Manager, Maintenance and Mechanical Operations

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Posting Reason:

New Position

Job Type:

Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments):

N/A

Job Family:

Maintenance and Operations

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Campus Maintenance and Operations

Campus:

Ottawa, ON

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/09/29

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/10/12

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NM1

Salary Range:

$107,503.00 - $134,379.00About the faculty/service: 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).

Position purpose:
Reporting to the Associate Director, Facilities Operations, the Manager plans, develops, manages, monitors and optimizes all infrastructure-related activities, resources and operations under their responsibility for the Alta-Vista Campus. Manages and optimizes their human, financial and material resources in accordance with the Campus Business Continuity Plan. Designs comprehensive preventive management plans and analytical reports that demonstrate system performance and efficiency in keeping with strategies set by the Director.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Oversees maintenance, smooth operations and reliability of infrastructure-related distribution systems under own responsibility at all times, to ensure operational continuity for the University and its partners (hospitals, community partners). 
• Plans, directs and coordinates actions required to respond to emergencies, service interruptions and major equipment breakdowns or failures. Conducts activities (implementation, tests, maintenance) to ensure continuity of critical University operations (business continuity plan).
• Develops work procedures focused on client service and needs of sections under own responsibility, ensuring standards of compliance are met. 
• Prepares and manages operating and cost recovery budgets, monitoring them to ensure own section’s forecasts are met. 
• Acts as business category owner for procurement process, including selecting vendors of record, ranking them and evaluating their performance. 
• Maintains a healthy, productive work environment in a multi-union workplace, recruiting, training, managing, motivating and evaluating staff under own responsibility. Ensures strict oversight of occupational health and safety procedures and participates in all program initiatives applying to own section. 

What you will bring:

• Valid Third Class Operating Engineer license issued by TSSA.
• At least ten years’ experience in infrastructure maintenance and operations relevant to the activities of the position.
• At least five years’ experience in managing employees in a unionized environment
• Knowledge of, and experience in using, maintenance software (e.g. Maximo), and in creating and using tables, along with financial systems, databases, word processors, PowerPoint, mobile platforms and other software.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of operational procedures and maintenance programs relevant to the appropriate activities. Such knowledge is normally acquired through postsecondary studies and/or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of, and experience in, managing financial resources, planning budgets, and preparing technical and material reports.
• Knowledge of, and experience in, managing external service providers.
• Knowledge of, and experience in, human resources, team management and conflict resolution
• Knowledge of, and experience in, project management
• Knowledge of the principles of negotiating complex service agreements and contracts, and experience in applying them
• Knowledge of, and experience in applying, the Ontario Health and Safety Act, various municipal, provincial, and federal codes, as well as all other laws and/or regulations that apply, depending on the position
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Bilingualism — French and English (spoken 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 here 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.