If you like staying active and working with a team, this is a great fit! Burly Boyz Moving is hiring a BC Foreman at our Vancouver branch! Responsibilities include: driving a moving truck, protecting our customers' property, physically moving our customers good in/out of the truck, and delivering a great customer experience. You must have an above average level of overall fitness, be friendly in nature, and be an above average driver with at least 3 years of driving experience with a clean abstract.
Additional responsibilities for the Foreman:
Operational Excellence
Warehouse Oversight:
- Map and document which customers are currently in storage and which customers are coming into
or leaving storage per Jobber.
- Ensure sufficient storage crates are built and available so no loose items or piles exist.
- Receive and send CN Trailers and directly oversee their unloading and loading.
- Conduct inventory of company supplies and materials weekly. Communicate needs to ensure we
don't have shortages.
- Delegate and actively participate in keeping the warehouse clean and organized with no loose
belongings, garbage left laying around. All items like brooms, ladders and cleaning supplies are
stored in their appropriate places.
- Ensure the Debit Machines are returned to the warehouse and docked each night.
- Sign off on loads coming into our warehouse and loads that are coming out. Certify the Bingos.
- Complete investigations for missing items.
Quality Control:
- Ensure that clients are given a courtesy call by all team members.
- Ensure high-level customer service that generates 5-star reviews through your performance and
the performance of others.
- Teach, train and mentor the movers to improve on their skillset and efficiency.
- Ensure that the work such as padding and TV crating/boxing, packing of fragile and glass is
performed to our company's standards.
- Visit other job sights for QC inspection and on-the-spot training and coaching.
- Have a solid understanding of our policies, procedures, standards, and expectations so that they
can be enforced and coached on the spot.
- Ensure that all Long Distance and Local Storage moves have a completed Tag/List procedure and
Bingo procedure that are uploaded to Jobber with the hardcopy paperwork following the load and
filed properly in the office.
- Bring truck repair and maintenance concerns to management's attention.
- Keep trucks stocked with the appropriate equipment and materials.
- Have a very good understanding of each jobs' challenges and requirements.
- Coordinate with our Logistics to understand the Load and Delivery order of the Interprovincial
trailers and ensure the deliveries and loads are completed in that order
Training & Development
Leadership:
- Coordinate training for new hires and incorporate them accordingly into jobs. Identify issues,
violations, and concerns in the field as directed by the Personnel Manager.
- Complete employee progress reports and participate in regularly scheduled meetings to update the
HR and Personnel Manager on employee behavior, performance, and development.
- Host your own weekly meetings with your workforce to bridge the gap on any communication and
training pieces while also creating feedback opportunities for the workers.
- Exemplify a mentality of ownership by ensuring you and all teams have all the necessary equipment
and materials to execute your assignment.
- Inspect your team and ensure everyone is ready to go, in dress code at all times and mentally
primed to succeed.
- Review the assignment with the team ahead of arrival and set goals after completing the
walkthrough with the client.
- Be available by phone in the event our workers face a challenge and need your support including
payment disputes after office hours.
- Motivate, encourage, recognize, and support your drivers and swampers at all times.
- Ensure all brand expectations are being met and hold your team accountable to any poor standards
by mentoring them and having them correct the issue (i.e. poor padding or loading etc.).
- Adherence and enforcement of all company policies and procedures.
- Provide constant and logical communication with your office partners as per the company flow
chart including updating on arrival times, unforeseen challenges and your proposed solutions,
major changes in client instructions or services etc.
- Create and maintain an exceptional client experience by leading your team with a high-level of
execution, compassion and regard to safety, property/item/furniture damage and team hustle.
- Keep a sharp eye on the pace, ability, and fatigue of your team in order to best support them.
- Maintain all documents in a neat, orderly, and professional fashion.
Problem Solving/Reasoning Skills:
- Apply foresight to anticipate challenges and avoid them before they come.
- Attempt to safely solve any problems that arise by involving your team and applying best practices.
- Offer solutions when partnering with the office as you are the one on the front line with the best
perspective.
- Stay true to brand policies and procedures if any client request or instruction is in direct conflict
with them.
- Partner with the office if unable to overcome any roadblock or if you require authority.
- Use good logic and sound judgement while providing a service and/or transporting goods.
- Be able to follow instructions in any form including verbally or in writing.
- Have basic mathematical skills in order to accurately add, subtract and multiply.
What we are looking for:
- Valid Class 5 driver's license (or higher) held for at least 3 years
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Clean driving abstract
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Physical endurance to perform the duties
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Ability to lift and carry up to 100 lbs
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Comfortable driving large commercial vehicles
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Strong English speaking and writing skills
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Customer-first attitude and professional appearance
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Willingness to work a flexible schedule with early starts and occasional out-of-town pick-ups and deliveries
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High School diploma or equivalent
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Legally able to work in Canada (Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident)
Pay & Compensation
Starting $36/hr (negotiable with experience)
Benefits & Perks
- Full health and dental benefits after 6 months
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Paid training (experience not required)
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Annual performance reviews and pay raises
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Uniform provided
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Year-round, stable work
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Company events and a strong team culture
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Clear growth path into lead, foreman, and operations roles (we promote from within and invest in people who show reliability, leadership, and pride in their work)
Schedule & Work Details
- Full-time (35–50 hours per week)
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Up to 70 hours per week for workers on Long Distance jobs
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Flexible schedule that changes to accommodate our customers' needs
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Early start times
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In-person, physically demanding, safety-sensitive role
