Parks and Facilities Maintenance

**Basic Function**:
To assist with the operation and maintenance of recreational facilities including parks, pools, arenas, cemeteries, community centres and other corporate buildings during absences or leaves of full-time staff.

**Position Description**:

- Carry out a variety of operational and maintenance tasks which change seasonally. Assists with the installation, removal and daily maintenance of ice surface in the arena. Performs daily maintenance of ice surface in the arena, including operation of ice resurfacer, ice edger machines, scraping/cutting/flooding ice, painting lines and documents inspection of ice conditions
- Perform general maintenance and repairs of arenas, libraries, museums, cemeteries, community centres and other municipal administration facilities
- Follow generally accepted maintenance and repair standards, administrative policies and practices and the County’s program of preventative maintenance
- Perform cleaning and operations in recreation facilities, ice maintenance in arenas and maintenance duties in parks and cemeteries (e.g. grass cutting, ball diamond grooming, tree and shrub maintenance, snow removal, etc.)
- Perform a variety of preventative maintenance tasks and repairs in facilities, including monitoring of arena refrigeration equipment, minor carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical and scheduled cleaning of equipment
- Provide assistance in the moving, relocation and set up of administrative office equipment and supplies as required by other departments
- Assist with the operations of the cemeteries, ensuring compliance with municipal and/or provincial policies, procedures, by-laws
- Completes initial grave site/foundation/niche preparation as well as performs final gravesite activities upon service completion
- Operates/maneuvers backhoe into site and digs grave space to established standards within restricted space confines and with inches between grave spaces; dresses graves; levels site with compactor
- Endeavour to provide safe facility maintenance procedures for all staff to follow in accordance with Occupational Health and Safety policies and modern building maintenance procedures

**Requirements**:
**Knowledge and Experience**:

- Successfully completed Grade 12 or GED equivalent
- Completion of Basic Arena Refrigeration course through Ontario Recreations Facilities Association considered an asset.
- Completion of NSPF Certified Pool/Spa Operator Course through Ontario Recreations Facilities Association considered an asset.
- Technical skills in modern building maintenance and repair techniques.
- Related training, knowledge and understanding in arena refrigeration process, cemeteries, parks, pools, forestry an asset

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Willingness to work various hours including days, evenings, weekend and holidays, as required
- Proven ability to work independently or as a member of a team.
- Good physical dexterity.
- Strong customer service skills
- Experience operating equipment; trucks, tractors with attachments, and front end loaders.
- Experience operating power tools and hand tools.
- Valid Ontario driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle
- Computer expertise in corporate standard software (Microsoft Office) and department specific software to data search and entry and to create and modify word processed documents
- Must be aware of safe work practices as they relate to job responsibilities and work environment, and have the basic understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act

**Benefits**

**Posting #**: NU 23.25

**Position**:Parks and Facilities Maintenance (8 positions)

**Status**:Casual - Must be willing to work evenings and weekends.

No guarantee of hours.

**Employee Group**:Non-Union

**Salary**: $27.76 per hour

**Division**:Operations

**Department**: Parks

**Reports To**:Supervisor, Parks Operations

**Location**: Various Recreation Facilities and Cemeteries throughout Norfolk County

**Posting Period**:May 12, 2025 - May 26, 2025

**How to Apply**:

- Ensure the file extension for your resume document is.doc,.docx or.pdf
- If you are electing to include a cover letter, the cover letter and resume must be uploaded as 1 file.

Find out more information about Norfolk County here: Employment at Norfolk County - NorfolkCounty.ca

The Corporation of Norfolk County is an equal opportunity employer. Accessibility accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Successful applicants are required to provide the Employer with a current Criminal Record Check, including a Vulnerable Sector where required and verification of education, transcripts preferred.

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those to be interviewed will be contacted.