Leader, Real Property Initiatives

Eligibility and Compensation

Who can apply: Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary: $126,865 - $164,924

Employment status: Continuing

Security level: Reliability

Language requirement: Bilingual (English and French essential)

Closing date: 12/05/2026

Country: Canada

This position has been designated bilingual, where English and French are essential. While priority will be given to qualified candidates who meet this bilingual linguistic profile, we welcome applications from candidates who may not meet this bilingual requirement.

Summary The Leader, Real Property Initiatives, leads and manages development of highly complex services in the areas of planning, acquisition, operation, maintenance and disposal of real property. The incumbent is accountable for delivering national service line initiatives, developing and maintaining policies, processes and tools to support real property services and ensuring the quality of those services across DCC. The Leader, Real Property Initiatives, leads and integrates activities with service delivery, develops strong working relationships with all stakeholders and provides expert guidance and advice across the organization. The incumbent develops innovative and creative solutions, manages risks, promotes collaboration and ensures the quality and timeliness of deliverables. The incumbent may also lead a team of professionals and manage the human resources responsibilities for the team.

Key and Periodic Activities

Provide expert guidance, advice, functional oversight and leadership for development of key national real property initiatives and programs

Identify needs, plan resources for initiatives, and identify needed process efficiencies

Support, promote, lead and implement service development activities

Establish program objectives and define scope, deliverables, roles and responsibilities in collaboration with stakeholders

Develop policies and processes for real property activities such as asset management, property management, land use planning and leasing

Ensure the integration of health and safety, security and environmental requirements into service delivery

Monitor activities and report on risks that will affect service delivery

Develop training materials and guidance documents

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to integrate and optimize services provided to the Client-Partners

Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders

Perform human resources functions (e.g. coach, supervise, mentor, plan and allocate resources, manage performance)

Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate expectations

Other

Provide input to service level agreements

Ensure compliance with service line best practices and guidelines

Support verifications conducted by regional service line leaders

Other duties as assigned

Skills

Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in real property transactions, land use, engineering, construction and environmental services

Best practices and trends in strategic planning, risk management, financial management and human resources management

DCC and Client-Partner processes and procedures

Health and safety management

Project and risk management principles

Formal Education and Certifications

Minimum: undergraduate degree in business, engineering, architecture, land use planning or related field with eight years’ progressive experience in real estate development and/or contract management for complex infrastructure projects, and more than five years’ experience in a management/leadership role

Preferred: professional designation or accreditation in a related field

Abilities

Use applicable computer software and operating systems

Provide functional advice to Client-Partners

Resolve complex problems with multiple stakeholders

Apply project and risk management techniques

Development and Leadership

May lead and manage direct reports

Provide functional direction and advice to employees, and to the Client-Partners and stakeholders

Provide coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to staff

Working Conditions

Typical office environment with occasional travel

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.

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

$2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 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.

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 but are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.

DCC’s goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca .

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