Senior Officer, Campus Infrastructure and Design

University of Ottawa

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About The Position

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). In collaboration with the Planning Team, the individual provides support in planning a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces required by the University, through inception to project closure. The main objective is to support the development of options analysis for a variety of stakeholders, in order to meet the needs of users (faculties, services, public), while respecting the guidelines associated with the values and mission of the University of Ottawa. The individual will also participates in tactical planning activities which provides immediate and short-term solutions while ensuring it is incorporated into the larger-scale vision of strategic planning.

Requirements

• Knowledge of architecture, or planning, engineering, or interior design, or town planning, normally acquired through university or college training, and minimum of 2 years of experience in a field related to the position.
• Knowledge and experience in architectural programming.
• Knowledge and experience in project planning and development.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of CAD and other urban design/planning software.
• Experience in space management.
• Experience in analyzing complex data.
• Experience in interpreting, explaining and applying policies, standards and procedures.
• Experience and aptitude in negotiations and conflict resolution and in interpersonal relationships.
• Analytical mind and aptitude for synthesis.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Bilingualism - French and English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Support the development of requirements for faculties, services, and researchers in order to meet their space allocation needs by conducting space audits, collating information, conducting site visits, and preparing user requirements and project brief documents as part of gates 1 and 2 of the project development process.
• Participate and engage with faculties and services to gain a better understanding of their short and medium term vision and functional space issues by scheduling and providing secretariat functions for committee meetings.
• Depending on the needs and preferences of the faculties or services, the Assistant Planner may be called upon to support the Planner to conceptualize new ideas and present proposed options.
• Support the development of feasibility studies and architectural programming studies in order to assess and/or develop solutions to meet the objectives of optimizing and modernizing the teaching, research and learning spaces of the faculties and services by preparing preliminary concept design renderings and options presentations.
• Perform research and technical work to ensure the development for a variety of projects.
• Participate in the preparation of updating and prioritizing a five-year renovation and construction program to meet University goals and strategies by providing studies and materials.
• Respond to requests for information concerning the inventory of existing spaces in support of academic or other planning for university clients.
• Participate in the development, verification and maintenance of the computerized real estate management system database (including the function of spaces, occupants, room numbers, etc.) in order to keep the information up to date and in support for analyzes and reports required by the University.
• Support the analysis of performance data of classroom facilities, administrative space, student space and services in relation to University standards in order to ensure optimal use of physical resources of the university, which are very expensive.

Benefits

• The University of Ottawa offers a generous pay and benefits package that includes a competitive salary, a defined benefit pension plan, group insurance coverage and an employee and family assistance program.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees