Casual Seasonal Groundsperson

Banff Centre; Banff; On-site; CAD 22,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

Banff Centre is seeking a Casual Seasonal Groundsperson to maintain campus grounds year-round, including landscaping, snow removal, and seasonal construction tasks. The role emphasizes safety and outdoor work in varying weather conditions.

Responsibilities include operating tools and equipment, performing minor repairs, and assisting other departments as needed. The position is outdoors, with on-call shifts during winter and seasonal demands.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ professional grounds keeping/landscaping experience.
• Knowledge of general horticultural practices, irrigation, landscape construction and tools.
• Ability to operate hand and power tools and light/heavy machinery.

Responsibilities

• Perform landscaping tasks including seeding prep, leveling, sodding and planting; build retaining walls.
• Handle winter duties and snow removal to maintain safe campus conditions.
• Daily campus upkeep: clean, mow, rake leaves, tend beds and plant pots.
• Operate small power tools and light to heavy equipment as required.
• Assist other trades and Banff Centre departments with related needs.

Skills

Grounds keeping

Landscaping

Irrigation

Heavy machinery

Education

Alberta Driver's License Class 5

Job description

Casual Seasonal Groundsperson

The Opportunity

Physical Facilities is looking for a Groundsperson to perform grounds maintenance, snow removal, and landscape construction on campus. The Groundsperson's responsibilities will change with the seasons, with the main priority of ensuring the safety of the physical grounds for all visitors to campus.

SpecificAccountabilities

• Perform landscaping work including leveling and preparing grounds for seeding, sodding and planting, moving soil and gravel, constructing fences, pouring concrete and building retaining walls.
• Perform winter-related duties to ensure safe conditions on and around the campus including snow removal by hand, using small engine tools or light duty machines; sweeping and sanding sidewalks; chipping and removing ice; operating skid-steer or plow truck.
• Daily cleaning of the campus including emptying garbage and picking litter, removing weeds, mowing lawns, raking leaves, tending to flower pots, tree maintenance including removal of dead tree branches, preparing beds for the winter season.
• Operating small power tools including chainsaws, leaf blowers, snow blowers, sidewalk sweepers.
• Operate light to heavy equipment including tractors, skid-steers, front end loaders and specialized equipment for various reasons such as spraying, removing snow, sanding and sweeping sidewalks and parking lots, lawn mowing, bed digging, planting and/or transplanting or removing trees and shrubs.
• In the absence of the Operations Manager or Grounds Lead Hand, exercising judgment and making decisions based on seasonal weather conditions and changes on appropriate actions to ensure safe conditions on and around campus.
• Perform minor repairs and service on mobile equipment, small machines, and irrigation tools.
• Assisting other trades within Physical Facilities, other Banff Centre departments, as well as Banff Centre clients with related needs in such areas as signage installation, event set‑ups and break‑downs, etc.

Qualifications and Educational Requirements

• Minimum of two years’ professional grounds keeping/landscaping experience.
• Good working knowledge of grounds maintenance, general horticultural practices, irrigation, landscape construction and tools, equipment, and machinery operation, service and repair common in the landscape field.
• Knowledge of the proper and detailed operation and maintenance of hand and power tools as well as light and heavy duty machines and specialized equipment.
• Class “5” Alberta driver’s license.
• Able to perform strenuous physical work in all types of weather conditions.

Special Requirements

There are specific clothing requirements for this position.

This position is required to be outdoors for extended periods of time, often in inclement weather.

During the snow removal season, this position will be outdoors performing manual snow removal all day.

Due to changing weather conditions, the Groundsperson may be requested to work non-scheduled days and nights as required to ensure the safety of people on Banff Centre grounds.

Employment Terms & Benefits

In accordance with CUPE 4318, this is a unionized, casual, hourly support staff position, working up to 24 hours per pay period, and on an on-call basis.

This position pays$18.92

To be considered, you must live in the Bow Valley. This position is not eligible for staff housing.