Landscaping / Maintenance Associate

Building Services
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Job Responsibilities:

- Ensure the health, comfort and safety of our Customers
- Ensure daily communication with all site Associates
- Ensure site cleanliness, by picking up all garbage and pet waste around the site and assisting at other sites as required
- Remove heavy furniture, garbage and appliances from suites and around site as required
- Complete Customer Request’s For Maintenance (CRFM’s) as required
- Snow and ice removal, sanding and salting, completion of snow and ice removal logs
- Lawns; cut, trimmed, watered, edged, and free of weeds
- Ensure all trees, hedges, and flowerbeds are free of weeds and trimmed and dead trees are removed
- Removal of flower beds and shrubs that are unsightly or not possible to maintain effectively
- Parking lots: sweep, wash, lines and keep all catch basins clear of foreign debris
- Fences: repaired and/or stained as necessary
- Building exterior: eves cleared, siding, lights working, signage clean and visible
- Spring clean-up: hazard line painting, irrigation start-up, power washing, planting, filling potholes, etc. as determined by the spring landscaping plan
- Fall clean-up: leaf removal, close off (blow out) irrigation; winterize gardens and beds, trees trimmed, etc.
- Painting halls, suites, parkades & other areas as assigned by the Area Coordinator
- Ensure contractors arrive as per scheduled timelines and complete their work as per the conditions of contract
- Ensure proper and accurate inventory management
- Provide training on the proper operation and maintenance of all landscaping equipment, specifically Bobcats and heavy equipment (tractors, sweepers, small and large bobcats)
- Ability to operate the Bobcat and also perform regular maintenance and tune-ups to the bobcat and attachments
- Vacant suite maintenance and touch ups as per established quality standards
- General common area and building maintenance
- Coordinate inspections of turnover suites with Customer Service Representatives
- Preventative Maintenance inspections and reporting
- Perform on call emergency maintenance / landscaping according to schedule provided by Area Coordinator
- Complete other tasks assigned by the Area Coordinator

Experience and Educational Requirements:

- 2 years Landscaping / Maintenance service experience preferred
- Minor mechanical experience an asset
- Professional training and experience with landscaping equipment (example: Bobcats)

Technical Requirements:

- Working knowledge of English both verbal and written
- Driver’s license required
- Ability to operate a Bobcat and train others to do so in a safe manner
- Ability to operate smaller equipment including sweepers, lawn mowers, snow blowers and small tractors
- Familiarity with computer tablets is an asset

Non-Technical Requirements:

- Strong commitment to providing excellent customer service
- Dedicated to building better communities for all our Customers and surrounding communities
- Ability to take responsibility for all actions and decisions and to follow through
- Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
- Strong planning and organizational skills coupled with ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Excellent time-management skills
- Ability to work independently (self managed) and with other Associates in a team environment
- Ability to learn quickly, adapt to change and be flexible in nature
- Displays a high level of initiative and commitment to success (striving toward Boardwalk’s mission statement)
- Demonstrates a positive attitude, enthusiasm and assertiveness
- Ability to spend up to eight hours walking, standing, climbing stairs, lifting
- Ability to maneuver up to 90kg with the proper equipment

Human Resources
2225 Faithful Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 1T8