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Job Type: Employee
Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs): N/A
Job Family: Project Management
# of Open Positions: 1
Faculty/Service - Department: Project Management
Campus: 141 Louis-Pasteur
Union Affiliation: SSUO
Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2025/11/06
Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2025/11/17
Hours per week: 35
Salary Grade: SSUO Grade 10
Salary Range: $80 942,00 - $102 245,00
About Facilities
Facilities services are characterized by a dynamic and creative growing team where the winds of change are blowing, offering people like you opportunities to use your leadership and innovation skills to contribute to the achievement of their inspiring mission: to deliver best in class research infrastructure, reshape campus life and student experience, and provide a sustainable environment for students, researchers, teachers and community.
uOttawa's facilities encompass three main sites that are comprised of over 600,000 square meters of building space (over 6.4 million square feet), 42.5 hectares of grounds, 125 buildings and 4,500 beds in 11 residences. There are over 150 employees in Facilities, including Project Managers, Energy and Commissioning Specialists, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Architects, and space Planners. The facilities capital and operating expenditures are in the range of $100M for the University's $2.0 billion assets under management. The 20-year Capital spending plan envisions $4.0 billion of new investment highlighted by uOttawa launch of project Top Shelf, a $300 million capital investment to build a new facility for the Faculty of Health Sciences at uOttawa's River Campus, as well as a tower at the Roger Guidon campus to house uOttawa's new Advanced Medical Research Center (AMRC).
Under the supervision of the Senior Manager, Project Management, the Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of assigned projects within budget, on schedule, in accordance with the approved scope and applicable government codes, all within established project methodologies. This position will support the team in the delivery of the program by contributing to other projects and monitoring projects advancement.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Project Management: Manage the delivery of assigned projects from initiation to completion and ensure project outputs are being delivered as per project objectives, on schedule, to budget and to the required quality. Ensure clear objectives are established for assigned projects by discussing project priorities with client, developing project work plans and schedules. Identify and escalate project issues and risks to the Project Manager III for guidance or resolution.
• Project Support: Provide support to Project Managers by contributing to the project development through the gathering and/or editing of various information such as project specifications, plans, bid information, etc. Participate and provide support at different stages of projects by participating to the request for proposal process, monitoring project progress according to contract requirements, ensuring follow-up and communications are clear and efficient with all stakeholders, and monitoring and gathering various information related to service providers performance. Also provide support in coordinating and tracking all project related correspondence including meeting minutes, change orders or other instructions, etc.
• Stakeholder Relationship: Proactively liaise with and report progress to internal client or project sponsor for assigned projects to ensure that they are informed of project progress, and ensure that their opinions or requirements are taken into consideration as the project progresses. Establish and maintain positive and effective working relations with all members of the project delivery team and operations team to ensure the efficiency of interactions between the teams.
• Contract and Performance Management: For assigned projects, monitor progress according to contract requirements and ensure proper follow-up is made with professional consultants, contractors, suppliers and vendors. Monitor the performance of professional consultants, contractors, suppliers and vendors and reinforce contract requirements to ensure the terms of contracts are fulfilled.

What you will bring:

• Post-secondary certification or technology diploma in Engineering, Architecture, or Project Management with three (3) years of relevant experience in the construction field;
• Demonstrated knowledge of construction methods, building systems and terminology;
• Ability to read and understand construction drawings, blue prints, specifications and contracts;
• Knowledge of procurement processes, laws governing construction contracts and contracting;
• Leadership abilities in the delivery of projects;
• Excellent client service/management, interpersonal, problem-solving, verbal and written communication skills;
• Self-motivated, proactive and ability to multi-task;
• Bilingualism (French and English) oral and written.

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click to find out more.
If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 - Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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