Mclymont Laydown Manager - FIFO role - Eskay Region, Northern B.C.

MATRIX is a national company providing camps, logistics and aviation management services to clients in the resource and service sectors.

In the Eskay region of Northwestern BC, we operate the Mclymont Laydown: a secure, high-traffic logistics hub used by multiple exploration companies for fuel storage, helicopter access, crew transfers, core logging, and freight movement.

We’re looking for a hands-on, safety-focused Laydown Manager for the 2025 summer season to oversee daily operations at this critical site. This is a boots-on-the-ground role for someone who enjoys being physically active, working independently, and creating order in dynamic field environments.

Staff accommodations and travel are fully covered, with a fly-in/fly-out rotation of 3 weeks on / 3 weeks off.

What You'll Be Doing

Your job will be to ensure that all companies’ activity at the laydown is safe, efficient, and well-coordinated. You’ll play a key role in managing fuel, freight, logistics, and laydown operations on behalf of Matrix and our client.

Key responsibilities:

-Monitor and manage fueling operations (diesel, jet fuel, gasoline)

• Order fuel when supplies run low
• Ensuring all helicopters refuel according to the safe operating procedures (no hot refueling)
• Assist with fuel transfers (e.g., turtle packs), track consumption, and report usage
• Preventing and cleaning any fuel spills

-Receiving and unloading incoming freight and groceries delivered to the laydown

-Ensure freight is sorted and stored in each company’s respective area

-Coordinate and assist with slinging in freight to camp via helicopter

-Receiving and loading backhauls from camp on trucks going south

-Operate Zoom Boom telehandler and assist onsite groups/companies  as needed

-Maintain a clean, safe, and organized yard area

-Daily walk around and inspection of the laydown.

-Hazard identification and mitigation

-Removal of garbage and FOD (foreign object debris)

-Ensure companies are compliant with site safety standards in a respectful and diplomatic way

-Greet and direct all arriving vehicles and personnel

-Provide daily updates and reports to Matrix Operations management

About You

You're an organized, proactive professional who thrives in outdoor environments and knows how to keep things running smoothly. You have strong situational awareness, mechanical aptitude, and a safety-first mindset. You work well independently, but also know how to collaborate respectfully with others in high traffic zones.

Candidate qualities:

• Safety-focused and alert - proactively identifies hazards and enforces safe work practices
• Diplomatic and respectful when guiding others to follow site protocols
• Team player who communicates clearly and collaborates with ground crews, pilots, and contractors
• Self-directed - you don’t wait to be told what needs doing; you take initiative and solve problems in real time
• Proactive and reliable, especially when juggling multiple priorities in a high-traffic environment
• Takes pride in workmanship and keeps the laydown clean, organized, and running efficiently
• Detail-oriented when handling freight and fuel records, and accurate in reporting issues or discrepancies
• Physically fit and comfortable working 12-hour days outdoors in a remote setting
• Mechanically inclined, with experience operating telehandlers or similar equipment

Schedule & Location

• Shift rotation: 3 weeks on / 3 weeks off
• Daily hours: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
• Season: May – October 2025 (exact dates TBC based on start date)
• Basecamp: Private cabin accommodation at Truffle Camp (per diem allowance and self-serve meals until mid-late June. After late June an onsite Cook will provide meals)
• Travel arrangements: Travel days are paid. Commercial flights are arranged and paid for by Matrix. Company vehicle provided for ground transportation in the Eskay region.

Requirements

Job Requirements:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada (Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or holder of a valid work permit or visa).
• Self-starter who can create order in an evolving environment
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and prioritizing with limited direction
• Effective communicator, both written and verbal
• A desire and willingness to work as a strong leader who is flexible to change
• Self-motivated, and takes pride in the job at hand
• Requires the ability to lead by example and show initiative
• Must be dependable and responsible
• Ability to multi-task and be detail oriented
• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Strong Mechanical aptitude would be an asset
• Computer literacy and experience with MS Office

Preferred Licensing & Certifications:

• First Aid Certification.
• WHMIS Certification (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System).
• Certified (or experienced) to operate a forklift
• Certified (or experienced) to operate a telehandler
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean driver abstract
• Previous experience working as a Manager efficiency and safety minded

Benefits

Salary Range:

$400 – $450/day, depending on experience

We thank all applicants for their interest in working for MATRIX; only those identified for further consideration will be contacted.