Leasing Manager in Abbotsford

Since 2006, Triple Eight Transport Inc. has grown into a trusted asset-based transportation provider, delivering Full Truck Load services across Western Canada and the Western United States. With terminals in Abbotsford, Calgary, and Edmonton, and our own fleet of reefers, heaters, and dry vans, we've built our reputation on safe operations, innovation, and service excellence — and, above all, on our people. We believe great people drive great results. That's why we're building a workplace where employees are empowered to take ownership, share ideas, grow their skills, and build careers alongside our business. Join Triple Eight, and you're not just taking a job — you're joining a team that works hard, supports one another, and shares a common goal: delivering exceptional value to our customers while always striving to do better. If you're looking for a place to contribute, grow, and make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Purpose

The Leasing Manager is responsible for overseeing leasing activities across the property portfolio, with a focus on maximizing occupancy, optimizing rental performance, and maintaining strong tenant relationships. This role leads leasing strategy, market analysis, lease negotiations and renewals, while ensuring effective tenant management, regulatory compliance, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leasing & Occupancy Management: Lead leasing activities across the property portfolio, including vacancy marketing, property tours, prospect management, and occupancy planning to minimize vacancies and improve portfolio performance.
• Rental Strategy & Market Analysis: Monitor market conditions, comparable properties, vacancy trends, and rental rates to recommend competitive pricing, incentives, and leasing strategies.
• Lease Negotiation & Administration: Lead lease negotiations, renewals, rental increases, amendments, and other lease-related matters while ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
• Tenant Acquisition & Screening: Oversee the application, screening, approval, and onboarding process for prospective tenants while maintaining consistent leasing standards.
• Tenant Relations & Retention: Build strong tenant relationships, manage escalated concerns, support lease renewals, and develop strategies to improve tenant satisfaction and retention.
• Portfolio & Lease Performance: Track occupancy, upcoming expiries, renewals, rental performance, leasing activity, and other key metrics; provide regular reporting and recommendations to management.
• Move-In/Move-Out Oversight: Ensure inspections, deposits, documentation, unit turnovers, and possession processes are completed accurately and efficiently.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure leasing practices and documentation comply with the BC Residential Tenancy Act, applicable municipal requirements, and internal policies and procedures.
• Property & Maintenance Coordination: Partner with internal maintenance and property teams to prioritize unit readiness, tenant requirements, repairs, and turnover activities that impact leasing.
• External Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with realtors, contractors, vendors, municipalities, and other external partners involved in leasing and property-related activities.
• Process Improvement: Establish and improve leasing processes, documentation standards, occupancy trackers, renewal schedules, reporting systems, and controls to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Team Leadership: Provide direction and support to leasing/property administration staff, where applicable, ensuring leasing priorities, service standards, and portfolio objectives are achieved.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in leasing, property management, real estate, or tenant relations.
• Strong knowledge of BC leasing practices and the Residential Tenancy Act.
• Demonstrated experience in lease negotiations, renewals, rental increases, and tenant retention.
• Experience managing occupancy, vacancies, rental pricing, and leasing performance across a property portfolio.
• Strong understanding of rental market trends, comparable analysis, and competitive pricing strategies.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple properties and priorities.
• Ability to effectively manage tenant concerns and escalations while maintaining professional relationships.
• Strong attention to detail with experience maintaining lease documentation, reports, trackers, and key leasing dates.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with property management or leasing software is an asset.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring leasing/property administration staff is preferred.
• Valid BC driver’s license and ability to travel between properties as required.

Building a Fair and Inclusive Hiring Process

Every application matters to us, and we thank you for taking the time to apply. Given the volume of applications we receive, only candidates moving forward will be contacted directly — but know that your interest in Triple Eight doesn't go unnoticed. Hiring decisions at Triple Eight are grounded in qualifications, experience, skills, and business need — nothing else. We actively welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and our recruitment practices are built to align with human rights and employment legislation, free from discrimination at every step.

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If you require accommodation at any point in the recruitment process, just tell us. Our Recruitment team will work with you directly to understand what you need and provide the right support — handled with discretion and respect for your privacy.

Where AI Fits In

AI tools are part of how people prepare and learn today, and we're comfortable with that — use them freely to research, prepare, and get ready ahead of time. That said, once you're in front of us — interviews, assessments, case studies, technical evaluations — we want to see you: your thinking, your judgment, your experience. AI-generated or real-time AI assistance isn't permitted during these stages unless we've explicitly said otherwise.

The pay range for this role is: 75,000 - 80,000 CAD per year (Abbotsford)