Join Coast Staffing as a Lead Hand — Environmental Remediation.
Coast Staffing is seeking experienced, safety-minded Lead Hands to direct on-site execution of contamination, biohazard-remediation, enhanced cleaning, and environmental-response assignments across healthcare, long-term care, retirement, residential, commercial, institutional, and other client sites.
This is not a routine housekeeping or permanent facility-cleaning position.
Assignments are event-based and the Lead Hand is accountable for crew safety, scope discipline, IPAC-supportive cleaning, PPE compliance, documentation, and site-specific remediation outcomes.
About the role
As a Lead Hand — Environmental Remediation, you will lead small crews of Environmental Remediation Technicians at approved sites where additional trained support is required because of a specific environmental condition or contamination concern.
You will run the pre-task hazard check, confirm scope and authorization with the site contact, assign and supervise technician work, enforce PPE and stop-work authority, and complete shift-end documentation. Work crews lead may include rodent-dropping cleanup, biohazard-remediation support, contaminated-area cleaning, high-touch disinfection, waste or soft-good handling, post-incident cleaning, and IPAC-supportive environmental cleaning in care or congregate settings.
The ideal candidate will possess
Demonstrated experience in remediation, restoration, professional cleaning, healthcare environmental services, facility services, waste handling, pest-contamination cleanup, or similar work, with prior crew-leadership or supervisory experience.
Comfort working around odours, waste, soiled materials, pests, disinfectants, and contaminated environments.
Ability to interpret and enforce written SOPs, checklists, product labels, SDS sheets, IPAC direction, and site-specific instructions.
Ability to coach, direct, and correct technicians in real time while maintaining a respectful tone.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to safe work practices.
Professional attitude, reliable attendance, and neat appearance.
Ability to manage scope creep, decline out-of-scope requests politely, and escalate to Coast.
Sound judgment and willingness to stop work or escalate when conditions are unsafe or outside training.
Strong communication skills with Coast supervisors, site contacts, residents, tenants, staff, vendors, and management.
Respect for privacy, confidentiality, and dignity in healthcare, residential, and institutional environments.
Flexibility to lead crews across different site types and respond to short-notice assignments.
Key responsibilities:
Lead Coast crews on assigned remediation, contamination-control, enhanced-cleaning, or environmental-response shifts.
Confirm site authorization, written scope, and reporting contact before starting work.
Conduct the pre-task hazard assessment and PPE check; confirm fit, condition, and suitability for the task.
Assign tasks, sequence work, and supervise technicians performing rodent-contamination cleanup, biohazard-remediation support, disinfection, waste, and laundry/soft-good handling within Coast-approved scope.
Verify correct disinfectant selection, dilution, contact times, SDS adherence, and disposal methods.
Coordinate with facility managers, IPAC contacts, OHS contacts, pest-control vendors, restoration vendors, and other site representatives.
Maintain crew adherence to IPAC-supportive practices in healthcare, LTC, retirement, shelter, residential, or congregate-care settings.
Enforce stop-work authority and remove crew from any unsafe, unauthorized, or out-of-scope condition.
Manage and document incidents, near-misses, exposures, sharps findings, blood or body fluids, mould, sewage, chemical hazards, structural damage, or unsafe air quality.
Complete shift-end documentation: areas attended, work completed, products used, PPE used, crew hours, exceptions, escalations, and follow-up recommendations.
Provide on-shift coaching and submit performance feedback on technicians to Coast.
Account for Coast-issued tools, PPE, supplies, and consumables.
Communicate professionally on behalf of Coast at the site.
Work settings may include:
Long-term care homes.
Retirement residences.
Hospitals or healthcare facilities.
Residential buildings.
Shelters or congregate living settings.
Commercial properties.
Institutional facilities.
Offices, storage areas, service areas, or other approved client sites.
Other locations requiring approved rodent-contamination, biohazard-remediation, enhanced-cleaning, or environmental-response support.
Required qualifications:
Legally eligible to work in Canada.
Minimum 19 years of age.
Minimum 2 years of relevant remediation, restoration, healthcare environmental services, or contamination-cleanup experience, with prior crew-leadership, lead-hand, or supervisory experience.
Ability to work in person at assigned sites.
Ability to read, apply, and enforce SOPs, product labels, SDS sheets, checklists, and site instructions.
Ability to wear required PPE for the assigned task and model correct donning/doffing.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, lift, carry, push carts, and work in physically active environments.
Ability to work around odours, waste, pests, disinfectants, soiled materials, and contaminated areas.
Satisfactory criminal record check.
Vulnerable sector check if required by the assignment.
WHMIS certification.
Valid driver's licence and access to reliable transportation.
Preferred qualifications
Prior lead-hand, foreperson, or supervisor experience in remediation, restoration, biohazard cleanup, healthcare environmental services, or facility services.
Previous experience in healthcare, LTC, retirement, shelter, institutional, commercial, or residential settings.
IPAC basics or healthcare environmental cleaning training.
IICRC, biohazard, trauma-scene, or restoration certifications.
PPE donning and doffing instructor-level familiarity.
Respirator fit testing on file.
First Aid / CPR.
Experience completing checklists, logs, incident reports, photo documentation, and shift reports.
Required training before deployment:
WHMIS.
PPE donning and doffing, with ability to instruct.
Hand hygiene.
IPAC basics for healthcare, LTC, retirement, shelter, or congregate-care assignments.
Cleaning and disinfection procedures.
Rodent-contamination cleanup procedure.
Biohazard-remediation scope and escalation procedure.
Disinfectant use, dilution, SDS review, and contact-time training.
Waste handling and bagging.
Laundry or soft-good handling, if assigned.
Privacy and confidentiality.
Incident and near-miss reporting.
Stop-work authority and escalation protocol.
Site-specific orientation.
Respirator fit testing if required by the hazard assessment.
Coast Lead Hand orientation, including documentation, scope control, and labour-relations boundaries.
PPE and safety:
Required PPE depends on the assignment, hazard assessment, and site policy. PPE may include gloves, eye protection, mask, respirator, gown, disposable coveralls, shoe covers, dedicated footwear, and hand-hygiene supplies. The Lead Hand is responsible for verifying that all crew PPE is appropriate, available, in good condition, and used correctly throughout the shift.
Schedule and travel requirements:
Casual / on-call lead-hand assignments.
Event-based deployments depending on client need.
Shifts may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and short-notice assignments.
Shifts may be 4, 8, 10, or 12 hours depending on the assignment.
Travel to different sites across Nova Scotia may be required.
Reliable transportation is required.
Transportation or accommodation support may be provided where applicable.
Physical demands:
Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and working in PPE.
Exposure to cleaning products, disinfectants, odours, waste, pests, soiled materials, and contaminated areas.
Ability to lift up to 25–50 lb depending on the assignment.
Ability to lead in healthcare, residential, commercial, institutional, or facility-response environments.
Ability to work urgent, short-notice, evening, weekend, or holiday assignments.
Pay: $30.00-$35.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
