Director of Building and Property Management

Our client, a important Canadian retail chain, is currently looking for a Director of Building and Property Management.

Nature of position

Answering to the Vice President, it will be your job to manage the company's buildings in such a way as to maintain or get them to maximum quality for the benefit of the users, in keeping with the company's standards and policies.

• Ensure that buildings are in good physical condition;
• Have repair work and modifications to buildings done within the best possible timeframes and for the best prices;
• Obtain expert opinions for major construction or renovation work and make the necessary recommendations;
• Supervise the work of contractors doing work in preparation for incoming renters;
• Receive notices from the various levels of government and act upon them in a timely fashion;
• Negotiate various service contracts for building maintenance (annually or seasonally;
• Do the rounds of all buildings when needed and write up a summary of recommendations that result from said visits;
• Plan the annual maintenance operations budget based on budget estimates for the annual maintenance cycle;
• Ensure that all construction standards are respected and bring in a consultant when required;
• Take care of insurance claims when an incident occurs and collect compensation when required;
• Carry out any other task related to your duties.

Required qualification

• Bachelor of Engineering (preferably mechanical), college diploma in building mechanicals or any other relevant field, or an equivalent combination of studies and practical experience in the field;
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience;
• Possess good knowledge of building envelope;
• Comfortable working with MS office and in the Windows environment;
• Functionally bilingual (spoken and written French and English).
• Demonstrated skills with customer service.

Education / training

Bachelor in computer engineering , D.C.S. - Buiding mechanical systems technology

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