General Maintenance Assistant

**General Maintenance Assistant**:
**Job ID**:

- 236172

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Education

**Division**:

- Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch

**City**:

- Belleville

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary - Irregularly Scheduled/On-call Supply position (to work on an as needed basis)

**Job code**:

- 93004 - Mtce Mechanic 2

**Salary**:

- $26.98 - $29.90 Per hour*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
- (Competition # PDSB25-150)

We are looking to hire one (1) on call-supply General Maintenance Assistant for the Belleville Campus to provide maintenance and groundskeeping support at the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf and Sagonaska Demonstration School.

If you are a jack of all trades, then consider this opportunity with the Ministry of Education's Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch, where you will be assisting with the maintenance of the facilities and equipment on the Belleville Campus.

**About the job**: In this role, you will:

- Provide general preventative maintenance and repairs to buildings, grounds, vehicles, and equipment.
- Perform general plumbing, electrical and general facility maintenance.
- Provide general repairs to heating, ventilation, and fire systems.
- Provide general repairs to locks, valves, pumps, repair of windows, flooring, minor painting, and general touch-up work to furniture.
- Maintain the efficient mechanical operation of the swimming pool.
- Assist contract and government services tradespersons.
- Assist with implementation of work plan for summer students.
- Work on call hours as required.

**What you bring to the team**:
**Technical skills**:

- You have demonstrated experience and general working knowledge of trades such as carpentry, painting, plumbing, HVAC systems, and electrical to assist with semi-skilled general maintenance.
- You can determine proper methods and materials required for performing installation, replacement, repair, preventative maintenance, and construction work at the facility.
- You have proven mechanical aptitude and experience performing routine general maintenance inspections, preventative maintenance, and minor repairs of electrical, plumbing, small engines, appliances, furniture, fittings, and electromechanical systems.
- You know and have experience operating various grounds maintenance equipment such as skid steer loader, tractors, and riding lawn mowers.
- You have proven experience and can maintain efficient operation of swimming pool and related equipment.
- You have the ability to use hand tools and power equipment.
- You have experience maintaining work orders and preventative maintenance logs.

**Other skills**:

- You have developed interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- You have organizational, time management, analytical and problem-solving skills to manage daily operations and tasks.
- You can move and set up furniture and equipment.
- You are able to read and follow simple drawings, blueprints, work specifications, including written and verbal directions.

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

**Additional information**:

- Thursday, November 13, 2025 11:59 pm EST

**Position details**:

- 1 English Temporary - Irregular On-Call, duration up to 12 months, 350 Dundas St W, Belleville, East Region, Vulnerable Sector Check

**Compensation group**:

- Ontario Public Service Employees Union

**Work hours**:

- Schedule 4.7

**Category**:

- Maintenance and Trades

**Posted on**:

- Wednesday, October 29, 2025

**Note**:

- **About security checks**:
A criminal or other federal offence record **does not automatically disqualify you** from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police cl