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Overview

Employment status: Regular part-time
Position's anticipated start date: 2024-12-02 

Possible schedule/FTE: Minimum hours are guaranteed at 65 hours bi-weekly 

Number of positions available: 1 

Classification: CUPE 3728
Salary/Rate of pay: $32.38

Application deadline: 2024-11-13 
Application requirements:

• Your up-to-date resume.
• We recommend you save a copy of the job posting for reference throughout the recruitment process.

Diversity and inclusion play a vital role in ensuring health equity for patients across Canada. We are committed to reflecting Canada’s population in our organization and fostering an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves, with equal opportunities to succeed and contribute.  

If this role resonates with you, we encourage you to apply by providing your up-to-date resume. This could be your first step towards a meaningful and inspiring career. Come to work each day knowing that you save lives. 

Job Summary: As a member of the BGIS Sustainable Cleaning Solutions Team, you will be generally responsible for cleaning in a designated zone with an emphasis on quality control, health and safety & striving to exceed client expectations. 

Key Responsibilities: Functioning as a core member of the operational team and reporting to the Manager/ Supervisor as a Cleaner you may be required to perform some of the following tasks as required by the Manager/Supervisor and needs of the client:

• Clean floors by sweeping, scrubbing, or vacuuming
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or auto scrubbers. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors including washroom floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or walk behind buffing machines. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Transport garbage from drop points to garbage bins or compactor 
• Transport maintenance machinery, where necessary, between floors and job sites 
• Cleans and stores equipment and machinery used
• Cleans glass areas requiring ladders, scaffolding or other extension equipment to reach. 
• Cleans washroom floors including stripping and finishing 
• Cleans stairwells and elevator cabs where ladders are required 
• Loads and unloads supplies and replenishes cleaning solutions
• Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures
• Other duties that management may assign 
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets 
• Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems
• Mix water and detergents in containers to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets
• Remove snow and debris from sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas, using snowplows, snow blowers, or snow shovels, or spread snow melting chemicals.

Job Requirements:

• Experience in performing various cleaning, housekeeping and maintenance activities in an institutionalized environment.
• Experience in using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials and solutions.
•  Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the provisions that apply to this work including WHMIS.
• Ability to lift, push and pull heavy items as well as climb ladders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, clients and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays and shifts as assigned as well as work in multiple locations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, prepare and maintain manual and electronic records.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Must meet security clearance requirements, where applicable
• Must have a valid Class G license (may be required)

Physical demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Salary/Rate of pay: $32.38

Application deadline: Until Filled 
Application requirements:

• Your up-to-date resume.
• We recommend you save a copy of the job posting for reference throughout the recruitment process.

Diversity and inclusion play a vital role in ensuring health equity for patients across Canada. We are committed to reflecting Canada’s population in our organization and fostering an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves, with equal opportunities to succeed and contribute.  

The Outside Sales Representative maintains strong customer relationships with existing customers while developing new customer potential by offering professional, effective and efficient solutions. The incumbent promotes and sells existing and new products to meet branch sales objectives and achieve sales results.

What’s in it for you?

• Full health care benefits starting day one. 
• Career development and training opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits with premiums fully paid for by the company for the “Core” package.
• Life insurance, disability and wellness programs
• Retirement savings programs including RRSP and DC pension with up to 5.25% employer contribution
• Paid vacation and sick time and day off on your birthday!
• Bonus programs that include annual performance and profit sharing
• Employee discounts on top brands of plumbing and HVAC/R products
• Education reimbursement for employees
• Employee referral program
• Safety shoe reimbursement

What you will do:

• Communicates with existing customers to secure continuing sales and maintain strong customer relationships;
• Optimizes the existing customer base by promoting and selling existing and new products and services to our customers;
• Offers professional, effective and efficient solutions to customer inquiries;
• Provide quotations, technical support, literature, and other support/materials for customers;
• Develops new customer potential by examining market opportunities and potential customer needs, tailoring products and services, and selling solutions to potential customers;
• Providing direction, training, coaching and leadership to branch employees;
• Communicates customer concerns on inventory and delivery so that customer loyalty is maintained and patterns continually evolve with customers changing requirements;
• Participates in setting branch sales objectives and is accountable for achieving sales results (revenue, gross margin, account targets and monthly sales quotas);
• Advises the branches of pricing competitiveness to achieve margin expectations while, at the same time, ensuring flexibility in gaining large volume and/or new customer accounts
• Pro-actively communicates with Branch management on all aspects of customer alliances ensuring customers and branch expectations are met in a manner consistent with contract terms and any issues are immediately addressed;
• Provides feedback and recommendations on new products, services, and market conditions to customers, and branch management
• Participates in trade shows, training and associated product meetings where appropriate

What you will bring:

• Experience or Post Secondary education in Business Administration or a related discipline
• A minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years experience in a similar role, preferably within the wholesale distribution industry
• Demonstrated ability to lead and build a successful team;
• Knowledge of Plumbing/HVAC industry products is required;
• Demonstrated sales and cold-calling experience, ideally within the industry;
• Consistently meeting deadlines within a fast paced work environment and works effectively within time constraints
• Strong ability to work independently to efficiently manage the assigned territory and accounts;
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships;
• Demonstrated initiative with the ability to work in a collaborative team based environment;
• Highly organized in prioritizing work and multi-tasking;

Each resume submitted gets individually reviewed by our team and retained for 24 months if other new and exciting opportunities arise that match your skills and qualifications. 

Please note: This position requires the result of a satisfactory criminal record check.  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position.

We are currently recruiting for a cellar worker to support our team in Malagash, located in Northern Nova Scotia. A cellar worker is responsible for general winery work that includes sanitizing tanks, hoses and other general cleaning.  Work assignments can include pumping wine, tank additions, barrel work and other wine related tasks.

We are seeking enthusiastic individuals that will work closely with our cellar team and report to our winemaker. This position is a full-time, year round, permanent position.

Position: Cellar Worker

Place: Jost Vineyards

Start Date: Immediately

Wage Rate: Dependent on experience

Working Hours: Full-time, year round, permanent position

Reports to: Winemaker

Special Note: Ability to live in and/or commute to North Shore, Nova Scotia, required.

Job Purpose:

The successful candidate will have a desire to work in an efficient and safe manner.  An interest in wine or agriculture is desirable.  Ability to live in rural, Nova Scotia or in commuting is necessary. Practical experience working in a wine cellar, food production, or manufacturing environment is desirable but not necessary; we will train suitable candidates.

Qualifications:

• Highly motivated and have a strong work ethic.
• Able to multitask and can work well in a team.
• Motivated and passionate about making high quality wine.
• Able to perform physical-demanding work on a regular basis.
• Able to lift 50 lbs. and are able to work at heights.
• Willing to work long hours, may include weekends, often>60 hours/week during harvest.
• Supervisory experience would be considered an asset
• WHMIS training, a forklift certificate and confined space training is an asset but not mandatory-successful candidates will be trained.

Job descriptions and responsibilities:

Daily/year-round tasks

• Ability to work within the standard operating procedures established in our cellar, crush pad and bottling line
• Follow a written list of cellar tasks accurately and complete in a time- effective manner.
• Clean/sanitize and sterilize winery equipment and tanks.
• Maintain an organized, clean and safe cellar environment.
• Perform wine movements such as racking with different types of pumps
• Filter wines with various types of filters (plate and frame, Cross flow, DE).

Harvest tasks

• Work on the crush pad when grapes are received. Tasks include weighing bins of grapes, running crusher/de-stemmer, grape elevator and operating the presses.
• Fill, empty and thoroughly clean presses (Membrane presses).
• Clean grape bins, crush pad and all grape processing equipment on a regular basis
• Perform pump-overs/punch-downs, red fermentation tank dig outs and racking.
• Perform sugar and other additions to juice/wine
• Prepare yeast and inoculate juice
• Add nutrients to juice/fermenting tanks
• Work bottling line.

Interested applicants may apply by submitting a cover letter and resumé in confidence to our Head Winemaker, Gina Haverstock: opportunity@devoniancoast.ca with a subject title of Cellar Worker

Classification: CUPE 1655
Salary/Rate of pay: $25.1308

Application deadline: posted until filled 
Application requirements:

• Your up-to-date resume.
• We recommend you save a copy of the job posting for reference throughout the recruitment process.

The Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Specialist develops, leads and executes health, safety and environment programs for assigned accounts and ensures ongoing compliance to all internal, and external and regulatory requirements to assist the account team in mitigating and managing environmental, health and safety-related risks and improving related performance.  In addition, the Health, Safety, and Environment Specialist assists the Health, Safety, and Environment team in the development and deployment of health, safety, and environment management system and associated tools, processes and procedures according to applicable external management systems. The Health, Safety and Environment Specialist adopts a portfolio and systemic approach to implement the HSE management system, as well as interprets and advises on all HSE regulatory matters to ensure compliance with government legislation and industry standards.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Management

• Develop, execute and govern health, safety and environment programs and promotes a high health, safety and environment culture for the assigned accounts
• Provides guidance and advice to account and client team members on health, safety, and environment matters in accordance to all applicable internal and external requirements.  Applies knowledge of related regulations
• Collaborates with account teams to ensure team members are provided with adequate tools and resources to ensure the safe execution of work
• Collaborates on a daily basis with the client subject matter expert to implement initiatives and provide feedback from various work streams including the Projects and Operations teams
• Maintains health, safety, and environment management systems registration including but not limited to ISO 14001, CSA Z1000, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001.  Conducts internal systems audit and executes annual re-registration process requirements
• Achieves health, safety and environment objectives for assigned accounts
• Develops, manages, improves and leads key performance indicators as related to HSE (LTIR, TRIR, Near Miss reports, Halocarbon leak reports, spills, etc.)
• Develops and continuously improves health, safety and environment management system and associated processes and procedures according to applicable external management systems
• Assists client with coordination of employee engagement initiatives (e.g. Waste Reduction Week, Earth Week) and corporate HSE events (e.g. Safety & Health week)
• Manages multiple projects simultaneously with tight deadlines
• Builds and promotes corporate HSE-culture

Program Execution

• End to end program management, including vendor selection, managing purchase orders, budgeting, scheduling, receiving and reviewing reports (e.g. waste & recycling management programs, fuel storage system management, compliance program management such as radon or asbestos, pole storage yard compliance)
• Play an important leadership role in overall performance of program execution including working with key stakeholders
• Develops budget forecast (capital, expense) and manages costs to stay within budget
• Audits vendors performance
• Produces procurement documents (scope of work, legal and internal requirements, templates, KPI) in collaboration with Contract managers

Compliance Management

• Monitors and enforces compliance to all internal and external health, safety and environment requirements
• Conducts field inspections, job observations; health, safety and environment audits and other types of reviews to monitor compliance to health, safety and environment requirements and to identify risks
• Communicates observations, non-compliance and risks to stakeholders, and provides and implements corrective and preventative measures to ensure compliance and mitigate risks
• Prepares and submits compliance reports
• Manages environmental, health and safety programs in compliance with the quality management framework
• Other duties as assigned

Incident Investigation, Resolution & Reduction

• Investigates and resolves incidents
• Conducts root-cause analysis, identifies incident causes, and implements corrective and preventative measures
• Tracks, records, maintains and reports incident data.  Identifies and analyzes trends
• Reviews and implements modifications to work plans, processes, procedures to reduce recurring incidents and improve health, safety and environment performance

Communication & Training

• Develops and delivers health, safety and environment training to account and client team members
• Develops and deploys health, safety and environment communication to account and client team members
• Liaison with Authorities Having Jurisdiction to maintain compliance
• Delivers training sessions for new/revised legislation that may impact business functions for various work streams
• Regularly meets with senior client representatives

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• College degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Engineering or Environmental Sciences or master’s degree in Environment, Environmental management or Environmental science
• 3 to 5 years of health, safety, and environment program execution work experience
• Knowledge of health, safety and environment regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environment management systems – ISO 14001, ISO 45001, CSA Z1000, OHSAS 18001, etc.
• Strong program development and execution abilities
• Bilingual French/English required depending on the account
• Ability to promote health, safety and environment programs and influence stakeholders to achieve health, safety and environment objectives
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including client representatives at the senior to executive management level
• Ability to investigate and resolve health, safety and environment incidents, conduct root cause analysis skills along with preventative and corrective measure implementation
• Effective written communication skills
• Knowledge of Facility management operations
• Experience delivering health, safety and environment-related training
• Ability to apply regulatory background and knowledge across various work streams
• Ability to work in a cross-functional matrix environment
• Travel as required
• Availability to monitor HSE 24/7 Hazard Line

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

Safety:

• Canadian Registered Safety Professional from Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals or equivalent
• Registered ISO 45001 Compliance Auditor

Environment:

• Environmental Professional (EP)
• Registered ISO 14001 Compliance Auditor
• LEED GA

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