Area Manager Full Time

The Area Manager reports to the Ship Manager and is responsible for managing and directing all production activities within a specific Ship. The position must ensure safety, quality, cost and schedule adherence of the blocks and zones within the area in order to contribute to efficient operations. This position will require daily liaison with Safety, Quality & Accuracy Control, and Trade Personnel.

Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.

What you’ll do

• Responsible for the safety of all employees working in assigned Area during the construction process.
• Communicates HSEQ plans to General Supervisors and ensures that all Area employees look to eliminate safety hazards at every opportunity.
• Manages and coordinates the work and schedules with General Supervisors, subcontractors and vendors within Area.
• Ensures schedules are managed to current installation methods and technologies in order to complete work with minimal disruption to other Stage of Construction (SoC) activities.
• Monitors and reports safety, quality, cost and schedule performance for all work in assigned Area and advises SOC Manager if deviations are anticipated. Initiates timely corrective action plans necessary to maintain overall schedule adherence.
• Verifies completion of production work for each phase of the block/zone. Conducts necessary inspections and reports results to the SoC Manager
• Provides input to Trade Superintendent for trade improvements (related to training, equipment or process) necessary for optimal build strategy implementation.
• Works with Supply Chain to resolve material, quality and schedule issues.
• Active daily management and maintenance of Seaspan Production Systems.
• Monitors team performance, coaches General Supervisors, initiates and follows through on necessary improvements and recognizes worker performance.
• Performs all job-related responsibilities in accordance with Seaspan’s Core Values and leads by example.

What you’ll bring

• College degree or trades ticket preferred
• Minimum 5 years of related work experience; or advanced education in a related field with 2 years related work experience.
• Proficient knowledge of trade responsibilities specific to heavy manufacturing (welding, metal fabrication, electrical, pipefitting, paint/sandblasting, mechanical, rigging).
• Proven supervisory and management experience in a union environment
• Experience in the application of behavioral based safety
• Strong written, verbal and electronic communication skills

Why you’ll love working here

• This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
• In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience.
• We also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, maternity and parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, Personal Spending Account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
• Free on-site gym
• Parking is included.

The estimated salary for this position is $112,500 -$137,500. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skillset and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

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This position is eligible for Canadians of all ages