Lead Remediation Technician – Kamloops

Compensation: $24.00 – $26.00 / hour (full-time/permanent)

When disasters happen, Remediation Technicians at On Side are truly on ‘your side’. Asbestos and mould can pop-up anywhere and requires special knowledge and experience to deal with. Lead Remediation Technicians can direct the Remediation team while performing remediation services and protecting the health and safety of workers and clients.

The Lead on this team reports to the Operations Manager and helps with the day-to-day on-site direction of the team. Leading communications with Project Managers, Adjusters and trades, communication skills are a necessary requirement of the job.

Lead Remediation Technicians are responsible for:

• Leading and providing direction to the team
• Communicating with cross-functional teams and clients
• Ensuring a safe work area from asbestos by knowing how to remove and remediate potential dangers from the work site
• Identifying and disposing of asbestos contaminated materials
• Identifying and disposing of mould contaminated materials

What you bring:

• You love people and have great communication skills
• An optimistic outlook and a real desire to help
• Organized with a good sense of time— you’re rarely late and know where all your tools are
• Physically fit— remediation can, at times, include heavy lifting and getting into (and out of) tight places
• Friendly and enjoys working in a team!
• A safety-first mindset
• Valid driver’s licence and a clean criminal record (we do check)
• Ability to communicate in English

Other stuff that will contribute to your success:

• Asbestos remediation ticket
• A background in demolition
• Construction experience

Of Note

Disasters can strike at any time so a rotating schedule of 24/7 after hours on-call work is a requirement.

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.

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!