Careers

Stair & Railing Finisher – Spray Booth

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON

Closing date: November 12, 2020

What's the opportunity?

Stairs and railings are a focal point in people’s homes. In this role, you will use your proven craftsmanship, skills and attention to detail to help ensure the customer’s design vision becomes reality. You enjoy physically challenging work, and thrive on the teamwork, flexibility and work ethic that is required to meet the demands of our fast-paced environment. You value working in a safe workplace as much as we take pride in providing one.

Your day-to-day

• • Select and measure the proper materials for each job
• • Set up the work area for maximum safety and efficiency before each job
• • Complete work in standard cycle processing times to meet or exceed production standards
• • Ensure high quality & appearance by proper sanding, cleaning and application of stain
• • Move stock to and from the finishing area as required
• • Complete written work logs accurately, thoroughly and legibly
• • Other duties as assigned

What you need to succeed:

Experience

• • Experience working with a variety of stains, finishes and wood types
• • Experience as a Finisher of stair & railing parts, furniture, or other fine finishing work is preferred
• • Experience with lacquer/paint spraying, particularly with Kremlin spraying systems, is a strong asset

Skills & Qualifications

• • Fluency in English is required
• • Good organizational skills
• • Good interpersonal skills
• • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, and stand for long periods of time is required due to the nature of this position
• • Valid G class license with a clean abstract is required

Stair & Railing System Designer

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON

Closing date: November 6, 2020

What's the opportunity?

Stairs and railings are a focal point in people’s homes. In this role, you will help make the design vision a reality, working within the overall building design, project timeline and project budget. Your sound product knowledge and technical expertise will be at the heart of your success, but you will have daily opportunities to demonstrate that you are a team player with a customer service focus.

Your day-to-day

• • Design factory-built stairs using Staircon design software
• • Estimate railing systems based on customer-provided plans and drawings
• • Communicate with KOTT Sales, Production and Installation teams to complete estimates in accordance with project timelines
• • Track work assignments using KOTT’s Enterprise Resource Management software

What you need to succeed:

Experience & Education

• • Experience as a Designer or Estimator in the residential construction industry
• • Architectural Technologist Diploma is preferred, but equivalent work experience will be considered
• • Experience installing stairs or railings is a strong asset
• • Other framing or carpentry experience, or experience working on a construction site, is an asset

Skills & Qualifications

• • Proficiency with Staircon stair design and AutoCAD software
• • Strong general computer skills required, including experience with MS Office
• • Ability to read and interpret building plans and drawings is mandatory
• • Familiarity with the Ontario Building Code is an asset
• • Fluency in English is required; fluency in French is an asset
• • Good verbal and written communications skills
• • Good interpersonal skills and a team player

Supervisor, Truss Production (Cobourg afternoon shift)

Location: 581 Thompson St, Cobourg, ON

Closing date: November 15, 2020

What's the opportunity?

Our Cobourg Truss Shop requires an experienced Supervisor for the afternoon shift, Monday to Thursday from 3:30 pm to 2:00 am (40 hours). This role is eligible for overtime when required.

KOTT trusses literally put a roof over people’s heads. Your sense of accomplishment will come from using your proven Supervisory skills for the on-time delivery of these important building components. You communicate well, enjoy problem solving and thrive in a fast-paced environment. In this role, you have an opportunity to make a positive impact on KOTT’s operational efficiency. You take pride in ensuring a safe workplace for your team.

Your day-to-day

• • Supervise and direct the work of the Truss team, providing guidance and feedback
• • Ensure the production schedule balances available capacity with customer requirements
• • Troubleshoot and problem solve as required
• • Conduct Safety Talks and Workplace Inspections with your team
• • Monitor attendance and punctuality, and provide disciplinary measures as required
• • Perform reporting and administrative tasks required – e.g. data entry for production tracking
• • Monitor and assist in quality control measures
• • Track and document material inventories

What you need to succeed:

Experience

• • Minimum of 3 years’ experience supervising a team in a manufacturing or production setting
• • Framing experience is considered a strong asset
• • Forklift experience is considered a strong asset
• • You have experience with power tools
• • You have experience working with your hands

Skills & Qualifications

• • Quality and detail-oriented
• • Ability to read and interpret building plans and production drawings
• • Organized, with strong multitasking skills
• • Great verbal communications skills
• • Computer literacy
• • Fluency in English is required

Installation Coordinator – Interior Railing Systems

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON

Closing date: November 3, 2020

What's the opportunity?

As the point person for coordinating railing system installations, you are a central cog in a fast-paced environment. Your proven organizational skills, ability to multitask, and strong customer-service focus will all play a vital role in keeping our largest customers happy.  At the same time, your ability to be self-directed, troubleshoot, and communicate well – internally and externally – will have a positive impact on KOTT’s operational efficiency.

Your day-to-day

• • Prepare accurate and complete Work Orders for railing system installations at customer job sites
• • Schedule and coordinate all railing installation and finishing work with customers and crews
• • Schedule and coordinate all railing warranty and service work with customers and crews
• • Coordinate delivery of all required railing system materials to job sites
• • Manage the stain matching process with customers and KOTT Production, to ensure that customer expectations for finish are met, while production and delivery schedules are respected
• • Liaise with customers, and KOTT’s Service, Design, Purchasing and Order Desk teams to provide any design, technical and logistics advice needed to deliver railing installations or service ‘on time, in full’
• • Process the paperwork required to keep the Railing team running smoothly – PO requests, supplier invoices, customer invoices, Work Orders, updates in online customer procurement systems
• • Perform other administrative duties that may be required for complete and timely railing installations

What you need to succeed:

Experience

• • Must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in an administrative position, preferably in a construction-related organization
• • Experience using MS Office is required, experience working in customer databases or enterprise resource planning systems is an asset
• • Framing or carpentry experience, or experience working on a construction site, is an asset

Skills & Qualifications

• • Proficiency with MS Excel
• • Strong organization and multitasking skills
• • Great verbal and written communications skills
• • Computer literacy
• • Fluency in English is required; fluency in French is an asset
• • Ability to read and interpret building plans and drawings is an asset

Supervisor, Railing Installation

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON

Closing date: October 30, 2020

What's the opportunity?

You will put your proven Supervisory skills to work to make sure that railing installations are completed on time, in full. You will use your organizational skills to plan ahead, and your problem solving skills to react as circumstances change on site. Your strong customer-service focus plays a vital role in keeping our largest customers happy, and you can balance this with managing the needs of your crew and KOTT’s resources. You communicate well – internally and externally, are self-directed and thrive in a fast-paced environment. In this role, you have an opportunity to make a positive impact on KOTT’s operational efficiency.

Your day-to-day

• • Assign Railing Installation crews to job sites, based on customer requirements
• • Supervise and direct the work of Installers & Service employees on customer job sites; monitoring attendance and punctuality, and providing disciplinary measures as required
• • Perform daily site inspections of finished Railing work, monitoring for quality
• • Conduct weekly Safety Talks and Workplace Inspections with your crews at job sites
• • Perform administrative tasks required, i.e. ensure billable extras are invoiced, ensure material discrepancies on site are noted and reported, gather customer completion slips, review subcontractor invoices

What you need to succeed:

• Experience
  • •  Minimum of 2 years’ experience supervising crews in a construction-related organization
  • •  Finishing Carpentry experience, or experience with finishing wood coatings
  • •  Understanding of interior hardwood railings business for new construction is a strong asset

  Skills & Qualifications

  • •  Ability to read and interpret building plans and drawings
  • •  Organized, with strong multitasking skills
  • •  Great verbal communications skills
  • •  Computer literacy
  • •  Fluency in English is required; fluency in French is an asset

AZ Driver – Short Haul (no overnights!)

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON AND 581 Thompson, Cobourg, ON

Closing date: October 30, 2020

What's the opportunity?

KOTT Inc.’s goal is to get our customers what they need, when they need it. Our AZ Drivers play a huge role in delivering on our promise. We are looking for full-time AZ Drivers for local deliveries.

As part of the KOTT Delivery team, you will make several local delivery runs each day from KOTT to residential construction sites, and have the opportunity to be home every night.

You will operate our fleet of brand new and late model delivery vehicles, and will be supported by an advanced fleet management program.

Your day-to-day
• Oversee the safe loading and strapping of materials
• Drive a tractor trailer – safely and efficiently – to and from job sites
• Oversee the safe unloading of materials at customer sites
• Be responsible for the safe operation of your vehicle
• Report all maintenance issues

What you need to succeed:

• Experience
  • You have a minimum of 2 years current driving experience
  • Experience operating a Moffatt is considered an asset
  • Experience with oversize loads is considered an asset

Skills & Qualifications
• You are 25 years or older (requirement of our insurer)
• You must have an AZ Driver’s license with a clean abstract and CVOR
• You enjoy dealing with people, and have strong communications skills
• You delight in providing great customer service

Stair Builders

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON

Closing date: October 30, 2020

What's the opportunity?

Our stair manufacturing team has a reputation of being the best in the business. We are looking for full-time Stair Builders for our Ottawa stair shop.

Stairs become a focal point in people’s homes. You can take pride in knowing you produced something that is not only a design highlight, but serves an important function. You enjoy physically challenging work, and thrive on the teamwork and work ethic that is required to meet the demands of our fast-paced environment. You value working in a safe workplace as much as we take pride in providing one.

Your day-to-day

• • Preparing and assembling stringers, risers and treads
• • Using hand tools and power tools
• • Sanding, veneering, cutting, gluing and finishing
• • Assisting with the movement of semi-finished and finished product

What you need to succeed:

Experience

• • General carpentry experience
• • Experience finishing wood products
• • Experience working with your hands, and with power tools

Skills & Qualifications

• • You are quality and detail-oriented
• • You enjoy and are able to work well as part of a team
• • You can communicate well in English

Interior Railing System Installers

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive, Ottawa, ON

Closing date: October 30, 2020

What's the opportunity?

Our Ottawa team is looking for experienced Railing Installers for interior work at new home construction sites.

As a self-employed subcontractor to KOTT, you will be paid weekly for the work you complete.

If you prefer being ‘hands-on the tools’ to doing administration and securing the next job, this opportunity is for you:

• • KOTT has large contracts in place with many of Ottawa’s largest home builders, and a full slate of work ahead for stair and railing installations in lowrise residential projects
• • Our Railing Installation Supervisor is dedicated to letting you keep your focus on installation work – he will troubleshoot site issues for you, and be your liaison to ensure you are paid for your work accurately and on time
• • Occupational Health & Safety is hugely important at all of our workplaces and job sites – our Railing Installation Supervisor will ensure that Occupational Health & Safety and COVID-19 measures are being followed on the job sites where you work

Your day-to-day

• • Pick up components and materials as required at KOTT’s 3228 Moodie Drive facility
• • Report to customer job sites to complete railing system installations, as per the instructions provided by the Railing Installation Supervisor and/or Railing Installation Coordinator
• • Submit your invoices weekly to the Railing Installation Supervisor

What you need to succeed:

Experience & Qualifications

• • Minimum of 3 years’ experience as an Interior Railing Installer
• • Working At Heights certified (current)
• • WHMIS certified (current)
• • Good verbal communications skills
• • Fluency in English is required; fluency in French is an asset

Other

As a self-employed subcontractor to KOTT, you must provide your own:

• • WSIB coverage
• • Reliable transportation
• • Tools
• • Personal protective equipment

Truss Assembler & Shop Labour

Location: 3228 Moodie Drive AND 581 Thompson St, Cobourg, ON

Closing date: October 30, 2020

What's the opportunity?

Home builders rely on our factory-built components for the quality – and speed of construction – of their new home builds. Our truss manufacturing team plays a huge role in delivering on KOTT’s promise to get our customers what they need, when they need it.

KOTT trusses literally put a roof over people’s heads. Your sense of accomplishment will come from doing a physically challenging job, and producing such an important component of people’s homes. You thrive on the teamwork and work ethic that is required to meet the demands of our fast-paced environment. You value working in a safe workplace as much as we take pride in providing one.

Your day-to-day

• • Preparing and assembling pre-fabricated roof trusses
• • Using hand tools and power tools
• • Picking orders
• • Stacking lumber at saws
• • Assisting with the movement of semi-finished and finished product

What you need to succeed:

Experience

• • You have experience with power tools
• • You have experience working with your hands
• • Framing experience is considered a strong asset
• • Forklift experience is considered a strong asset

Skills & Qualifications

• • You are quality and detail-oriented
• • You enjoy and are able to work well as part of a team
• • You can communicate well in English