Job Description

Title: Production Assistant Location: One Dr. David Friesen Drive, Winnipeg (Sage Creek) Start your exciting new career in the home building industry with one of Manitoba\xe2\x80\x99s most established and successful home builders. At Kensington Homes, our people make the difference. We offer an exciting place to build your career with competitive compensation and benefit packages, company matching RRSP/DPSP program, employee home purchase program and employee discounts. Job Overview Reporting to the Production Manager, as the Production Assistant you will provide administrative support for all functions of the production process to ensure efficient flow of information and documentation throughout systems. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Creating, adjusting, and reissuing purchase orders for all building materials, suppliers, and vendors.
• Preparing and distributing documentation.
• Researching materials and pricing, and supporting other estimating related projects.
• Liaising with internal departments to resolve issues. Promoting best practices and staying current on existing or upcoming projects.
• Performing other administrative tasks such as applying for hydro applications, lot grading, staking, and steel requests in order to release permits.
• Supporting management on other projects or duties as assigned.

As our ideal candidate, you are\xe2\x80\xa6

• Organized; you effectively manage your time while balancing multiple priorities.
• A strong communicator; you clearly express your thoughts in conversation and in written communication.
• An active listener; you seek to understand and listen to others in a non-judgmental way.
• Detail oriented; you focus on detailed accuracy when dealing with a high volume of work.
• A team player; you contribute as a team member and share equally in the exchange of ideas, concepts and process outcomes.

Essential Requirements

• High School Diploma, or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in an Administrative role related to construction.
• Satisfactory verification of criminal record check.
• Comfortable using office equipment, Microsoft Office Programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and customer relationship management or sales software (NewStar, LotWorks etc.).

Preferred Requirements

• Post-secondary education in Civil Engineering Technology is preferred.

What We Value

• Creating trusting and successful working relationships.
• Setting clear, measurable and achievable goals.
• Cooperating with team members in an open, positive and respectful manner.
• Staying current with technical job skills.
• Taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions and actions.

Work Conditions You primarily work in an office setting during regular business hours. Overtime may occasionally be required. About Us Kensington Homes is a single-family and multi-family business unit of Qualico with over 50 years of building new homes in Manitoba. Since we\xe2\x80\x99ve built our first home in 1972, we\xe2\x80\x99ve dedicated ourselves to providing great customer service, quality homes, and plenty of options. Thousands of Manitoba families have selected Kensington Homes as their builder of choice, something we are very proud of. To learn more, click here. Qualico welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process. Candidates being considered will be contacted. We thank you for your interest. Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on job opportunities and to find out why we have the best reason to come to work every day. Closing Date: December 4, 2023