Seasonal Grounds Keeper (Equipment Operator)

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; Banff; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A cultural organization is seeking a Seasonal Equipment Operator for grounds maintenance and snow removal on campus in Banff, Canada. This role involves operating various equipment and performing landscaping duties to ensure safety and aesthetics year-round. Applicants should have at least two years of grounds keeping experience and a Class '5' Alberta driver's license. The position is unionized and offers an hourly rate between $18.02 and $18.92, alongside benefits including housing options and professional development.

Benefits

Transitional staff housing options

Employee Assistance Program

Professional Development

Cafeteria and restaurant discounts

Discounted fitness facility

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' professional grounds keeping/landscaping experience.
• Good working knowledge of grounds maintenance and horticultural practices.
• Able to perform strenuous physical work in all weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Perform landscaping work including leveling and preparing grounds.
• Conduct winter-related duties for safety including snow removal.
• Daily cleaning of campus grounds and maintaining aesthetic standards.

Skills

Grounds keeping

Landscaping

Snow removal

Operation of small power tools

Operation of light to heavy equipment

Education

Class '5' Alberta driver's license

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Small machines

Heavy equipment

Job description

This is a term position to March 31, 2026.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential.

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity acknowledges, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minhrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nation – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Rockyview District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

The Opportunity

Physical Facilities is looking for a Seasonal Equipment Operator to perform grounds maintenance, snow removal, and landscape construction on campus. Responsibilities will change with the seasons, with the main priority of ensuring the safety of the physical grounds for all visitors to campus.

Roles And Responsibilities

• 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.
• Operate 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 Facilities Maintenance 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.
• Assist 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 Seasonal Equipment Operator 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, hourly support staff position, subject to a 500-hour probationary period.
• This position pays $18.02 to $18.92 per hour working up to 37.5 hours per week on a regular schedule.
• This is a term position to March 31, 2026.
• Benefits of working at Banff Centre are:
  • Transitional staff housing options (based on availability)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Professional Development
  • Staff cafeteria and restaurant discounts
  • Onsite fitness facility at a discounted rate – first month free for new staff!

Application Process

• We are accepting applications for the Seasonal Grounds Keeper (Equipment Operator) position until a suitable candidate has been found.
• Candidates offered a position with Banff Centre, in this capacity, will be required to obtain a criminal record check verifying a clear record prior to extension of a final employment offer.
• Visa Requirements: Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada. Banff Centre is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.

Commitment to Diversity

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is committed to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive campus for students, faculty, staff and visitors. Guided by our values, Banff Centre is rooted in Alberta with provincial, national and global impact. Our strength arises from inclusion; the diversity of people, ideas, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds in our work and team. We encourage women; First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression to apply.

Privacy Statement

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