General Labourer (Ft)

***FOR YOUR APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE, YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL SCREENING QUESTIONS***

Labourers at On Side are important team members who, help rebuild and restore damaged personal and commercial property, anywhere and anytime disaster strikes. Labourers are the MVP of the construction teams. Willing to learn, love being taught and full of ambition the Labourer knows they’re going places in life and this is the first stop on the way to success!

What you bring…

Labourers bring a host of abilities to their work, not the least being a ‘get it done!’ attitude. Additional abilities required include:

· Experience in doing demolitions, moving large items and heavy lifting.

· Because disasters can strike at any time, must be willing to work a rotating On Call schedule after hours as required.

· Experience and desire to do physical work

· Understanding and experience using hand and power tools

· Curious nature, always want to know how things happen

· Strong people, teamwork and communication skills

· Attention to detail, ability to follow directions

· A safety mindset

· Valid driver’s license and a clean criminal record (we do check)

· Ability to communicate in English

Other stuff that’ll help you be successful but isn’t mandatory:

· Experienced in construction, particularly demolition

· WHMIS

· First Aid

What’s in it for you?

We’re an established company in a growing industry and we need awesome people! We WANT to start you off on a career path you’ll love, we WANT you to be fulfilled by your work and we WANT to provide you with a steady pay-cheque. We also love that we’re able to provide an employee assistance program, excellent health plan which includes extended medical (chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, vision, and more!) dental, long-term disability (LTD) and life insurance.

We provide on the job training with opportunity for development—promotions and national career movement are yours for the taking (well, with a few months under your belt). At On Side we work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Get on our side!

Both major weather disasters and minor accidents involving water, fire, and more happen every day, and in our industry this is how we keep busy, restoring properties 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Mother Nature usually doesn’t wait for an invitation, but we’re in the business of dealing with party crashers, and we’ve done it for over 40 years!

We have branches from Victoria, BC to St. John’s, Newfoundland and (almost) everywhere in between. Our fantastic team of over 1,600 employees stretches far and wide across Canada, and we’re growing—YOU could be the next great addition!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $19.00-$21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• RRSP match
• Vision care
• Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Application question(s):

• Have you ever experienced a home that had flood or fire damage?
• Do you have basic computer and/or tablet/iPad experience?
• Are you willing to learn and help other departments if needed: including demolition and debris disposal?
• Are you fluent reading / writing/ speaking English? If no, please rank your skills out of 10.
• Are you comfortable working in disaster environments such as water damage and fire damage?
• Are you able to work a rotating On-Call Schedule? This is additional to scheduled day time hours.
• Are you capable of: Frequent lifting from 5-40 lbs, unassisted while walking up stairs. (think flooded basement and we need to pack everything out)
• Do you have an interest in cross training into other roles like demolition?

Experience:

• using hand and power tools: 1 year (preferred)
• demolition: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person