Preventive Maintenance Coordinator

Job Description Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. Boardwalk provides Canadians with a quality, comfortable, home living experience. We offer rental apartments and townhouses that come in a wide breadth of shapes, sizes and sets of amenities. We operate over 34,000 units across Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Quebec. Boardwalk recognizes our Associates as our most valuable asset. We are proud to provide competitive wages, profit-sharing, and amazing benefits like flexible group medical and dental, fitness reimbursement, training and development, group RRSP matching, rental discounts, and more. ___________________________________________________________ Responsibilities

• Supervise and direct preventative maintenance team
• Troubleshoot building issues with heating plants, domestic water systems, HVAC units, pneumatic and electric control systems
• Monitor, select and direct contractors for specific scopes – ensuring sub trades are minimized
• Direct mechanical, fire alarm and intercom service contractors and review invoicing for all work performed
• Assist Area Coordinators with issues pertaining to operations and budgets & assist PM support and Schedulers as required
• Ensure requirements of Acquisitions, Commercial Leasing and Purchasing and Contractors are met and specific requirements are addressed
• Correspond to concerns of local authorities – Fire Depts – Civil Governments – Health Dept – Boiler inspectors – Building inspectors
• System design for hydraulic heating and implementation
• Equipment selection, tendering and implementation
• Assessment of existing system design for mechanical, drainage systems and water delivery infrastructure & building needs, prioritization and implementation
• Emergency assessment and rectification & emergency generator troubleshooting
• Review and assess deficiencies with building systems & review new technologies & engineering practices
• Preparation of job specifications for individual projects & tendering of specific projects
• Monitor Preventative Maintenance programs at site level & train Site Associates with specifics of PM programs and building operations

Experience And Educational Requirements

• Post-secondary education required
• 2-5 years plumbing / electrical experience

Technical Requirements

• Must be bilingual, French and English, both written and spoken
• Intermediate proficiency with Office 2000 (Excel, Word and Outlook)
• Ability to learn and adapt to changing systems and new technology

Non-Technical Requirements

• Strong commitment to providing excellent customer service to fellow Associates
• Ability to handle sensitive information and maintain utmost confidentiality at all times
• Proven analytical skills
• Effective organizational and planning skills
• Ability to work independently and with other Associates in a team environment
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize (excellent time-management skills)
• Ability to work under high stress and locked-in deadlines
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, enthusiasm and assertiveness
• Valid driver’s license
• Own reliable vehicle

Although French is the primary language, the candidate will be working very closely with our Preventative Maintenance team in Calgary. Therefore, the candidate must be willing to communicate in English up to 40% of the time to ensure effective collaboration. ___________________________________________________________ Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume. If applying for a location you do not currently reside in, please specify if you are planning to relocate and the approximate timeframe that you would be available to start work if an offer is presented. We would like to thank you in advance for your application, however, only those candidates who are being considered will be contacted. Offers of employment will be contingent on satisfactory Security Background Checks, Reference Checks, and Pre-employment Physical Testing where applicable.