Job Opportunities
Location: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada (On-site)
Position Scope:
As the Operational Excellence Manager you will focus on the overall improvement of the operation. You will work on continuous facility improvements and ensure all operational aspects work well together for optimal time and cost savings.
To be successful:
• You remain focused and optimistic in the pursuit of a goal, despite barriers, until the objective is achieved.
• You are proficient in lean problem solving, root cause and waste reducing tools/processes/concepts.
• You have strong communication skills to influence or persuade others to adopt a specific course of action and can effectively facilitate mutually beneficial solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Deploy Continuous Improvement to all functional groups within the plant.
• Present and communicate to varied audiences, including operators, corporate continuous improvement partners and executive management.
• Motivate facility personnel through encouragement, leading by example and discipline.
• Identify and manage risk/stakeholders for site CI deployment.
• Track site-wide deployment progress and present findings to leadership team.
• Collaborate on regional CI activities.
• Display and promote positive safety behaviors at all times: work in a SHE responsible manner and report all incidents.
Requirements and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree required: Engineering or other scientific discipline preferred.
• At least 1 year of manufacturing experience: Chemical Process Industry preferred.
• Six Sigma training, a strong plus.
• Project Management Skills.
• Familiarity with manufacturing excellence work processes.
While we appreciate all inquiries, only qualified candidates will be contacted.
We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.
Location: Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (On-site)
Position Scope:
To build and expand the portfolio for Solar Products within the company.
Responsibilities:
- Help to create and build the solar business at KVS
- Estimation, installation and design of roof top and ground mount Solar Systems
- Manage multiple crews
- Ability to work physically with crews
- Create estimates using appropriate software
- NSPI connection applications & bi-directional meters
- Compensation based on experience
- Company Benefit package available
- Possibility of a profit share system for the right candidate
- Relocation assistance available
Required Skills and Knowledge:
- Commercial solar experience an asset, but not mandatory
- Able to navigate Solar proposal and sizing software
- Solar product knowledge
- Ability to manage multiple crews
- Estimating experience an asset
- Familiar with current Local and Federal grants an asset
- Customer focused
- Being able to work with a team an asset
- Hands on approach and a team player with a positive attitude
- Valid Drivers licence, clean drivers abstract will be required
While we appreciate all inquiries, only qualified candidates will be contacted.
MAC Search is a fair and equitable search firm. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (On-site)
Position Scope:
As the Business Development Manager you will focus on sales, growing the business with main focus on increasing sales, as well as managing the customer service team.
Responsibilities
- Main focus on developing and increasing sales
- Responsible for business growth
- Develop B2B by selling directly to nursing homes
- Oversee and develop B2C relationships
- Manage the day to day activity with the team
- Lead and run the customer service department
- Sell and promote products across Canada
- Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives
- Contacting potential clients to establish rapport and arrange meetings
- Maintain current client’s relationship and identifying areas for potential clients
- Manage monthly subscriptions
Qualifications and skills
- 2-3 years sales and customer service experience
- Very customer focused
- Mature and caring individual
- Focused and driven to achieve goals
- Being able to work with a team and show leadership
- Hands on approach and a team player with a positive attitude
While we appreciate all inquiries, only qualified candidates will be contacted.
MAC Search is a fair and equitable search firm. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.
Position Scope:
The position of the Service Technician is critical and essential to the ability to scale the operations and still provide superior tenant services in an efficient and timely manner. The goal has always been to service and maintain the building assets with pride and personal attention.
By adhering to these strict guiding principles the company continuously strives to improve the day-to-day service operations, cost efficiencies, quality and overall performance / upkeep of the company’s apartments and buildings common areas.
The Service Technician will adhere to industry best trade practices while upholding the company’s reputation for quality and maintaining the buildings in neat and tidy order at all times.
Responsibilities:
- Respond to daily tenant service call requests
- Handle general routine, common property issues
- May include minor carpentry work
- Address and handle any plumping issues
- Address and handle any electrical issues
- Trouble shoot appliances
- Take care of interior and exterior common areas
- Weekly attention to garbage
- Handle recycling schedules
- Ensure overall cleanliness of the exteriors
- Spring and fall yard clean up which includer raking leaves etc.
- Weekly lawn cutting during summer months
- Keeping walkways neat and tidy during winter months
- Weekly walk-through inspections for the obvious issued or concerns
- Such as boiler rooms, burnt out lights, doors closers needing adjustments etc.
- Monthly inspection of fire panels and emergency lights
- Quarterly inspections of oil circulating pumps and furnace filters
- EMERGENCY ON CALL SCHEDULE: MUST BE AVAILABLE ON A ROTATION BASIS ONCE EVERY 4-5 WEEKS (FOR THE FULL WEEK)
- Ensures the company work vehicle is kept clean, organized and all regular vehicle service maintenance is kept current
- Organizing and maintaining workshop and storage areas for increased efficiencies and better tool and material inventory
Required Skills and Knowledge:
- Extensive general trade knowledge
- Strong hands-on technical skills
- Experience in working with a variety of power tools
- Be able to work independently, safely and effectively
- Ability to influence and direct other sub-trades to accomplish desired outcomes as per scheduled timelines as required from time to time
- Provide directives necessary to maintain the efficiency and overall building performance of all FPM building assets
- Lead by example with respect to material cost controls, job quality and workmanship productivity
- Train and develop others as required
- Acknowledge and reinforce strong work ethics with positive feedback and take corrective action on training others when required
- Take great pride in your work!
- Lead by example with everything you do and influence others to follow your lead
Location: Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada (On-site)
About Our Client:
Our client is a global company comprising of the complete value chain from R&D to customer distribution. Within HNC, the Nutritional Lipids (NL) category includes production and sale of marine oils and algae oils.
Position Scope:
This position has 4 direct reports and is responsible for the ongoing development and continuous improvement of the Safety, Health and Environmental program at their Mulgrave, Nova Scotia Site.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the ongoing development and continuous improvement of the Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) program at the Mulgrave Site.
- Leads and develops Site SHE Culture & Systems to achieve zero injuries and environmental incidents.
- Ensures compliance with all Federal and Provincial SHE regulations and requirements.
- Supports Waste treatment operations in compliance with Federal and Provincial regulations.
- Ensures security of site and compliance with all external and internal security requirements.
- Lead the establishment and achievement of SHE goals, objectives, and key performance initiatives to drive “injury free and leak free” culture.
- Ensures compliance with Safety, Health, and Environmental regulatory agencies. This includes timely and accurate reporting to all agencies.
- Develop site safety training programs for employees.
- Assist in developing site SHE culture development initiatives, where appropriate.
- Write and update site SHE SOPs as needed due to changing operational environmental/activities and or corporate requirements.
- Assist with the investigation of incidents/accidents to ascertain causes and recommendations for preventive measures. Takes the lead in recordable SHE incident investigations. In this context, ensures timely and accurate reporting and classification.
- Review outside construction, professional and outsourced contractor’s safety records, programs, licenses and training programs.
- Conduct contractor construction audits to ensure Compliance with legislation and standards.
- Audits Safety and Health programs/processes to ensure compliance with company and government regulations or standards and/or SOPs.
- Supports Waste treatment operations with regulatory compliance and internal reporting (Triple P).
- Management of operating budgets for SHE Department.
- Member of Site leadership team that formulates and implements site goals consistent with global strategy as well as site policies and procedures.
- Participate and contribute in the regional SHE leadership team in the development of policies, best practices, and people.
- Organize SHE training that is compliant with legislation and requirements.
- Provide technical expertise personally and through others in areas of Process Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental, and Transportation of Hazardous Substances.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant technical discipline such as chemistry, biology or engineering preferred.
- Knowledge of SHE regulations in Canada
- Experience in Safety, Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or related field required.
- Practical experience in health, safety and environmental areas including Confined Space Entry, lockout tagout tryout, working at heights, lifting and hoisting, inspections and audits of the safety program, root cause analysis, Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP) studies, health risk assessments, risk reduction training, WHMIS/GHS, industrial hygiene, etc.
About Our Client:
Our client is a worldwide digital media investment company based in Montreal that owns and operates many highly authoritative brands spanning several verticals including: entertainment, technology, automotive, gaming, and aviation.
Responsibilities:
- Modeling investments.
- Training and developing employees.
- Overseeing portfolio strategies related to content and monetization.
- Driving M&A efforts for new acquisitions to the portfolio.
- Managing the entire portfolio P&L.
- Creating budget plans for support costs.
- Hire necessary needs for the portfolio.
- Managing risks to our products in the portfolio (ensuring policy compliance, promote diversification, etc)
- Maintaining excellent website vitals and user experience for the products.
Required Skills and Knowledge:
- Successful completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance or related field.
- Experience in M&A (buy or sell side) an asset.
- Experience in digital media publishing or online media is an asset.
- Highly organized with project management abilities.
- Ability to build dynamic financial models.
- Highly analytical with excellent negotiation abilities.
- Ability to confidently engage and communicate with all levels in the organization and build strong internal and external relationships.
- Self-starter, entrepreneurial and resourceful.
- Ability to manage multiple, concurrent files and priorities.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment autonomously as well as in a team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
About Our Client:
Our client is a worldwide digital media investment company based in Montreal that owns and operates many highly authoritative brands spanning several verticals including: entertainment, technology, automotive, gaming, and aviation.
Responsibilities:
● Act as an intermediary between the publishing teams and the tech team.
● Compile and interpret data to inform key decision makers.
● Prototype short-term data solutions for pre-development testing, gathering feedback, and interim
use.
● Perform general data-related assessments and distribute reports to General Managers and
others.
● Understand and clearly articulate the needs of the business.
● Coordinate with the users and the tech team so they can understand the scope and requirements
of projects.
● Foresee and mitigate potential failure points.
● Maintain open and transparent lines of communication with the users and developers.
● Track and communicate the progress of multiple ongoing projects to the team lead.
● Approach requests critically and understand their impact on the broader business objectives.
● Gather detailed needs from each different team in a clear and complete manner, to minimize the
amount of follow-ups needed.
● Analyze and document the business needs and processes and identify trending behaviors.
● Gather useful QA data and feedback from teams.
● Perform competitive analysis and benchmarking efforts.
Required Skills and Knowledge:
● Experience in a similar role or the drive and ability to do what it takes to get up to speed quickly.
● Experience working in a complex, multi-project, multi-team environment.
● A strong self-motivated learner.
● Excellent understanding of data.
● Capable of quickly grasping complex concepts.
● Strong analytical and problem-solving thought process.
● The ability to ask intelligent, probing questions to get a better understanding of needs.
● Driven to achieve goals through hard work.
● Meticulous attention to detail and capability of producing flawless work.
● Highly process-oriented and detail-oriented.
● Outstanding organization and time-management skills.
● Work well as a team as well as independently.
● Ability to take charge of own tasks and work with minimal supervision.
● Excellent written and oral communication skills.
● Excellent facilitation skills.
● Must be Tech Savvy. An appreciation for code, an asset.