Training Day Responsibilities

• Working with other equipment team members to organize and prepare player lockers with equipment before training and takedown afterwards

• Deliver equipment to the field as needed for training and collects and puts away afterwards - managing inventory to ensure consistency and quality.

• Launders all training kits for various teams in the building immediately following training sessions

• Responsible for the organization and appearance of the equipment rooms, locker rooms, and common areas.

Match Day Responsibilities

• Sets up the team dressing room before each match

• Facilitates referee equipment requests as needed

• Assist with accommodating visiting team equipment requests

• Prepares and transports all the field equipment to the field before the warm-up.

• Organizes and cleans the team bench and locker room areas, towels, equipment, water and the fourth official’s table.

• Launder game and warm-up kit

• Clean and return player footwear to training facility after home/road games

Apparel & Equipment Management

• Works with other equipment staff to manage, organize and inventory warehouse for multiple teams.

• Helps coordinate ordering process for toiletries, laundry, and locker room supplies.

• Airport drop off and pickups as needed

Qualification Requirements

• Unrestricted Drivers' License in BC, with a clear driver's abstract

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to regularly handle and lift average-weight objects up to 25 kg / 55 lbs.

• Ability to stand and/or walk for more than 4 hours per day.

• Due to the cyclical nature of the Football industry, employees may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the team or facility, including evenings and weekends

• Ability to work well in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• Must be a “team player” and flexible to constant changes.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, passionate.

• A positive, motivated, growth mindset and fast learner.

• Proactive and collaborative, with a strong work ethic.

• Strong communication skills and customer service approach.

• Punctual and professional.

The Club

Vancouver Whitecaps FC is the longest-running professional soccer club in Canada and the United States. Since its inaugural season in 1974, the club has united generations of loyal fans in British Columbia and beyond. With academies in eight out of ten provinces, a network of partner clubs, and hundreds of camps and clinics every year, Whitecaps FC provide a foundation for Canada’s soccer future.

We are also strongly committed to providing opportunities to Canadian athletes, both male and female, with the largest soccer development structure in Canada. This includes academy programs in eight of ten provinces across the country.

In addition to building a winning team on and off the pitch, the Club places great importance in giving back to our community, harnessing the power of sport to create a stronger, more equitable & inclusive society through three key community goals: helping meet critical needs, using soccer to build life skills and creating soccer participation opportunities in Indigenous communities.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. This includes but is not limited to people of colour, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. Should you require any accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact our People & Culture department. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

"Within these walls, you are welcomed, accepted, and respected.

Here, no matter who you are or where you come from, you are home. And you’re part of the team regardless of your age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, marital or family status, disability, or religious belief or non-belief. All we ask is that you be ethical and inclusive in all that you do. Be respectful of all players, fans, and staff, and remember to cheer loudest for the ones wearing the blue and white. Go ‘Caps!"