About the position

Black & McDonald’s team is growing! If you are a committed and collaborative professional looking to contribute to a hard-working, innovative team, this opportunity is for you. Reporting directly to the Division Manager for FMO, the Operations Manager’s primary function is to realize and expand Black & McDonald core value through overall relationship and outcome management and by applying an integrated approach to delivery of all Black & McDonald self-performed, managed work. This role involves ensuring processes and procedures are in place for consistency and continuity of services, demonstrating leadership in all aspects of HSE, leveraging Black & McDonald's service offerings, establishing a governance model for customer interface with senior management, and acting as the Owner’s Representative. The Operations Manager will be responsible for clear, comprehensive, and timely reporting, addressing contractual or performance issues with transparency, and providing technical and operational guidance to Facilities Managers and Project Management. Monitoring QA, leading meetings for reporting, championing emerging technologies, and ensuring accountability and continuous improvement are also key functions. The role requires executing tasks in accordance with Corporate Policy, building customer and vendor relationships, preparing and negotiating contracts, developing quality control programs, representing the company on business and union matters, preparing progress reports, hiring and supervising subcontractors and staff, participating in client meetings, assisting with audits, ensuring compliance with EHS, security, and quality assurance programs, providing oversight to direct reports, assisting with critical responses, performing site inspections, ensuring staff compliance with training and procedural guidelines, and providing performance assessments.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring processes and procedures are in place to ensure consistency and continuity of services.
• By example, demonstrate a leadership role is all aspects of HSE for the staff under his care.
• Leveraging and deploying the wider Black & McDonald service offering and resources.
• Establishing a governance model that gives customers direct interface with our senior management.
• Acting as the Owner’s Representative for the stipulated work and any other tasks as requested.
• Holding primary responsibility for clear, comprehensive and timely reporting as agreed.
• Addressing, documenting and rectifying any contractual or performance items with full transparency and integrity with best business outcomes in mind for customers.
• Providing technical and operational guidance and support to the Facilities Manager and Project Management.
• Monitoring QA throughout the portfolio, in conjunction with the QA Manager, to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Leading/attending meetings on a regular and frequent basis to provide monthly and quarterly reporting, highlighting performance, achievements and recommendations.
• Championing adoption and leveraging of emerging technologies to achieve better business outcomes.
• Ensuring accountability, as well as a Continuous Improvement emphasis for the benefit of our customers.
• Execute tasks and lead staff in accordance with Corporate Policy.
• Build, promote and maintain good customer and vendor relationships.
• Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Develop and implement quality control programs.
• Represent company on matters such as business services and union matters.
• Prepare progress reports and issue progress schedules to clients.
• Hire and supervise the activities of subcontractors and subordinate staff.
• Participate and provide updates to customer designates during weekly / bi-weekly / monthly meetings or as needed.
• Provide assistance for internal or client based audits or inspections as needed.
• Ensure that required environmental, health and safety, security and quality assurance programs are implemented as per internal / client specific policies and local codes and regulations.
• Provide oversight and technical guidance to direct reports, as needed.
• Provide assistance with emerging critical responses, on an as needed basis.
• Perform site inspections in an effort to increase conformance to safe and best work practices, including post-incident reporting, supporting EHS / Security reports, and reviewing / approving any new request for client reports.
• Ensure staff compliance with applicable training requirements (internal / client specific) and ensure job specific procedural guidelines are followed.
• Provide SMART benchmarks for staff KPI’s and provide feedback semi-annually in the form of documented performance assessments.

Requirements

• Familiarity with specific software packages and management tools (JDE / DSI / CMMS Dashboards, etc)
• Advanced analytical and time management skills
• Understanding of Facility Management processes and standards, either through work experience or qualifications
• Outstanding knowledge of building products, construction details and relevant rules, regulations and quality standards
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Problem Solving and Innovation
• Able to travel within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
• Security clearance requirements: must be able to get reliability and vulnerable sector clearances
• Minimum 3 - 5 years Management experience within Facilities Management and/or operations management experience in the Healthcare or Research Facilities
• Minimum of 10 years in progressive positions within FMO

Nice-to-haves

• Change Orientation
• Continuous Learning
• Customer Focus
• A university degree in civil engineering, a CET, college diploma in construction technology, or related education is considered an asset
• A trade license may be an asset
• Experience in the Facility Management industry may substitute for post-secondary education requirements

Benefits

• group insurance benefits
• pension plan
• annual discretionary bonus
• career development programs
• other HR programs