Parks Maintainer Turf Specialist

3 weeks ago

Kitchener, Canada City of Kitchener Full time

**Parks Maintainer Turf Specialist**

**Competition Number**

2024-214

**Job Code**

5123

**Posting Date**

May 23, 2024

**Closing Date**

May 31, 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 neighbourhoods, 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 City of Kitchener is seeking a permanent full-time Parks Maintainer, Turf Specialist to perform all facets of Sports Field maintenance as part of a highly collaborative Fields Maintenance team, including duties such as turf management, turf renovations, integrated pest management, irrigation repairs, troubleshooting, landscaping, grading and related administration, in addition to winter maintenance duties.- Responsibilities:
- Plan and organize materials, supplies, and equipment to carry out daily job assignments.
- Perform various vegetation control duties, cultural practices and turf renovations in parks.
- Identify and provide recommendations to supervisor for all supplementary work required to maintain various turfgrass areas (e.g., turf renovation, maintenance regiment based on target turf composition, irrigation).
- Independently monitor and assess turf conditions and identify maintenance requirements based on understanding of target turf composition and associated maintenance practices, biodiversity, irrigation system and integrated pest management (e.g., insects, disease, nutrient requirements, drainage, wear patterns, etc.).
- Provide appropriate record keeping for but not limited to field studies, project planning and performed field work.
- Operate various types of vehicles and equipment (e.g., top dressers, over seeders, loader tractors and implements, mowers, etc.) as required.
- Repair/troubleshoot all irrigation systems and equipment.
- Maintain, operate, troubleshoot, read plans, and repair complex irrigation systems comprised of booster pumps, computer software, computer controlled and manual field satellites, zone and control valves, electric sprinkler heads, in ground piping, filtration systems, and multi-zone stations.
- Provide frontline customer service to the public and special interests groups.
- Participate in the winter job pool process which results in the winter job duties assignment i.e., snow plowing, hand shoveling etc.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

**Requirements**:
- Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent.
- Successful completion of the Customer Service Test.
- Successful completion of a Turf Management diploma at an accredited post-secondary institution or equivalent.
- Minimum of 1-year Turfgrass maintenance experience and with related equipment.
- Valid MTO class “G” driver’s license in good standing and be capable of upgrading to a “DZ” license within a 6-month period.
- Valid Ministry of Environment Landscape Exterminators license or equivalent.
- Advanced computer skills.
- 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**

$30.77 -$32.58 per hour

**Grade/Band**

6 (Under Review)

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