IT Support Specialist

Modern Niagara helps building owners managers and general contractors meet the mechanical electrical integrated building technology and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Toronto Southwestern Ontario and Ottawa. We also develop custom turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canadas infrastructure and on the communities where we live learn work and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion initiative determination professionalism and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and as a result our awardwinning safety culture has a record thats well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara you will work alongside valuesdriven safetyconscious and highimpact teams in a fastpaced innovative and collaborative environment. Here your knowledge skills and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canadas infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canadas Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNAs Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazines Gold Winner for Canadas Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canadas Best Health Safety Culture Award as well as Canadas Best Health Safety Leader Award.

Modern Niagara is seeking an IT Support Specialist to join our IT Support team based in Calgary. This role involves regular travel to support our Calgary and Edmonton offices with the expectation of traveling to Edmonton at least once per week. The successful candidate will be responsible for handling all IT support tasks including infrastructure and networking new hire onboarding and more while working autonomously across four offices in Alberta. As part of a large national team youll have access to extensive resources and support whenever needed ensuring you are never alone in tackling challenges.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate documented resolutions and analyze root cause to prevent future problems.
• Maintain end user Computing and Mobile devices and applications.
• Field incoming help requests from IT Concierge and end users via both telephone and email in a courteous manner
• With an eye to continual service improvement build rapport to gain a holistic view of clients issues/requests
• Continually prioritize issues/requests based on urgency and impact. Escalate problems (when required) to the appropriately experienced technician or vendor
• Record track and document the help desk request problemsolving process including all successful and unsuccessful decisions made and actions taken through to final resolution
• Apply diagnostic utilities to aid in troubleshooting
• Access software updates drivers knowledge bases and frequently asked questions
• Keep pace with the software and hardware used and supported by the organization while continually looking for areas for improvement
• Perform handson fixes at the desktop level including installing and upgrading software installing hardware implementing implementing file backups and configuring systems and applications
• Install antivirus and remote access software
• Performing preventative maintenance including checking and cleaning of workstations printers and peripherals
• Test fixes to ensure problem has been adequately resolved
• Perform postresolution followups to help requests
• Develop help sheets and frequently asked questions lists for end users. Collaborate with teammates for maintaining a current knowledge base of best practices issue resolutions

Job Requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Intune for device management.
• Experience with Active Directory (AD) for user and group management.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and Exchange for email and productivity tools.
• Experience providing IT support both remotely and deskside.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for diagnosing and resolving IT issues.
• Experience with remote support tools (e.g. helpdesk/service desk PC desk side phone).
• Familiarity with infrastructure and networking concepts.
• Comfortable with operational technologies and able to become a subject matter expert with specific software and hardware solutions.
• Experience working with software vendors to optimize support and functionality is considered an asset.
• Experience in the construction industry is considered an asset.
• Willing and able to do light and heavy lifting.
• Able and willing to support the team nationally.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara we recognize the value of fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equityseeking groups (women Indigenous Black racialized 2SLGBTQIA people with disabilities and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities experience equitable outcomes and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at

Required Experience:

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