Dispatcher – Vancouver

Compensation: $50,000 – $60,000 / year (full-time/permanent)

Is Tetris your favourite game? If you’re fascinated by mastering a challenge with a ridiculous number of moving parts and you may have actually herded cats before, then you need to read the Dispatching job below!

The Job – Dispatcher

Dispatchers play an integral role in keeping customer satisfaction high by maintaining a professional and empathetic demeanor while dispatching On Side Restoration crews to jobs in a timely manner. Knowing who to call, when to call them and what the steps are in the restoration process is all just a regular part of being a Dispatcher.

Dispatchers are responsible for:

• Dispatching crews to save the day when disasters hit.
• Understanding scope of work and skills needed on a job site.
• Scheduling work with property owners.
• Managing sub-trade schedules.
• Managing crew mix and on-call availability.

What you bring:

• Excellent phone and computer skills (MS Office – Word, Excel and Teams familiarity is a must).
• Knowledge of construction, knowing what trade to schedule and when.
• Superior customer service skills and a genuine desire to help people.
• Unparalleled organizational skills.
• Conscientiousness, never leaving a task before it’s complete.
• Curiosity, you’re always asking questions and want to know the rest of the story

Of Note:

Major Disasters can strike at any time so after hours on-call work may be required when major weather events occur.

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, RRSP matching 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.

There are so many other awesome things about On Side Restoration we’d love to tell you about, so don’t hesitate to check us out at www.onside.ca and don’t forget to click that ‘Apply Now’ button to join the On Side army today!

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 1,800 employees stretches far and wide across Canada, and we’re growing—YOU could be the next great addition!