information management systems
• 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
• Research, prepare and present documentation required for long-term projects (e.g. approvals, statements of work, projects charter, budgets, policies and procedures)
• Complete project management from initiation to closure for infrastructure and environmental projects, including new construction, recapitalization and environmental assessment and remediation
• Support Client-Partner project approval processes by facilitating decision making within Client-Partner organizations through the development of business case analysis, functional space programming and other documentation
• Coordinate stakeholder communications to ensure timely decision making
  
  

Other

• Assist in drafting real property policy
• Prepare monthly reports (e.g. internal and for the Client-Partners)
• Support and/or lead business development activities
• Manage risk
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Skills

General and Specific Knowledge

• Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in real property, land use, facility management and maintenance methods
• Client-Partner, Public Services and Procurement Canada and Treasury Board Secretariat policies and procedures
• Project and risk management principles
  
  

Formal Education And/or Certification(s) And Experience

• Minimum: college diploma in land use planning, engineering, architecture, facility/property management or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent.
• Preferred: university degree in one of the above fields and/or additional training in project management; professional certification may be required depending on position (e.g. Certified Engineering Technologist or related designation); eligible for certification as a professional planner if working in planning role (e.g. Registered Professional Planner, Real Property Administrator, Facilities Management Administrator).
  
  

Abilities

• Use applicable computer software and operating systems
• Apply project and risk management techniques
• AutoCAD / Revit
  
  

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and the Client-Partners
  
  

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Typical office environment with occasional travel
• Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment
  
  

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 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 .

Required

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.

Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.

DCC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Should you require accommodation, please email [email protected] .