Lead Hand/ Foreman
5 days ago
Blacktop Sealcoating Inc.
Job Title: Lead Hand/ Foreman Seasonal Job Category: Asphalt Maintenance
Department: Asphalt Maintenance Job Code: BT- 001
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario Travel Required: Occasional
Level/ salary range: $28-$35 an hour Contact: Crystal Turk
Date Posted: 04/-01/2025 Posting expires: 04/30/2025
APPLICATION ACCEPTED BY:
Role and Responsibilities
The role and responsibilities of the lead hand include:
- Ensuring the truck is ready for the day with the necessary tools and product needed
- Conducting a daily truck and trailer operator inspection, documenting in logbook
- Attending the morning meeting before leaving shop
- Driving the work truck and attached trailer to jobs throughout the day
- Completing jobs given for the day with crew members
- End of day restock of material needed to start the next day
- Ensuring all equipment is in running order, and if anything is needed comminating what is needed.
Qualification and Education Requirements
- 3 years clean driving abstract
- G class drivers’ licence
- 2 years’ experience with asphalt maintenance
- Mechanically inclined
- Experience with truck and trailer operation
- Leadership skills
- Attention to detail
- Punctual
- Integrity
**Required Skills**:
- Experience using weed whackers, lawn edgers, backpack blowers and plate packers
- Knowledge with patch work and laying asphalt
- Knowledge using a melter box, and pour pot
- Experience pulling a trailer, including trailer safety
- Ability to problem solve or resolve small mechanical issues
- Customer service skills
- Ability to work in a team setting
Additional Notes
This position requires an excellent understanding and knowledge of asphalt maintenance. We are looking for a lead hand to run our crew, someone with passion for their work and pristine attention to detail. Our lead hand will oversee driving to the jobs provided for the day, preforming the work with the crew, communicating with customers if needed, and overseeing that the work has been completed to our company standards. This position is seasonal which includes long hours. It is physically demanding, with long requirements to stand and exposer to the elements.
**Job Type**: Seasonal
Contract length: 5 months
Pay: $28.00-$35.00 per hour
Expected hours: 30 - 60 per week
Additional pay:
- Overtime pay
Flexible language requirement:
- French not required
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Application question(s):
- are you Mechanically Inclined ?
- Do you have a clean drivers abstract?
- Do you have experience with driving a work truck with attached trailer?
**Experience**:
- asphalt: 2 years (required)
**Language**:
- English (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Class G Licence (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Thunder Bay, ON P7G 1M1
Application deadline: 2025-04-28
Expected start date: 2025-05-01
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