Vice President of Operations Location: AB Posted Date: November 27, 2014 Employer: To view company name. See instructions below Apply By: January 26, 2015 Employer Job Id: CareerMine Job Id: 1148999

Vice President of Operations
Location: AB Posted Date: November 27, 2014
Employer: To view company name. See instructions below Apply By: January 26, 2015
Employer Job Id: CareerMine Job Id: 1148999

Northern Transportation Company Limited (NTCL) is currently seeking Vice President of Operations based in Edmonton, Alberta. NTCL is Northern Canada’s oldest and largest marine transportation company. With operation offices in Hay River, NT and St. John’s NL, we own and operate up to 12 tugs and 50 deck/oil barges in the Canadian Arctic and off the East Cost of Canada.

The Arctic division of NTCL delivers dry bulk and fuel oil cargos to 22 Northern communities from terminal in Hay River utilizing our unique fleet of specially-designed shallow draft home trade tugs and a large fleet of dry and dual purpose cargo barges. In conjunction with our government and corporate customers we are heavily involved with project cargo transport for the Oil, Gas and Mining sector.

The Eastern division the NTCL fleet is privileged to be part of the a small group of Canadian Flagged ice class tugs providing iceberg management off the eastern coast of Canada and the Western coast of Greenland in support of oil industry operators. As well as offering Seismic Supply/ Support Vessel services in the Beaufort Sea and Eastern Seaboard.

The Vice President of Operations will provide leadership and vision to all aspects of the operations and maintenance areas. The primary goal is to improve the organizations operations through strong communication, attention to supervisor service and quality standards.

The successful candidate will possess a proven track record included but not limited to the following;



Collaboration with senior management to formulate a Corporate Strategic Plan
Share in the overall leadership of the business
Design and implementation of annual operational plan
With direct reports; identify opportunities, recommend improvements to achieve objectives within financial resources
Responsible for the preparation and execution of operational, maintenance and capital budgets
Manage organizational structure
Manage resource acquisition, allocation and utilization
Champion health, safety and environmental standards
Ability to interpret and apply proposed legislation; identification and implementation of contingency plans as required
Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers and employees

This position will be of interest to individuals with experience in transportation, heavy equipment and special consideration given to a marine industry background. The ideal candidate will possess ten (10) years’ experience in progressively more responsible roles; with exceptional leadership skills. Candidate may possess a post-secondary degree in a related discipline, or relevant experience will be considered. Previous union experience and availability to travel 25% of the time is required.

NTCL has a comprehensive group extended health plan, matching Defined Contribution pension plan, competitive compensation package for the successful candidate.