Program Manager, Sports and Leisure Grounds

3 weeks ago


Guelph, Canada The City of Guelph Full time

About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of over 2000 employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary:
**Hours of Work**:
35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, between hours of 7:00and 4:00. Evening or weekend work may be required. Participation in an on-call rotation may be part of this role.

**Your role**:

- Supervise turf maintenance (and establishment, as required) in parks, boulevards and road sides, storm water facilities, and sports fields.
- Supervise maintenance of sports fields and courts, including sports infrastructure set-up and maintenance (painting, lighting, re-surfacing, nets, lines, benches, backstops, etc.) central irrigation control, integrated pest management practices, and turf cultural activities (fertilization, aeration, etc.)
- Supervise the maintenance and operation of the City’s trail system.
- Supervise preparation for and oversight of all tournaments/sports special events.
- Ensure work of staff and contractors is performed safely, effectively, and efficiently, and in accordance with City or departmental standards, industry best practice, specifications, policies, procedures, and legislated requirements; develop/revise/implement standard operating procedures and guidelines as required.
- Recruit, train, develop, motivate, manage and evaluate staff (Full Time, Contract and Seasonal); review employee performance on a regular basis and take supportive/ corrective/ disciplinary action, as required.
- Develop work plans and schedule work according to priorities.
- Track, analyze and report on operational performance, activities, and costs; recommend and implement program changes to achieve higher levels of safety, service, and efficiency.
- Respond to, investigate, and follow up with inquiries/requests for service/complaints from the general public, residents, emergency services, other departments, senior management and members of Council.
- Develop and implement short and long-term maintenance and renewal strategies for the portfolio of turf and sports-related assets and inventories including the development of condition assessments for future repair and replacement to ensure safety and well-being of staff and public.
- Schedule and oversee procurement of required services, materials, and equipment (including specification development and service contract audits) in support of both operating and capital projects.
- Manage contracts and contracted services with suppliers and vendors, including price negotiations, in accordance with the City’s purchasing by-law.
- Execute both capital and operational budgeted retrofits on a timely basis, in accordance with the Guelph master plan and budget, and also in response to proactive inspections (keeping current with relevant legislation and building codes).
- Assist with the development of operating and capital budgets; responsible for Sports Fields, Turf and trail budgets.
- Ensure materials and equipment are available to execute work plans.
- Oversee the provision of documentation and evidence supporting the City’s risk management, insurance, and legal representatives in addressing damage or liability claims against the corporation.
- Active participation in professional and community committees; network with permitted user groups and special event organizers on a wide range of Parks related matters.
- Keeps current with ongoing technical and procedural evolution in the fields of parks, sport field construction, integrated pest management, turf management, winter control activities and all related equipment.
- Participate in the on-call rotation, including regular afterhours supervision of winter maintenance operations within Parks.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- Demonstrated leadership skills acquired through experience supervising staff or leading work teams, preferably in a municipal unionized environment.
- Experience procuring and managing contracted services to ensure compliance with specifications, regulations, and policies.
- Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Highway Traffic Act, and the Ontario Traffic Manual’s Book 7 for temporary conditions, Pesticides Act, and other applicable legislation.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work independently and in a team envi


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