Storekeeper
Position Information
Primary Location: On MV Saga X -Company Vessel alongside Squamish, BC
Employee Status: Rotational – 28 days on/ 14 days off
Company Operating Name: Bridgemans Crew Management Ltd.
Business Address: 342 Water St, Vancouver, BC
Terms of Employment: Hourly - Rotational
Language of Work: English
Hourly Wage: $CAD 21.33 / hour
Benefits Package offered: Extended Health Benefits
Contact Information: [email protected]
The Company:
Bridgemans Services Group is a leading provider of turnkey marine infrastructure, offering premium floating workforce accommodations (floatels), marine logistics, and marine construction services. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Bridgemans operates globally, helping industry leaders execute complex projects in remote locations safely, sustainably, and in partnership with local communities.
We hire passionate professionals across a diverse range of operational roles to support our floating accommodations and marine fleet, including deckhands, marine officers, and captains, as well as hospitality, culinary, and housekeeping team members who ensure our residents and crew experience top-tier service on board our floatels.
Floatel Life:
At Bridgemans, we believe that providing an exceptional living and working environment is essential to supporting our workforce. When you join our team, you will enjoy comfortable accommodations complemented by delicious, freshly prepared meals. Beyond the workday, our floatels foster community and social engagement, featuring fully equipped games rooms and recreational activities, a dedicated fitness area, and an onboard convenience store to ensure you have everything you need right at your fingertips.
Career Advancement:
At Bridgemans, a job is just the beginning of an exciting professional journey. We are dedicated to fueling your long-term growth by supplying and supporting essential marine certifications, actively opening doors to dynamic marine careers around the world. Whether you are looking to advance within our fleet or expand your horizons across the global maritime industry, we provide the tools, training, and pathways you need to chart a successful course for your future.
Benefits:
Your health, well-being, and peace of mind are top priorities. That is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you both on and off the job.
Schedule:
Getting you to and from the floatel is completely seamless and stress-free. Bridgemans pays for your flights (from major Canadian cities) and transportation to and from the project site, ensuring your travel is fully arranged and supported for every shift rotation.
Rotational schedule may vary by department but is typically 28 days on / 14 days off.
Position Summary:
This is a physical, hands-on position. The Storekeeper regularly pulls, pushes, stages, and moves pallets, bins, carts, and supplies as well as lifts up to 25kg. The role requires strong attention to food safety, inventory accuracy, requisition control, product rotation, cleanliness, and documentation.
The Storekeeper is responsible for the physical receiving, inspection, storage, issuing, and record-keeping of food, supplies, chemicals, disposables, and related operating stock for Saga X movement.
The role is heavily focused on galley operations, with a smaller portion of the position supporting Saga Store receiving and stock movement.
Primary Responsibilities
Receiving and Product Inspection:
- Receive incoming deliveries for the galley, including fresh, frozen, refrigerated, dry goods, beverages, cleaning supplies, paper goods, chemicals, disposables, and operational stock.
- Check deliveries against purchase orders, packing slips, invoices, or approved order sheets.
- Confirm product name, quantity, weight, case count, packaging condition, expiry/best-before dates, and product quality.
- Identify and report shortages, overages, substitutions, damages, missing items, temperature concerns, or rejected products to the Executive Chef, Sous Chef, Storekeeper, or designate.
- Label, stage, and direct products to the correct dry storage, cooler, freezer, chemical, or operational storage area.
- Ensure refrigerated and frozen products are moved promptly to controlled-temperature storage.
Physical Handling, Pallets, and Safe Movement of Goods:
- Pull, push, move, stage, and organize pallets, carts, totes, bins, and heavy cases as part of daily receiving and stock movement.
- Use approved equipment such as pallet jacks, hand trucks, carts, dollies, or other vessel-approved material-handling equipment.
- Break down pallets and move product safely into storage, production, or issuing areas.
- Maintain clear aisles, safe walkways, and properly stacked storage areas.
- Follow safe lifting, pushing, pulling, and manual-handling procedures at all times.
- Report unsafe loads, damaged pallets, blocked exits, trip hazards, or equipment defects immediately.
Food Safety and Temperature Control:
- Follow all food safety requirements when receiving, transporting, storing, and issuing food products.
- Check and record receiving temperatures for refrigerated and frozen products when required.
- Reject or hold products that are damaged, spoiled, contaminated, thawed, out of temperature, or otherwise unsafe.
- Keep raw, ready-to-eat, allergen-sensitive, chemical, and non-food products separated as required.
- Support FIFO rotation and ensure older stock is used before newer stock where appropriate.
- Maintain clean, organized, and sanitary receiving, storage, cooler, freezer, and staging areas.
- Use required PPE when handling food, chemicals, pallets, heavy items, or cold-storage products.
Issuing Requisitions and Stock Distribution:
- Issue products to galley areas based on approved requisitions, par levels, production needs, or instructions from galley leadership.
- Pick, stage, and distribute food and supplies accurately to the correct department, meal period, or production area.
- Record issued stock using the approved requisition process, manual log, or inventory system.
- Ensure requisitions are complete, accurate, signed or approved when required, and filed according to procedure.
- Communicate with the galley team when stock is short, substituted, damaged, unavailable, or requires priority use.
Inventory Counts, Stock Rotation, and Storage Control:
- Conduct daily, weekly, monthly, or spot inventory counts as assigned.
- Update inventory records accurately, including counts, issues, receipts, transfers, and adjustments.
- Maintain proper stock rotation for perishable and non-perishable products.
- Monitor par levels and notify leadership of low stock, excess stock, slow-moving items, or ordering concerns.
- Keep storage areas organized, labelled, accessible, and ready for inspection.
- Assist with inventory reconciliation and investigate discrepancies when requested.
Logs, Records, and Documentation:
- Update daily receiving logs, temperature logs, requisition records, inventory sheets, discrepancy reports, and other operational records as required.
- Maintain accurate records for food safety, inventory control, audits, and operational reporting.
- Ensure paperwork is completed clearly, legibly, and on time.
- File or submit delivery documents, receiving records, requisitions, and inventory records according to Saga X procedures.
- Communicate exceptions clearly at shift handover or to the supervisor on duty.
Saga Store Support:
- Receive, check, and organize Saga Store inventory as assigned.
- Support store stock rotation, storage, replenishment, and inventory counts.
- Report damaged, missing, short-shipped, or incorrect Saga Store items to the appropriate supervisor.
- Ensure Saga Store support does not interfere with the primary responsibility of supporting galley operations.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Physically capable of frequent pushing, pulling, lifting (up to 25kg), carrying, bending, reaching, and standing for extended periods.
- Comfortable working with pallets, pallet jacks, carts, dollies, and heavy cases in a vessel environment.
- Good attention to detail when checking quantities, products, dates, temperatures, and records.
- Basic understanding of food safety, FIFO, temperature control, product separation, and sanitation.
- Ability to issue requisitions accurately and maintain inventory documentation.
- Ability to work independently while following direction from galley leadership.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to report problems early.
- Reliable, organized, punctual, and able to work in a fast-paced operation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience in receiving, stores, warehouse, food service, camp, hotel, vessel, or galley support.
- Experience with food-service inventory, requisitions, receiving logs, and stock counts.
- Food safety certification or willingness to complete required training.
- WHMIS or chemical-handling knowledge is an asset.
- Pallet jack or material-handling experience is preferred, subject to vessel and company requirements.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to safely pull and push loaded pallets, carts, bins, and dollies within approved limits and procedures.
- Must be able to lift and move cases and supplies using safe work practices and assistance where required.
- Must be able to work in coolers, freezers, dry stores, loading/staging areas, and galley-adjacent spaces.
- Must be able to climb, bend, reach, stand, walk, and work on vessel surfaces while following safety procedures.
- Must be able to manage repetitive physical tasks during delivery windows and inventory periods.
Performance Expectations:
- Galley deliveries are received, checked, stored, and issued accurately.
- Food safety standards are followed during receiving, storage, and product movement.
- Temperature logs, receiving records, requisitions, inventory counts, and daily logs are completed accurately and on time.
- Storage areas remain organized, rotated, labelled, clean, and inspection-ready.
- Discrepancies and safety concerns are reported promptly.
- Saga Store support is completed as assigned while keeping galley support as the priority.
- The Receiver works safely, professionally, and cooperatively with the Saga X hospitality team.
Example Daily Duties:
- Prepare receiving area before delivery windows.
- Receive and check incoming goods against paperwork.
- Record required temperatures and note any issues.
- Move product to dry storage, coolers, freezers, chemical storage, or galley production areas.
- Break down and organize pallets safely.
- Issue requisitioned items to the galley and record stock movement.
- Update daily logs, receiving records, and inventory sheets.
- Clean and organize receiving and storage areas before the end of shift.
- Communicate shortages, damaged goods, low stock, and follow-up items to the supervisor.
At Bridgemans Services Group we believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth and success. We are committed to workplace excellence, safe work environments and the communities where we work and live. Bridgemans hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity and diversity.
