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Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

The Tenant Services Coordinator supports BGIS clients by coordinating the delivery of small-scale maintenance projects, workspace changes, design services and office services. This position is also responsible for coordinating the resolution of tenant issues related to the delivery of tenant service projects. They are also responsible for assembling the scope and specifications, tendering, financial administration and monitoring contractor performance for tenant service and base building projects.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receive, process and validate service requests received by telephone, e-mail, and personal visits and maintain service call / work order tracking as required
• Co-ordinate BGIS and subcontracted forces to deliver required tenant services within the scope of the position
• Provide assistance and support to Facility Managers with respect to the delivery of small-scale tenant service projects by determining skills required, assisting with selection of contractors, monitoring performance, budget, quality control, and assigning work
• Review contract work, report any discrepancies to Facility Manager and request Purchase Orders
• Proper interpretation of client work processes, workplace culture and policies is essential for effective Tenant Services delivery
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge & Skills

• High school completion plus a specialized technical or business course
• More than one year up to three years of job-related experience 
• Superior client management/customer service skills
• Effective Interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on communication (verbal/written)
• Knowledge of project delivery and tendering processes
• General knowledge of commercial building systems and/or construction
• Strong organisational, coordination and documentation skills with the ability to multi-task
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to interpret contracts, as required
• Proficiency with CAD will be considered an asset
• Specific experience and skill related to the assignment – facility management, churn, facility infrastructures, client industry sector, government sector, etc.
• Proficient with MS Office and email software

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Valid driver’s license (as required)

As a member of the BGIS Sustainable Cleaning Solutions Team, you will be generally responsible for cleaning in a designated zone with an emphasis on quality control, health and safety & striving to exceed client expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

Functioning as a core member of the operational team and reporting to the Manager/ Supervisor as a Cleaner you may be required to perform some of the following tasks as required by the Manager/Supervisor and needs of the client:

• Clean floors by sweeping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or auto scrubbers. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions)
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment (when required).
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets (when required).
• Transport garbage from drop points to garbage bins or compactor.
• Transport maintenance machinery, where necessary, between floors and job sites.
• Cleans and stores equipment and machinery used.
• Cleans glass areas requiring ladders, scaffolding or other extension equipment to reach.
• Cleans washroom floors including stripping and finishing.
• Cleans stairwells and elevator cabs where ladders are required.
• Loads and unloads supplies and replenishes cleaning solutions.
• Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.
• Other duties that management may assign.
• Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems.
• Remove snow and debris from sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas, using snowplows, snow blowers, or snow shovels, or spread snow melting chemicals (when required).

Job Requirements:

• Experience in performing various cleaning, housekeeping and maintenance activities in an institutionalized environment.
• Experience in using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials, and solutions.
• Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the provisions that apply to this work including WHMIS.
• Ability to lift, push and pull heavy items as well as climb ladders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, clients, and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays, and shifts as assigned as well as work in multiple locations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, prepare and maintain manual and electronic records.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Must meet security clearance requirements, where applicable.
• Must have a valid Class G license (may be required).

Physical demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Job Summary: As a member of the BGIS Sustainable Cleaning Solutions Team, you will be generally responsible for cleaning in a designated zone with an emphasis on quality control, health and safety & striving to exceed client expectations. 

Key Responsibilities: Functioning as a core member of the operational team and reporting to the Manager/ Supervisor as a Cleaner you may be required to perform some of the following tasks as required by the Manager/Supervisor and needs of the client:

• Clean floors by sweeping, scrubbing, or vacuuming
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or auto scrubbers. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors including washroom floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or walk behind buffing machines. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Transport garbage from drop points to garbage bins or compactor 
• Transport maintenance machinery, where necessary, between floors and job sites 
• Cleans and stores equipment and machinery used
• Cleans glass areas requiring ladders, scaffolding or other extension equipment to reach. 
• Cleans washroom floors including stripping and finishing 
• Cleans stairwells and elevator cabs where ladders are required 
• Loads and unloads supplies and replenishes cleaning solutions
• Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures
• Other duties that management may assign 
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets 
• Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems
• Mix water and detergents in containers to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets
• Remove snow and debris from sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas, using snowplows, snow blowers, or snow shovels, or spread snow melting chemicals.

Job Requirements:

• Experience in performing various cleaning, housekeeping and maintenance activities in an institutionalized environment.
• Experience in using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials and solutions.
•  Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the provisions that apply to this work including WHMIS.
• Ability to lift, push and pull heavy items as well as climb ladders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, clients and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays and shifts as assigned as well as work in multiple locations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, prepare and maintain manual and electronic records.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Must meet security clearance requirements, where applicable
• Must have a valid Class G license (may be required)

Physical demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

The Lease Administrator is responsible for abstracting key information from lease agreements, entering and maintaining the integrity of lease data within the lease management database as well as collecting and paying monthly rental payments on behalf of landlords and tenants.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Lease Abstraction

• Reviews lease agreements and abstracts key information including but not limited to lease provisions, clauses, options and critical dates, property information (i.e. square footage), business, legal and financial agreements and obligations, terms and conditions.
• Enters and maintains lease agreement information within lease management database.  Responsible for data integrity of lease information. 

Rent Payment Processing

• Reviews and validates landlord invoices to ensure compliance with the lease.
• Processes monthly rent payments to the landlord and ad hoc payments on behalf of the client. 
• Prepares monthly rent roll/rent change report, makes adjustments to rent information and issue retroactive payments to reflect changes in rent including but not limited to operating costs, base rent, realty taxes etc.
• Prepares and provides reports to managers and/or clients.

Additional Rent Review

• Conducts review of landlord annual escalations (operating costs budget increases (i.e. grounds maintenance cost, realty taxes ie “additional rent”) proposed by the landlord.  Ensure the charges are in accordance with the lease agreement. Compares forecast against historical information to review reasonableness of budget increase. Verifies reasons for proposed budget increases and requests for supporting documentations from the landlord where required.
• Conducts review of landlord year end statements for t actual operating costs and realty taxes (perform desk top audit). Requests supporting documentation from the landlord on variances and charges not in compliance with the lease.
• Provides complete package for manager’s review.

Lease Management

• Provides non-legal lease interpretation on lease clauses to client, FM & Project Team, Internal and External Transaction Team.
• Reviews and recommends estoppels certificates for approval.
• Tracks and reviews tenant insurance certificates.
• Interacts with FM & Project Team on operational matters.
• Landlord/Tenant relationship management.
• Critical Date management (ensure all tenant critical dates are tracked and managed).
• Generates reports as required such as KP1, Critical dates, options to terminate. 
• Provides due diligence on landlord/tenant change of ownership.
• Percentage rent and CPI management.
• Prepares lease budgets and forecasts on a monthly/yearly basis.
• Reconciles tenant/landlord accounts to ensure accurate billings/payments per the lease agreement.

Additional Lease Management 

• Provides support to multiple client lease management portfolios.
• Works with Lease Administration Director to improve and enhances existing processes and reporting.
• Works with internal Transactions Management, Facilities Management and finance groups to provide all necessary lease information as required.
   

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Community college diploma preferably in accounting, business administration or law clerk studies
• 3 to 5 years of commercial lease abstraction or property administration work experience.
• Knowledge and experience with commercial real estate lease agreements.
• Prior experience with lease management systems.
• Ability to interpret and abstract lease information.
• Ability to process volumes of data requiring strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficient with MS Excel (PIVOT tables, vlookups, shortcuts etc.) and ability to learn new management information systems quickly.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Real Property Administrator Designation, an asset.
• Facility Management Administrator Designation, an asset.
• Bilingual is an asset.

The Lease Analyst, in conjunction with our RealLease technology platform, supports our clients nationwide in effectively and efficiently managing their leased portfolios. From abstracting critical lease terms, to accurate payment of rents, to critical reconciliation of landlord billings, to regular review and reporting to providing critical analysis of lease profiles, our services provide tenants maximum leverage and flexibility in leased relationships. 

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Subject Matter Expert

• Ensures the integrity of the lease administration database (RealLease) through ensuring all property and Landlord information is up to date and accurate
• Supports the Property Manager in operational issues
• Advises the Technical Authority (TA) on payments due
• Monitors and investigates annual budget increases from landlords then requesting the appropriate backup to substantiate the increase
• Ensures that realty tax payments are fair & equitable
• Reviews landlord records
• Performs Certification and Compliance monitoring as per the Lease Agreement
• Recommends rents to Government
• Generates recommendations on expenditure concerns as well as on procedures and systems related to BGIS
• Liaises with the Property Manager on a regular basis

Reporting and Analytics

• Reports on Monthly Accounts Payable (AP) deliverables
• Prepares year-end reconciliations, year-end CPI adjustments, ensure recoveries are accurate and complete
• Creates reports and performs analysis to make recommendations to stakeholders at all different levels

Administration, Coordination and Validation

• Performs overall coordination & support in the areas of lease administration process improvement
• Administers expenses associated with leased space
• Identifies & validates rental payments
• Coordinates monthly rent roll adjustments with the TA
• Coordinates & monitors Lease Administration Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (DIAI, CFAI)
• Other duties as required

Knowledge & Skills 

• University degree or professional certification
• 3 to 5 years of job-related experience
• Good financial understanding and proficiency with MS Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as on a team.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
• Strong customer focus
• Ability to read and understand commercial real estate lease agreements
• Ability to process volumes of data requiring strong attention to detail and accuracy
• French/English Bilingualism is an asset

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Real Property Administrator designation would be considered an asset

The Journeyperson Electrician holds a valid Certificate of Qualification issued by the province in which the work is performed and who has passed any examination which may be required. This role is responsible for operating facility systems; performing preventative and corrective maintenance, routine and on-demand services on facility mechanical and electrical equipment and systems for the assigned facility within the limits of company policy and trade certification. The Journeyperson Electrician is also responsible for performing work in accordance with established processes and practices and for complying with internal and external requirements including but not limited to environmental, health and safety, fire protection.

At this position level:

• Operates facility systems
• Performs preventative and corrective maintenance on facility mechanical and electrical equipment and systems
• Trade certification or license of the following - required:
  • Journeyman level Electrical license

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Subject to legislative licensing requirements and company policy:

• Performs work in accordance to established processes and practices
• Complies with all internal and external requirements including but not limited to environmental, health and safety, fire protection
• Performs regular facility, facility mechanical and electrical equipment and systems monitoring and inspection, preventative and corrective maintenance to ensure facility uptime objectives are met, uninterrupted client operation and asset integrity of assigned facility are maintained.
• Provides observations about facility, facility mechanical and electrical equipment and systems conditions and deficiencies and provides recommendations for enhancement and repair.
• Monitors assigned facility by conducting facility walkthroughs, mechanical and electrical equipment and system monitoring and inspection
• Maintains, troubleshoots and repairs mechanical and electrical building systems and equipment within the limits of company policy and trade certification and oversees service providers.
• Responds to routine and on-demand service requests and performs preventative and corrective maintenance on  facility mechanical and electrical equipment and systems  within the limits of company policy and trade certification
• Manages work order life cycle progressing the work form dispatched through to complete and records resolution data within service maintenance management database.  Ensures work completed meets quality, contract response and all other requirements
• Receives, tracks, monitors and reports status of maintenance and repair work within service maintenance management database.  Initiates documents to obtain formal approval of work required.
• Assists in the implementation of preventative maintenance (PM) program.  Ensures that deficiencies are identified, recorded and escalated, and that related documents are maintained.
• Participates in facility-related projects.
• Ensures the manner in which work is performed is in compliance with corporate and legislated policies, procedures, practices and guidelines related to environmental, health and safety, fire protection and any other applicable requirements.
• Maintains all assigned tools and arranges for repair and replacement where required 
• Submits all expenditures on a timely basis  
• Assists in enhancing tenant and customer satisfaction and maintaining positive relations through manner in which work is performed and services delivered.
• Other duties as assigned

Work Requirements

• Must be able and willing to work shifts, be available for on-call/standby and emergency call-outs as they arise.
• Must strictly adhere to Health and Safety policies and processes including wearing required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• 3-5 years of facility operations and maintenance work experience
• High school diploma plus trades training and certification or licensing
• Advanced ability to adhere and to properly execute processes and practices relating to facility operations and maintenance
• Advanced ability to maintain and repair mechanical and electrical building systems and equipment within the limits of certifications and policies
• Advanced troubleshooting and resolution skills in order to determine and resolve building mechanical and electrical equipment and system issues
• Current knowledge of fire, life, safety and building codes and standards and ability to research and apply related codes and standards
• Possesses a strong environmental, health and safety mindset.  Ability to perform work in a safe manner
• Strong client-service orientation along with a high sense of urgency
• Effective communication skills for the purpose of data relay, exchange, feedback, and clarification

In addition:

• Must be capable of obtaining appropriate  security clearance where required
• Valid drivers’ license if required
• Demonstrates an interest in completing, working towards or completed one or more of the following - preferred:
  • Building Systems Maintenance Certificate (SMC) Systems Maintenance Administrator (SMA) Systems Maintenance Technician (SMT)

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation Trade certification or license in one or more of the following - required:

•  Journeyman level Electrical license