EMPLOYEES FUEL THE COMPANY’S SUCCESS

The best and only way to get these results is through quality employees. New West invests in finding the best people for the positions, training them thoroughly and then giving them the experience, opportunity and even formal education to climb the ranks. Employees are treated like family and while they work hard and are serious about what they do, they have a lot of fun too. NWTC experiences little turnover, and the team is proud to be an industry leader and the employer of choice across the region.

“We interviewed some people about what’s important at New West and why they’d want to work here, and we came up with three things: our employees are treated well, trained well and paid well. That’s what a new person looking for a job or looking to move companies is looking for, and we’re able to offer that,” says Bronaugh Curley.

As the company grows, New West is always looking to find smart, enthusiastic, ambitious newcomers to join the team. The company has strong relationships with trade schools and supports their programming and student body through scholarships and work placements. Every year, NWTC offers summer student programs along with co-op and practicum opportunities for business students in the office with HR, sales and marketing and for trades and supply chain students looking for experience in the shop and warehouse. Many of these students return to New West after graduation to launch their careers.

“We have relationships with basically every trade school in every market area, but the relationship specifically with SAIT is very strong. We hire up to 20 per cent of their graduating class each year,” says Sidhu.

The company won the 2023 award for Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates and was nominated as a top company for women in transportation in 2022 and 2023. One female up-and-comer is Greg Stahl’s wife and rock, Ashleigh, who is completing the dealership management program at SAIT to learn the business so she can help her husband grow the company. She will be in good company. About 16 per cent of New West’s team are women, and the executive leadership team is committed to not only getting more women into the industry as the company grows but to promoting more women into well-deserved managerial and leaderships positions. It is a diverse group of employees, and they all bring different skillsets that keep New West ready for future growth.