CONSTRUCTION FIELD TECHNICIAN

LOOKING FOR: Construction Field Technician — Residential Documentation

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WHO WE WANT

You're organized, reliable, and good at documenting what you see. You don't need to be the person making decisions — you need to be the person making sure nothing gets missed.

We build multi-unit residential across Nova Scotia (mostly within 90 mins of HRM). We need someone on our sites every day documenting progress, running inspection checklists, and photographing work. Your reports feed our remote engineering and quality team — they make the technical calls, you give them the data to do it.

This is not a site supervisor role. You don't direct trades. You don't make quality judgments. You don't negotiate anything. You observe, document, and report — thoroughly and accurately, every day, no exceptions.

If that sounds boring to you, this isn't your role. If that sounds like exactly the kind of structure you want, keep reading.

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THE WORK

You are assigned to 2–3 active construction sites. You visit each site on its scheduled days and execute a structured daily routine:

Attendance: Record which trades showed up, crew sizes, arrival times, equipment on site.

Deliveries: Verify material deliveries against purchase orders. Photograph condition and quantities.

Progress: Document work completed vs. the daily task sheet. Photograph key items. Note discrepancies.

QC checklists: Execute inspection checklists provided by our QA/QC Engineer. Pass/fail each item. Photograph deficiencies. You don't assess severity — you document what you see.

Safety walkthrough: Walk the site using the safety checklist. Note hazards, PPE compliance, housekeeping. Photograph issues.

Daily report: Compile everything into a structured daily report using our template. Submit by end of day. Every day.

Milestone inspections: When a project hits a milestone, you do a comprehensive walkthrough with detailed documentation.

Punch list: At project completion, walk every unit documenting every deficiency with photos and locations.

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WHAT THIS ROLE IS NOT

This role does NOT include: — Directing trades or telling workers what to do — Making quality assessments (you document, our QA/QC Engineer assesses) — Communicating decisions to subcontractors (our Coordinator handles that) — Managing schedules, costs, or procurement — Making commitments on behalf of the company — Improvising — you follow the checklist, every item, every time

You have one authority: stop work for immediate safety hazards. Everything else, you document and route.

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BEST FIT

Construction technology diploma (NSCC or equivalent) — or trades background where you've seen residential builds from foundation to finish.

Comfortable with documentation tools — phone camera, digital forms, structured templates. Not intimidated by filling in 30 checklist items per site visit.

You've worked in or around residential construction and can recognize what you're looking at — framing, concrete, roofing, mechanical rough-in. You don't need to be an expert in any of them. You need to know what you're photographing.

Vehicle and valid driver's license — you're driving between sites.

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NOT A FIT

Former site supers who want to run the show. If reading "you don't direct trades" made you uncomfortable, this isn't for you.

People who skip steps when they're in a hurry. The checklist is the checklist. Every item. Every day.

People who "just call" instead of writing things down. Everything in this role is documented.

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THE MONEY

$22–30/hour depending on experience. Full-time, Monday–Friday. Mileage reimbursement for travel between sites.

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HOW TO APPLY

Fill in the application:

1. Background: What's your construction experience? (Trades, education, inspection, or related — tell us what you've done and for how long.)
2. Documentation test: You arrive on site and see that the framing crew has installed a window header, but something looks off — the lumber size doesn't match what's on the drawing. What do you do? (Tell us step by step. There is a right answer.)
3. Reliability: How many workdays did you miss in the last 12 months? (Honest answer.)
4. Vehicle: Do you have a reliable vehicle and valid Nova Scotia driver's license?
5. Start date: How soon can you start?