Facilities & Grounds Technician — On-Call

St. Margaret's School; Victoria; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Margaret’s School is seeking a dedicated on-call Maintenance & Grounds Worker to support the Manager, Facilities across the campus in Victoria, BC.

The role spans building and grounds upkeep, minor repairs, landscaping, irrigation care, and event setup, ensuring safe, clean, and well-maintained facilities. This position requires physical stamina, the ability to work independently or with a team, and a flexible schedule to meet school needs.

Qualifications

• Completion of Grade 12.
• Journeyperson certification preferred such as electrician, plumber, carpenter, or horticulturist.
• 3-5 years building and grounds maintenance work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid BC Class 5 Driver’s License with clean drivers abstract.
• Working knowledge of WHMIS and WCB regulations.
• Ability to use hand tools, power equipment and machinery.
• Understanding of BC building codes.
• Ability to service and perform small mechanical repairs.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, prioritize work, meet deadlines, and school schedule needs.
• Able to communicate effectively (both orally and written), and able to develop and maintain good relationships with customers, staff, managers, and other groups.
• Positive role model to all members of the St. Margaret’s community.
• Actively support the vision, mission, and values of our school.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the School’s infrastructure by attending to day-to-day facility needs.
• Ensures cleanliness and good repair of interior and exterior spaces, e.g. common areas, classrooms, playground equipment, entranceways, building roofs, etc.
• Undertaking minor project work and repairs that involve plumbing, drywalling, painting, carpentry, and minor electrical work.
• Performs preventative maintenance on building equipment and machinery including HVAC systems.
• Responding to teacher requests to fabricate structure for school projects.
• Moving, setting up, dismantling, and storing equipment for school functions and events.
• Minor repairs to furniture and appliances.
• Replaces light bulbs, ballasts, and cleans light fixtures.
• Opens/closes buildings and checks for cleanliness, good repair, and safety.
• Performs general building and grounds maintenance and project work in other school areas as may be assigned.
• Maintains school pathways and roads, cleaning drains and sweeping debris.
• Regularly disinfects all exterior handrails and benches, and other areas as needed.
• Pressure washing of buildings and pathways.
• Maintains tools and equipment related to maintenance such as lubricating, sharpening, replacing broken handles and making simple adjustments and repairs, as needed.
• Installs, alters, and maintains gardens and landscaping.
• Performs routine gardening maintenance including turning of beds, weeding, mulching, edging, and planting.
• Maintains lawns including grass cutting with walk behind and riding mowers, trimming grass, edging, and raking.
• Prunes annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees using the appropriate techniques according to the plant.
• General landscape maintenance, including litter pick-up and clearing wasp nests.
• Ensures efficient operation of irrigation systems including programming of irrigation timers for water-efficient irrigation, installation, maintenance, and repair irrigation systems.
• Regularly examines campus, paths, roadways, playgrounds structures and other buildings and equipment to ensure the safety.
• Performs preventative maintenance of grounds including playground equipment and other structures.

Skills

Physical stamina

Communication skills

Teamwork

Safety awareness WHMIS WCB

Problem solving

Customer service

Attention to detail

Education

Grade 12 completed

Journeyperson certification preferred (electrician/plumber/carpenter/horticulturist)

3-5 years building and grounds maintenance experience

Valid BC Class 5 Driver’s License

WHMIS/WCB regulations knowledge

Tools

Hand tools and power equipment

Job description

St. Margaret’s School is seeking a dedicated on-call Maintenance & Grounds Worker to support the Manager, Facilities across the campus in Victoria, BC.

The role spans building and grounds upkeep, minor repairs, landscaping, irrigation care, and event setup, ensuring safe, clean, and well-maintained facilities. This position requires physical stamina, the ability to work independently or with a team, and a flexible schedule to meet school needs.