Gardener

3 months ago


Kitchener, Canada City of Kitchener Full time

**Gardener**

**Competition Number**

2024-344

**Job Code**

5109

**Posting Date**

August 20, 2024

**Closing Date**

August 30, 2024 (at 6:00pm)

**Job Status**

Permanent Full-Time

The **City of Kitchener** is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 270,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighborhoods, its digital infrastructure and its diverse economy.The **City of Kitchener** is WHERE you want to work Learn more about the top reasons to join us:
**Why work at the City of Kitchener**

Position Overview:
The Gardener position assists with maintenance of floral displays and landscaped areas including cultivation, planting, pruning, fertilizing, mulching, and identifying plant health challenges with support from the horticulturalist team. This position also provides field support for the design, and implementation of newly landscaped areas in the City of Kitchener. Seasonal winter duties may include tasks such as snow plowing, salting, shoveling, and the maintenance and inspections of ice rinks and toboggan hills.
- Responsibilities:
- Cultivates areas for planting including transplanting bulbs and plants in flowerbeds and planters.
- Planting and maintaining flowerbeds including removing bulbs, litter, and unwanted vegetation; adding, amending, and leveling soil. Also including activities such as watering, fertilizing, and weeding; ensuring that locations aesthetics are maintained to corporate standard.
- Performing pruning responsibilities of plants that require maintenance.
- Participates in preparing seasonal planters including design, planting & maintenance. Also including the installation and removal of seasonal planters.
- Operates various pieces of vehicles and equipment (e.g. tractors, loaders, small power equipment, utility vehicles, etc.) as required.
- Assists Horticulturalist in day-to-day operations as required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

**Requirements**:
- Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent.
- Completed Courses in Horticulture from a recognized post-secondary institution.
- Valid MTO G class driver's license in good standing and ability to obtain DZ Class Driver’s License within 6 months.
- Related experience within field of Commercial Horticulture (or equivalent as determined by the Corporation).
- Experience in proper care and operation of commercial horticulture related equipment.
- Knowledge and experience in methods of techniques of commercial horticulture, relating to general operations, pruning, fertilizing, cultivation, layout and planting, plant design.
- Ability to work varying shifts, weekends, overtime, and winter call outs as required.
- Participation in Winter Job Pool and complete required winter tasks.
- Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.
- NOTE: Progression Criteria under review- Please note that as per Human Resources Policy _HUM-HIR-_110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":_
- "The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Directors,_ General Managers_, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity._
- The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:_
- 1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full-time and part-time classifications._
- 2. within the same Division in the case of students."_

**Department**

Infrastructure Services

**Division**

Parks and Cemeteries

**Union Affiliation**

CUPE 68

**Number of Positions**

1

**Hours of Work**

40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Location**

**Initial Location
- Kitchener Operations Facility

**City**

Kitchener

**Compensation**

**Salary Range**

$29.35 - $31.05**Grade/Band**

5 (under review)



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