Recreation Facilities Custodian

City of Barrie; Barrie; On-site; CAD 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Barrie seeks a Recreation Facilities Custodian to ensure cleanliness and sanitation of community facilities. This role involves active participation in maintaining a safe, clean environment, contributing to a vibrant community, and requires physical stamina and excellent customer service skills.

Benefits

Access to Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)

Discounted rates for City Fitness Memberships

Access to the Perkopolis Perks program

Qualifications

• One year of experience performing duties related to facility maintenance.
• Ability to lift and carry objects up to 25kg.
• Experience with cleaning chemicals and bio fluids.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of facilities.
• Provide customer service to facility patrons.
• Perform various cleaning duties and tasks.

Skills

Physical ability

Verbal Communication

Education

Less than high school graduation or equivalent

Tools

Powered cleaning equipment

Job description

Posting Number: CC-25-06

Job Type: Casual Full-time, up to 8 Months, Union

Salary Range: $24.05 to $28.76 per hour

Location: Barrie, ON - Onsite (see below for more details)

Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 11:59 pm

The Opportunity

Recreation and Culture Services builds vibrant, healthy, active and connected communities by providing facilities and programs that give all Barrie residents an opportunity to participate in recreational activities. Key responsibilities include identifying community recreation needs and interests, developing and delivering recreation opportunities which meet these needs and interests, maintaining and operating recreational and cultural facilities to provide a setting for these activities, and managing the provision of space to external community providers and groups.

The Recreation Facilities Custodian position is responsible for the cleanliness and disinfection of the City's various facilities. Specifically, this position performs various cleaning duties and provides customer service to facility patrons. Overall, this position plays an integral role in maintaining City facilities to provide a safe, clean, and enjoyable environment for staff, residents, and visitors of the City of Barrie.

Our Culture And Qualifications Of The Job

Corporate Culture: Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community.

Equally important to what we do is how we do it - your actions reflect our core accountabilities of Personal Awareness, Teamwork and Collaboration, Respect and Inclusion, Innovation, and Service Excellence, which define how we work together to succeed.

Education (degree/diploma/certifications)

• Less than high school graduation or equivalent
  
  

Don’t meet the credentials as outlined but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Procedure to determine if you may qualify for equivalency. Further information is available at www.barrie.ca/government-news/jobs

• Position Equivalency Code: C
  
  

Experience

• One (1) year of experience performing duties related to the above mentioned major responsibilities
  
  

Knowledge/Skill/Ability

• Demonstrated Ability to:
• exert effort to lift, push, pull or carry objects weighing up to 25kg
• exert effort to perform physical tasks such as standing, walking, reaching, grasping, bending forward, stooping, kneeling, crouching and/or turning regularly
• perform repetitive physical tasks
• use of powered cleaning equipment such as swing machines, floor sweepers/scrubbers, power washers
• perform tasks with exposure to noise, cleaning chemicals, bio fluids and hazardous waste
• work independently with minimal supervision
• Intermediate skills include: Verbal Communication
• Availability to work evenings, weekends, or holidays
  

Conditions of Employment

• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check*
• Please note that this is a requirement of the position for any new employees to the City of Barrie in accordance with the Police Record Check Policy. Existing employees who have met this criteria will be exempt from this requirement.
  
  

Other Important Information

Location: Peggy Hill Team Community Centre, 171 Mapleton Avenue, Barrie, ON

Hours: The normal hours of work are 35 hours per week in accordance with the Collective Agreement.

Wage: This position is within the CUPE Local 2380 Bargaining Unit with the following pay level and 2025 pay range:

• Pay Level: Level 2
• Yearly Salary: $43,771.00 to $$52,343.20
• Hourly Pay Rate: $24.05 to $28.76
  
  

What We Offer: This position includes optional enrollment in the OMERS Primary pension plan, prorated paid sick time based on the expected duration of employment and in accordance with the Employment Standards Act, access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), discounted rates for City Fitness Memberships and Transit Passes, and access to the Perkopolis Perks program, which provides exclusive access to discounts on a wide range of products and services available to all City employees.

How to Apply: Click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top and/or bottom of the job posting to start the application process. Please note that emailed applications will not be considered.

Why Barrie?

The City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive, and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.

Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space, our beautiful waterfront, our lively downtown core and the nearby hills, wetlands, and forests. We also value connections; to our neighbours and the community, to our road and rail network, and to the opportunity Barrie provides to enjoy life.

Everything Barrie has to offer, from the water we drink to the roads we travel on, has one thing in common - municipal workers. Joining a municipality is one of the most rewarding, engaging, and exciting careers you could choose. It is a career you can take pride in knowing that every day you make a positive impact on an entire community. We are one team, with one goal and we all work together to continue making our community great.

The City of Barrie is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness and welcomes applications from qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices and we will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise if you require Code-protected accommodation and we will work with you to meet your needs.

The job posting has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities required of employees to do this job. For full position details, please request a copy of the job description by emailing [e-mail].