📍Location: Ottawa, Ontario
🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time / Permanent
📅 Posting Date: November 11, 2026
Position Summary
Are you an expert in the trades? Can you tell the difference between superior and excellent work? Are you a born leader with exceptional customer service abilities? If you answered yes to those three questions, the Project Supervisor role at On Side might be the job you’re looking for.
Project Supervisors work directly with our Project Managers to ensure the correct execution and timely completion of projects. Supervising operations personnel and working on various projects in the field ensures the Project Supervisor is always on the move. With their extensive construction/restoration experience, strong organizational abilities, and passion for getting work done on time and under budget, the Project Supervisor is key to On Side’s success.
(This posting reflects an existing vacancy)
Compensation
- Salary Range: $28 – $32 /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
- Oversaw residential rebuild and restoration projects, including large and complex commercial losses
- Managed permit applications and liaised with municipal representatives for residential and commercial projects
- Collaborated with Project Managers to coordinate and execute project scopes of work
- Maintained ongoing communication with Project Managers, field staff, and homeowners throughout project lifecycles
- Managed project budgets to ensure work was completed efficiently and cost-effectively
- Provided leadership, coaching, and performance support to field staff
- Ensured compliance with Health & Safety standards and procedures on job sites
- Led large on-site teams, often across multiple projects, including in-house staff, subcontractors, vendors, clients, environmental consultants, and other trades
- Developed and managed team schedules and workforce allocation
- Monitored project timelines and maintained regular communication with stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction
- Documented site visits, project progress, and key milestones
- Conducted site safety inspections and addressed safety concerns proactively
- Performed hands-on restoration and construction work as required to support project completion
What You Bring
- 4-5 years of Construction or Restoration related experience
- 2 years in a supervisory role with direct report
- Leadership abilities and a preference for teamwork
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Previous experience with flood and fire damage
- Knowledge of building materials and schedule of timeline to complete tasks
- Commercial and residential experience – renovation/restoration vs new build
- Superior communication skills: dealing with homeowners, Project Managers, Stakeholders and employees
- Finish Carpentry experience (ability to work tools as needed)
- Ability to work within a budget
- Work ethic and the ability to bring this out in others
- Previous experience using Word, Excel, and ability to learn various computer programs and applications
- Tech savvy, ability to document and upload work progress
- Strong Organizational skills
- Valid driver’s licence and a clean criminal record (we do check)
- Experience in the restoration industry is an asset
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.
*Your application is always reviewed by real people. We don’t use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this role.
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.
