Job Type: Full Time

Garage Supervisor

Overview

Primary Locaiton of Work

1 Malcolm RoadGuelph, ONN1L 1T1

Salary: 43.50 hourly / 35 to 40 hours per week

Permanent employmentFull time

Start date: As soon as possible

Benefits: Health benefits, Other benefits

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

On site

 Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Wet/damp

Work setting

  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Prepare production and other reports
  • Recommend measures to improve productivity
  • Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
  • Supervise workers and projects
  • Co-ordinate and schedule activities
  • Recruit and hire workers and carry out related staffing actions
  • Train or arrange for training
  • Prepare bids
  • Estimate costs and materials
  • Operate CADD and other computer software systems
  • Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
  • Recommend personnel actions
  • Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
  • Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other work units

Supervision

  • 3-4 people
  • Automotive technicians/motor vehicle mechanics

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Physically demanding
  • Tight deadlines

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Safety glasses/goggles

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Other benefits
  • Team building opportunities

 
Employment Groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

 

Who can apply to this job?

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.

How to apply

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Apply direct on Job Bank at: https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/login

By phone

519-767-9555 Between 12:00 p.m. and 05:00 p.m.

In person

1 Malcolm RoadGuelph, ONN1L 1T1Between 02:00 p.m. and 05:30 p.m.

Include this reference number in your application

E6671

How-to-apply instructions

Here is what you must include in your application:

  • Job reference number

This job posting includes screening questions. Please answer the following questions when applying:

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
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Construction Manager (Bridges)

Surespan Structures Ltd, located at 3721 Drinkwater Road, Duncan

BC, V9L6P2 has a permanent and fulltime job for a Construction Manager (Bridges) position.

 

Duties

 

• Travel to various project sites in Canada (excluding  NWT and Nunavut)

• Spend weeks away on different bridge building construction sites in remote

areas of British Columbia or other areas

• Must be capable of taking ownership and leading bridge building construction

crews including foreman.

• This position requires management of all bridge building construction

from tender project inception to completion.

• Assisting in the selection of field site personnel.

• Planning and implementing construction mean/methods,

schedules, productivity innovations, site logistics.

•      Monitoring cost control and job costing, quantity reporting, forecasting, productivity.

•      On-site co-ordination of manpower, materials and equipment.

•      Developing, monitoring and executing the project construction plan and schedule.

•      Supervising, mentoring, coaching and training field personnel.

•      Project close-out, responsible for final inspections, deficiencies, warranty work and site demobilization.

•      Prepare and submit construction project budget estimating.

•      Develop and implement quality control programs.

·      Implement and maintain safety work procedures on site

·      Prepare progress reports and issue progress schedules to Operations Manager and CEO

clients.

 

Abilities

·      Be able to perform the duties listed above

·      Have exceptional communication skills, written and verbal, as well as organizational and interpersonal skills.

 

 

Requirements

·      Project Superintendents with bridgebuilding experience

 

Compensation

·      $110 000- $140 000 per annum

·      Live out allowance

·      Medical and dental benefits

·      LOA of CAD 65 per day when accommodation is provided and CAD 145 when accommodation is not provided

 

How to Apply

Please send the following to nelis.vdheever@surespan.com

·      Resume 

  • Three references confirming your experience to meet the requirements above – we will call 3 references that should be previous employers, unless you have not work for 3 employers
  • A motivation letter in which you explain why you are capable to do the work
  • Answer the following questions:

o   This type of bridge has cables?

o   What type of bridge is known for its long, uninterrupted spans and is often used for crossing wide bodies of water?

o   A bridge that is shaped as an upward convex and that has a curved arch to manage the vertical loads is called a ….?

o   What type of bridge has a horizontal beam supported at each side by piers.

o   What type of bridge is meant by the joining of various relatively small structural members into some interconnected triangles ?

o   What are the components of the sub structure?

o   What is an alternative name for a Steel Deck Portable bridge?

o   Complete the missing step of the installation – Footing, piles, Pile Cap Beam, ……, Grider?

 

 

The method of applying is to test if you can follow instructions. If you do not follow these instructions and apply in the prescribed manner your application will not be considered.