Tile installer

Job details

Vacancies:
- 8 vacancies
Location:
- 3375 Tennyson Ave, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3P7
Work location:
- On site: Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Salary:
- $30.00 to $38.00 hourly (To be negotiated) /40.00 hours per week
Terms of employment:
- Permanent employment
- Full time
- Day (Based on projects, weekends may be available as well as overtime hours)
- Starts as soon as possible
Benefits:
- Group insurance benefits: Available after 90 days, cost of benefits is split between employer and employee 50/50
- Safety allowance: Allowance of $100 dollars for every 2-years is provided

Overview

Languages
- English

Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
- 3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
- Dusty
Work setting
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks:
The Tile Installer will be responsible for installing, repairing, and finishing floor and wall tile systems in residential and/or commercial settings. Duties include:
• Review project plans, specifications, measurements, layouts, and tile installation requirements with the employer, site contact, or customer before commencing work.
• Prepare, measure, and mark surfaces to be covered, and determine tile layouts, patterns, cuts, and installation sequence.
• Prepare rough plans, sketches, layouts, and material lists required for tile installation projects.
• Remove existing flooring or tile, clean and prepare substrates, and complete surface preparation required for new tile installation.
• Complete floor levelling, sand-and-cement dry pack work, mortar beds, underbeds, and related substrate preparation required to support tile installation.
• Build and prepare custom shower tile systems, including waterproofing membranes, shower bases, underlayment, and tile-ready Schluter-style installation components.
• Install tile-ready in-floor heating systems or mats as part of the tile installation assembly, with any required electrical connection or commissioning completed by qualified electrical personnel where applicable.
• Mix, apply, and spread mortar, cement, mastic, glue, epoxy, or other adhesives using hand tools, trowels, and other tile-setting equipment.
• Set tiles in place and apply pressure to affix them to the base, ensuring proper bonding, spacing, alignment, slope, and finish.
• Align and straighten tiles using levels, spacers, chalk lines, straight edges, laser lines, and other measuring tools.
• Cut and fit tiles around obstacles, corners, fixtures, drains, edges, and openings using hand and power cutting tools.
• Install a variety of floor and wall tiles, including ceramic, porcelain, mosaic, stone, marble, granite, and related tile materials, as required by the project.
• Pack cement-based or epoxy grout into joints between tiles, remove excess grout, clean tile surfaces, and complete finishing and sealing as required.
• Install tile strips, edge trims, transitions, profiles, anchors, brackets, or related accessories required for a complete tile installation.
• Remove and replace cracked, damaged, loose, or defective tiles and complete tile repairs.
• Lay and set mosaic tiles or decorative tile patterns for walls, floors, showers, backsplashes, and other finished surfaces.
• Cut, surface, polish, and install marble, granite, or other stone tile materials where required.
• Maintain work areas, tools, and materials in a clean and safe manner and follow applicable workplace health and safety procedures.

Additional information

Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail

Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots: Allowance of $100 dollars for every 2-years is provided
- Hard hat

Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Reliability

Security and Safety
- Criminal record check: Some sites require a criminal record check and fingerprints

How to apply

• By email: jeff@islandfloors.com
• By phone: 250-475-3323 extension 4757756 Between 08:00 AM and 04:00 AM
• By mail: 3375 Tennyson Ave, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3P7
• In person: 3375 Tennyson Ave, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3P7 Between 09:00 AM and 04:00 PM

What you must include in your application:
• Answers to the following screening questions:
o Are you authorized to work in Canada?
o Do you have experience working in this field?