Event Planner

**Job Title**: Event Planner

**Location**: 44160 Yale Road West, Chilliwack, BC

**Job purpose**:Oversight and execution of planning and coordination of all company events.

**Key Result Areas**
- Employee and customer events are planned and executed effectively
- Events and company history are photographed and documented
- All company events are communicated and published internally

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**
- Plan and organize employee and customer events across all locations. This includes events such as but not limited to:

- Summer BBQ's for each location
- Christmas Parties for each location
- Tradeshows
- Open houses, customer appreciation days and start up launches
- Corporate meetings
- Field Days
- Training Week in multiple locations
- Anniversaries, weddings, births, bereavements, graduations, retirements etc.
- Culture committee support
- Business Awards, golf tournament and other community events
- Travel to other locations as required (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario)
- Report to marketing director and debrief events with event planning committee
- Execute directions from event planning committee
- Work with employees in other locations to ensure planning of location specific events
- Manage budget to ensure alignment with annual plan and provide periodic updates as needed
- Ensure events are photographed
- Manage documentation, storage and filing of digital content of events and company history
- Work with the marketing department to communicate and publish events as required internally and externally

**Competencies**
- Self-driven and results oriented with a positive outlook and a clear focus on event planning
- A natural forward planner who critically assess own performance
- Excellent communication and social skills
- Mature, credible, and comfortable dealing with a wide range of companies and employees
- Reliable and determined; well-presented and businesslike
- An empathetic communicator, able to see things from the other person’s point of view
- Event planning degree / certificate or equivalent practical experience
- Working experience with social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin
- Ability to identify areas for improvement and contribute to potential solutions
- Good time management and organized.

**Core Values**
- **Work** ethic; be punctual, intelligent and efficient
- **Win **as a team; care for your coworkers professionally and personally
- **Wow** our customers; be respectful, intuitive, personal and efficient

As a provider of intelligent water solutions, Southern Irrigation strives to be best in the industry, and in return we provide amazing opportunities for our people.

Southern Irrigation offers impressive employee benefits such as 100% employer-paid health benefits plan, RRSP matching, culture and community events, and opportunities for employee bonuses.

At Southern Irrigation we know our success is based on having all “A” players rowing in the same direction. Our Work (hard), Win (as a team), and Wow (our customers) attitude makes the environment at Southern Irrigation both challenging and fun.