Special Teams Manager (Edmonton, AB)

Boardwalk provides Canadians with a quality, comfortable, home living experience. We offer rental apartments and townhouses that come in a wide breadth of shapes, sizes and sets of amenities. We operate 33,000 units across Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.

Boardwalk recognizes our Associates as our most valuable asset. We are proud to provide competitive wages, profit-sharing, and amazing benefits like flexible group medical and dental, fitness reimbursement, training and development, group RRSP matching, rental discounts, and more.

Responsibilities:

• Point person to communicate with key vendors and Accounting
• Work with the Leaderships team to develop new strategies and streamline procedures
• Communicate with Leaders, Associates and vendors to provide support, resolve issues and ensure goals are met
• Work closely with the Warehouse, Sites, Purchasing and Accounting to ensure timely delivery of products
• Inventory Control
• Scheduling
• Administrative duties such as job time tracking and cost analysis
• Directly manage the Special Teams Leaders and provide full support to all team members
• Oversight of project quote acquisitions and budgeting
• Prioritize and organize projects/tasks for all Special Teams departments
• Maintain full compliance with all Health and Safety regulations
• Creating budgets aligned with guidelines, and ensure budgets and timelines are met

Experience and Educational Requirements:

• Relevant post-secondary credentials preferred
• Minimum 5 years of renovation experience or supervision of a construction team
• Extensive maintenance service experience preferred
• Construction background required with solid experience in drywall, carpentry, flooring, cabinetry, plumbing and renovations

Technical Requirements:

• Proficiency in estimating and project scheduling
• Computer proficiency including learning/using proprietary software, and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs

Non-Technical Requirements:

• Strong hands-on approach to leadership by example
• Ability to manage multiple teams and Associates
• Consistently high attention to detail and quality
• Strong commitment to providing excellent customer service
• Accountable for all actions and decisions, with consistent follow-through to achieve resolutions
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
• Ability to learn and adapt, and be flexible in nature
• Display a high level of initiative and commitment to quality
• Demonstrates a positive attitude, enthusiasm and assertiveness
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and time-management skills
• Deadline and goal oriented
• Exceptional team building and communication skills
• Ability to effectively work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to build trust and foster successful business relationships
• Champion consistently safe working practices

Additional Details:

• Vehicle and valid driver's license with driving experience required
• Clean driver's abstract required

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume.

We would like to thank you in advance for your application, however, only those candidates who are being considered will be contacted. Offers of employment will be contingent on satisfactory Security Background Checks, Reference Checks, and Post-offer/Pre-employment Physical Testing where applicable.

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Ready to shape the future of our communities? Come work with us and learn where doing what you love means never working a day in your life!

Deeply rooted in family spirit and humility, Boardwalk's five core values of integrity, associates, teamwork, customer service and social responsibility are more than just words - they are a way of life. Coupled with our Golden Foundation of 'treat others as you would like to be treated,' 'be good,' 'love community' and 'have fun,' we believe in happiness and creating the most memorable experiences for both our Associates and Resident Members, continually looking for new and innovative ways to enhance and strengthen all our Boardwalk communities.

We hope these values speak to you as they speak so meaningfully to us!

As we continue to grow, we remain unwavering in our commitment to providing Resident Members with the best quality rental communities. This same commitment means Boardwalk is always seeking individuals who have a positive attitude, are energetic and passionate, self-driven, productive, have the capacity to deliver high-quality results and who believe in the power of teamwork.

Together, with you as part of our team, we will continue to create meaning every day for those who choose to call Boardwalk home.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Statement

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse team that will honour and celebrate your experiences, perspectives and unique identity regardless of age, ethnicity, race, colour, abilities, religion, socio-economic status, culture, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Together, our communities strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

We believe every Associate in our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of values, customs and experience to better understand and engage with the world around us, identify challenges, so as to discover, design and deliver solutions together.