Technician Support jobs in Halifax, NS

Job Summary

Join Coast Staffing as an Environmental Remediation Technician.

Coast Staffing is seeking reliable, safety-minded Environmental Remediation Technicians to support contamination, biohazard-remediation, enhanced cleaning, and environmental-response assignments across healthcare, long-term care, retirement, residential, commercial, institutional, and other client sites.

This is not a routine housekeeping or permanent facility-cleaning position.

Assignments are event-based and may involve contamination-control work, IPAC-supportive cleaning, PPE use, documentation, and site-specific remediation tasks.

About the role

As an Environmental Remediation Technician, you will attend approved sites where additional trained support is required because of a specific environmental condition or contamination concern.

Work may include rodent-dropping cleanup, biohazard-remediation support, contaminated-area cleaning, high-touch disinfection, waste or soft-good handling, post-incident cleaning, and IPAC-supportive environmental cleaning in care or congregate settings.

The ideal candidate will possess

• Previous experience in remediation, restoration, professional cleaning, healthcare environmental services, facility services, waste handling, pest-contamination cleanup support, or similar work.
• Comfort working around odours, waste, soiled materials, pests, disinfectants, and contaminated environments.
• Ability to follow written SOPs, checklists, product labels, SDS sheets, IPAC direction, and site-specific instructions.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to safe work practices.
• Professional attitude, reliable attendance, and neat appearance.
• Ability to work independently while staying within the approved scope of work.
• Sound judgment and willingness to stop work or escalate when conditions are unsafe or outside training.
• Strong communication skills with Coast supervisors, site contacts, residents, tenants, staff, vendors, and management.
• Respect for privacy, confidentiality, and dignity in healthcare, residential, and institutional environments.
• Flexibility to work across different site types and respond to short-notice assignments.

Key responsibilities:

• Attend assigned sites for approved remediation, contamination-control, enhanced-cleaning, or environmental-response work.
• Perform rodent-contamination cleanup, including droppings, urine, nesting material, and related debris, only when trained, equipped, and authorized.
• Support biohazard-remediation and biohazard-adjacent cleaning assignments within Coast-approved scope.
• Carry out IPAC-supportive environmental cleaning in healthcare, LTC, retirement, shelter, residential, or congregate-care settings where applicable.
• Clean and disinfect affected rooms, surfaces, washrooms, storage spaces, utility areas, common areas, or equipment areas as assigned.
• Use approved disinfectants, cleaning products, tools, PPE, and disposal methods according to training and site requirements.
• Follow required contact times, dilution instructions, SDS requirements, and facility procedures.
• Handle contaminated waste, laundry, soft goods, or materials only where assigned and trained.
• Document areas attended, work completed, products used, PPE used, exceptions, and escalation concerns.
• Report active pests, heavy contamination, sharps, blood or body fluids, mould, sewage, chemical hazards, damaged materials, unsafe air quality, or other concerns.
• Coordinate professionally with Coast supervisors, facility managers, IPAC contacts, OHS contacts, pest-control vendors, restoration vendors, or other site representatives.

Work settings may include:

• Long-term care homes.
• Retirement residences.
• Hospitals or healthcare facilities.
• Residential buildings.
• Shelters or congregate living settings.
• Commercial properties.
• Institutional facilities.
• Offices, storage areas, service areas, or other approved client sites.
• Other locations requiring approved rodent-contamination, biohazard-remediation, enhanced-cleaning, or environmental-response support.

Required qualifications:

• Legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Minimum 18 years of age.
• Ability to work in person at assigned sites.
• Ability to read and follow SOPs, product labels, SDS sheets, checklists, and site instructions.
• Ability to wear required PPE for the assigned task.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, lift, carry, push carts, and work in physically active environments.
• Ability to work around odours, waste, pests, disinfectants, soiled materials, and contaminated areas.
• Satisfactory criminal record check.
• Vulnerable sector check if required by the assignment.
• WHMIS certification, or willingness to complete before deployment.
• Preferred qualifications
• Previous remediation, restoration, healthcare environmental services, professional cleaning, pest-contamination cleanup, laundry, waste-handling, or facility-services experience.
• Previous experience in healthcare, LTC, retirement, shelter, institutional, commercial, or residential settings.
• WHMIS certification.
• IPAC basics or healthcare environmental cleaning training.
• PPE donning and doffing training.
• Respirator fit testing where required by hazard assessment.
• Valid driver’s licence and access to reliable transportation.
• Experience completing checklists, logs, incident reports, or photo documentation.Required training before deployment:
• WHMIS.
• PPE donning and doffing.
• Hand hygiene.
• IPAC basics for healthcare, LTC, retirement, shelter, or congregate-care assignments.
• Cleaning and disinfection procedures.
• Rodent-contamination cleanup procedure.
• Biohazard-remediation scope and escalation procedure.
• Disinfectant use, dilution, SDS review, and contact-time training.
• Waste handling and bagging.
• Laundry or soft-good handling, if assigned.
• Privacy and confidentiality.
• Incident and near-miss reporting.
• Stop-work authority.
• Site-specific orientation.
• Respirator fit testing if required by the hazard assessment.

PPE and safety:
Required PPE depends on the assignment, hazard assessment, and site policy. PPE may include gloves, eye protection, mask, respirator, gown, disposable coveralls, shoe covers, dedicated footwear, and hand-hygiene supplies.

Schedule and travel requirements:

• Casual / on-call assignments.
• Event-based deployments depending on client need.
• Shifts may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and short-notice assignments.
• Shifts may be 4, 8, 10, or 12 hours depending on the assignment.
• Travel to different sites across Nova Scotia may be required.
• Reliable transportation is required.
• Transportation or accommodation support may be provided where applicable.

Physical demands:

• Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and working in PPE.
• Exposure to cleaning products, disinfectants, odours, waste, pests, soiled materials, and contaminated areas.
• Ability to lift up to 25–50 lb depending on the assignment.
• Ability to work in healthcare, residential, commercial, institutional, or facility-response environments.
• Ability to work urgent, short-notice, evening, weekend, or holiday assignments.

Additional premiums may apply for emergency response, short-notice deployment, evening, night, weekend, statutory holiday, travel, lead duties, or higher-complexity assignments, depending on Coast policy and the approved shift.

Job type:
Casual / On-call.
License / certification

• WHMIS preferred or required before deployment.
• Criminal record check required.
• Vulnerable sector check may be required depending on site.
• Driver’s licence preferred.
• Respirator fit testing may be required for certain assignments.

Willingness to travel:
Up to 50% may be required.
Work location
In person.

Coast Staffing welcomes applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds. Accommodation is available during the recruitment process upon request.

Pay: $25.00-$30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Licence/Certification:

• WHMIS Certification (preferred)
• Driving Licence (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (required)

Work Location: In person