Trails Technician

About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time 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**:
40 hours per week. Between 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday as per the collective agreement. Shift work and stand-by will be a requirement of this position. Winter maintenance on-call and winter shifts are a requirement of this position.

**Your role**:

- Organize labour, tools and resources required to carry out assigned duties
- Inform the Lead hand of workplace requirements and adjust maintenance schedules to efficiently perform assigned duties.
- Lead part-time staff and instruct all support staff in the safe and efficient use, care and maintenance of tools and equipment, and maintenance practices.
- Perform duties related to trails maintenance, parks events, and related services within the City’s parks while working outdoors in all types of weather conditions.
- Groom trails within the City and perform daily inspections on trails; make repairs to trails and cut back encroaching vegetation and other material that may pose a hazard or restrict park user access.
- Installation of new trails, ensure culverts and ditches and bridges are clear to ensure proper drainage.
- Perform stretch assignments related to ecological restoration and natural area stewardship.
- Perform litter, brush and garbage pick up.
- Operate various types of maintenance equipment such as large mowers, agricultural tractors, front-end loaders, waste collection vehicles, DZ vehicles, Bobcat tool cat and attachments including auxiliary attachments (i.e. Blechavator, and Trail Pro), pickup truck with trailer, rototiller, blowers, shovels, rakes, string trimmer, chainsaw, chipper, and power washers in a safe and efficient manner.
- Perform various duties relating to winter maintenance including operating relevant equipment, manual snow and ice clearing, salting and sanding as needed.
- Carry out all necessary maintenance and adjustments while keeping the equipment in a safe, clean and tidy condition, and perform daily circle checks and report defects and, if necessary, small repairs in a prescribed manner.
- Comply with requirements of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, The Highway Traffic Act, all Federal, Provincial and City regulations, policies and procedures.
- Remove and/or flag obstacles hazardous to employees or the public or that interfere with the safe operation of vehicles or equipment, and duly note and report such conditions to a Lead hand or Supervisor.
- Maintain daily written records of work related activities.
- Complete daily activity time sheets; Report on variances in daily work plans.
- Immediately report vandalism, mechanical difficulties, damage and hazardous conditions.
- Actively participate in a team environment.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- Must possess current Forestry and Landscape Exterminator class applicators license from the Ministry of the Environment
- Proven experience and knowledge relevant to trail/park maintenance and landscape maintenance/construction activities.
- Thorough knowledge of all maintenance aspects of relevant equipment, including the attachments.
- Chainsaw certification is a requirement of this position.
- Completion of the Trails Specialist Workshop through the Ontario Parks Association is an asset.
- Proficient time management skills and flexibility in adjusting between a variety of duties.
- Must be a reliable self-starter, able to make decisions and function with mínimal supervision, as well, work as part of a team and undertake all aspects of the job thoroughly and willingly.
- Must possess good oral and written communication skills; able to deal with the public in a cordial manner.
- Must be able to perform the physical demands of the job including lifting, kneeling and shovelling and be able to actively participate in daily activities, work within live traffic conditions and in all types of weather conditions.
- Must possess an understanding of the OTM’s Book 7 for Temporary Conditions, and proven knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Pesticide Act, and other applicable legislation.

**Rate**:
$29.31 per hour

**How to apply**:
The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer that values diversi