Maintenance Service Worker 2 - Pincher Creek, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Pincher Creek, Canada

6 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Information:

Job Requisition ID: 38594

Ministry:
Forestry, Parks and Tourism

Location:
Beauvais Lake Provincial Park (Pincher Creek), Park Lake Provincial Park (Lethbridge)

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week

Regular/Temporary:
Wage, Seasonal

Scope:
Open

Classification:
Maintenance Service Worker 2

About Us:

Provincial Parks are essential to the quality of life that Albertans enjoy. They conserve our natural landscapes and wildlife habitat and offer a broad range of nature-based outdoor recreational opportunities.

Alberta's parks inspire people to discover, value, protect, and enjoy the natural world and the benefits it provides for current and future generations.

We are looking to recruit Maintenance Service Workers to the following Southwest Park areas:

Beauvais Lake Provincial Park
Park Lake Provincial Park

For more information on Provincial Parks and Provincial Recreation Areas, visit

Role:

If you enjoy working outside and are committed to caring for Alberta Park's facilities and campgrounds, come join our Maintenance Team.

Beauvais Lake Provincial Parks and Park Lake Provincial Park are looking for highly motivated, well-organized and responsible maintenance workers the summer season. The Maintenance Service Worker 2 assists the supervisor a team at a site level, ensuring day-to-day maintenance and operations duties support facility operations of Alberta Parks campgrounds, day use areas and trail systems.

The majority of work for this position is completed outdoors and requires daily handling of chemicals, use of hand and power tools and driving light duty trucks.

This job can be physically demanding and also requires basic understanding of computer operations for minor administrative tasks such as time entry and approval.

As part of the Maintenance team, you strive to maintain Alberta Parks' high standards to ensure quality customer service and safety is provided at all times.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Overseeing and providing leadership and guidance to maintenance service workers on a daily basis and coordination of assigned tasks
Responsible for reporting back to Supervisor on completed tasks and identifying outstanding field or maintenance issues
Ensure staff receive appropriate training
Responding to inperson requests for information on area amenities and parks conditions, as needed
Working alongside maintenance service workers and ensuring daily activities and projects are completed to a high standard:
Routine custodial and cleaning duties of park facilities including campgrounds, day use areas and trails systems
Routine lawn and grounds maintenance
Routine and preventative maintenance on infrastructure, vehicles and equipment
Trail and sign projects
Safe operations of small and midsize equipment
Being familiar with and practicing all pertinent Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) policies, procedures and protocols

Qualifications:

Education:

Some high school education plus one year related experience, preferably related to maintenance or supervisory experience

Additional Requirements:

Valid Class 5 Driver's License and clean Driver's Abstract
Current Standard First Aid certificate
Defensive Driving course
Availability to work weekend and holiday shifts

Assets:

Experience with hand and power tools, good working knowledge in the operation, maintenance and safety of small equipment
Experience working in custodial, landscaping or similar positions
Ability to lead and follow OH&S procedures and protocols
Carpentry, plumbing, or electrical experience
Chainsaw certification
Computer skills
Previous supervisory or leadership experience
Strong communication, customer service and team work skills
Knowledge of park facilities and services, especially the parks in Southwest Alberta
Familiarity with campground operations

APS Competencies:

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans.

We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

The link below will assist you with understanding competencies:

Agility - Staff must be agile in order to anticipate and quickly adapt to changing priorities and situations to effectively meet diverse visitor needs.

Creative Problem Solving -Occasionally, challenges arise and staff must assess options, understand implications and determine appropriate actions to achieve the necessary solutions.

Build Collaborative Environments - By promoting collaboration and commitment, encourage broad thinking on projects, you will work together to eliminate barriers to progress, and facilitate open and respectful dialogue.

Drive for Results - You will hold yourself and others responsible and accountable for achieving resu