📍 Location: St. John’s, NL
🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time/Permanent
📅 Posting Date: October 13, 2026
Position Summary
Floods, fires, and unexpected chaos happen—but recovery starts with YOU. As a Labourer at On Side, you’re not just swinging a hammer; you’re helping restore homes, businesses, and hope. You’ll work alongside skilled tradespeople, learn new tricks of the trade, and grow your career from the ground up.
This isn’t just a job—it’s your first step toward success. If you’re ambitious, eager to learn, and love turning “impossible” into “done,” you’ll fit right in. Every day is different, every project is a challenge, and every comeback story starts with your hard work.
This posting reflects an existing vacancy.
Compensation
- Salary Range: $24-$26/hour
- Overtime opportunities (where applicable)
- On-call premium and overtime paid for rotating coverage
Benefits
- Extended health coverage (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Group RRSP, with company matching DPSP
- Life and disability insurance
- Opportunities for advancement and internal mobility
What You’ll Do
General Labor & Restoration Support
- Assist carpenters and skilled tradespeople with residential and commercial restoration projects.
- Load, unload, move, and organize tools, equipment, and materials safely.
- Measure, cut, and handle lumber and other construction materials under supervision.
- Support insulation and vapor barrier installation.
- Inspect work areas and report any damage, hazards, or material issues to your supervisor.
Demolition & Site Maintenance
- Remove damaged wood, drywall, flooring, trim, and other building materials caused by water, fire, storms, or general deterioration.
- Assist with demolition, site cleanup, and preparation of work areas.
- Protect furniture, floors, and unaffected areas from dust and damage during restoration work.
- Maintain a clean and safe worksite, ensuring proper disposal of construction debris.
- Operate basic hand and power tools safely while following all health and safety procedures, including proper PPE usage.
Carpentry, Framing & Finishing Work
- Assisting with finishing work and fine details, from rough carpentry to trim.
- Supporting framing work and other tasks as needed.
- Support repairs to wooden structures of all kinds.
- Help install doors, trim, moldings, baseboards, and hardware.
- Assist with drywall repairs, mudding, sanding, taping, finishing, and overall drywall installation.
- Assist with flooring installation and repairs.
- Help with cabinetry removal, repair, and reinstallation.
- Assist with ceiling installation, knockdown, and texturing.
- Help with brush and roller painting for walls, ceilings, and trim.
What You Bring
- Experience and desire to do physical work
- Understanding and experience using hand and power tools
- Experience with in-home renovations/repairs
- Curious nature, always wanting to know how things happen
- Strong people, teamwork and communication skills
- Attention to detail, ability to follow directions
- Tech-savvy (comfortable using apps/software)
- A safety mindset
- Valid driver’s license and a clean criminal record (we do check)
- English proficiency, written and spoken
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- A workplace that values respect, integrity, generosity, excellence and being customer driven
- Opportunities to grow your career and learn from the best in the industry
- A culture that celebrates teamwork, inclusion, and customer-driven service
Of Note:
- Disasters can strike at any time so a rotating schedule of 24/7 after hours on-call work is a requirement. Meaning you’ll work regular weekday hours and participate in a rotating after-hours on-call schedule.
At On Side, everything starts with people. We live our values — respect, integrity, generosity, excellence, and customer focus — in everything we do. Join a team that helps families, businesses, and communities rebuild when it matters most. You’ll contribute to a workplace where people come together to bring order to chaos. Make a real impact, do work that matters, and grow your career with us.
On Side Restoration welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
*Your application is always reviewed by real people. We don’t use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this role.
