Greenskeeper at Hylands Golf Club - Ottawa, Canada - CFMWS

CFMWS

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

WHO WE ARE

The Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS) supports the Canadian Armed Forces members and their families wherever they are in the world through the provision of fitness, recreation and leisure activities, family and charitable support, retail as well as personal financial services.

We offer our employees the opportunity to work with a purpose every day in an inclusive, healthy, respectful and rewarding work environment.

THE ROLE

Since its inception, Hylands Golf Club has matured into a top-quality golf facility that offers a full range of services and amenities to its 1200 members and their guests.

A true jewel among Canadian Forces golf facilities, Hylands continues to host numerous regional, national and international events. As part of CFMWS, our mandate is to provide affordable golf to our local military personnel and their families.

If you enjoy the outdoors and want to work in a first-class golf course setting with a dynamic team, Hylands Golf Club is the perfect place to work.

As an integral part of the grounds maintenance department, as a greenskeeper, you will be trained on different equipment in order to maintain all playing surfaces on a 36 hole golf course.

You will maintain greens, tee box areas, turf on fairways, sand traps and rough.

You will perform basic horticultural duties such as planting and pruning trees, shrubs and flowers, creating, maintaining flowerbeds, spreading topsoil, laying sod, planting flowers and assist with the construction of a landscape and related structures.

As the greenskeeper, you will also be responsible for maintaining and repairing golf course buildings, structures and accessories such as fences, benches and stakes, removing rocks from fairways and repairing and filling fairway and tee divots.

Come work at Hylands Golf Club for the opportunity to gain great outdoor working experience and a possible future career within our company.

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED Education, Certifications and Licenses**An acceptable combination of education, training, and experience will also be considered

AND
Valid driver's license class G (Ontario) or equivalent

Experience
In landscaping or grounds maintenance
In operating specialized turf care equipment

Knowledge
Of landscaping practices and techniques
Of health and safety practices
Of the rules and strategies of the game of golf, an asset
Of Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

Competencies, Skills and Abilities
Client focus, organizational knowledge, communication, innovation, teamwork and leadership.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Bilingual Essential

Reading:
Functional

Writing:
None

Oral:
Functional

BENEFITS AVAILABLE Health Benefits**:
Drug coverage, travel insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.

Work Life Balance:
A wide range of paid/unpaid leave, including paid vacation, family related leave and personal days.

Retirement Planning:
A Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Group Savings Plans.

Learning and Development:

Tuition Assistance Program and Advanced Learning Program, payment of professional association memberships, online learning opportunities and second language training.

Perks:
Discounts through CFAppreciation.

OTHER INFORMATION
This unionized position is open to all interested parties.

Preference will be granted in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the UFCW local 175 bargaining unit at CFSG Ottawa-Gatineau.

Multiple positions available:

Seasonal Full Time
The anticipated Term of this position is: April
November
Hours of Work: 2740 hours a week
Perform moderate lifting, carrying, pulling and/or pushing (i.e. more than 10 lbs/4.5 kg but less than 50 lbs/23 kg).

START DATE
As soon as possible

INCLUSION
AND ACCOMMODATION

Job Reference:
CFMWS07253