Park Maintenance Workers

Role Responsibilities

If you enjoy working outside and are committed to caring for Alberta Park’s facilities and campgrounds, come join our Maintenance Team in the Cold Lake District. We are looking for highly motivated, well-organized, responsible Maintenance Service Workers for the 2024 summer operating season.

Individuals will be part of a team accountable for providing regular maintenance and operational duties that support the day use areas, campgrounds, facilities and trail systems.

We are currently looking to hire Park Maintenance Workers for the following Provincial Parks in the Cold Lake District:

•    Cold Lake Provincial Park
•    Moose Lake Provincial Park 
•    Whitney Lakes Provincial Park
•    Garner Lake Provincial Park

As a Maintenance Service Worker (MSW1), duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

•    Lawn maintenance and minor repairs of facilities
•    Performing routine custodial and cleaning duties of park facilities
•    Responding to in-person requests for information on area amenities and park conditions, as needed
•    Performing routine and preventative maintenance on infrastructure, vehicles and equipment
•    Completing trail and signage projects
•    Reporting all maintenance concerns accordingly
•    Being familiar with and practicing all pertinent Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) policies, procedures and protocols as well as the Facility Emergency Response Plan and protocols.
•    Completing administrative tasks such as timesheets, expense claims, commencement and termination paperwork, and online courses

As the Park Maintenance Worker 2 (MSW2), primary duties include assisting with and performing MSW1 duties in addition to some front-line administrative and supervisory tasks such as: 

•    Conducting trail maintenance projects
•    Maintaining roads and parking lot areas
•    Assisting with playground routine inspections and maintenance
•    Installing and removing docks, maintaining beaches
•    Operating heavy equipment such as loaders, graders, groomers, garbage trucks, etc.)
•    Operating chainsaws, brushsaws and other higher risk equipment
•    Assists with water and wastewater system start-up/shut down and operating

All positions will require you to work various shifts including evenings, weekends and holidays. You have the opportunity to work up to 40 hours per week and will be paid for number of hours worked. You must have good physical stamina to be able to perform manual duties outdoors and in any type of weather conditions, rain or shine.

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.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Competencies relevant to Maintenance Worker positions include:

Agility – ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

Build Collaborative Environments – leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.

Systems Thinking – understands how the work done is part of a larger integrated environment.  Looks beyond own area and considers how own work impacts the work and success of others.

Creative Problem Solving – ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

Develop Self and Others – A commitment to learning and the desire to invest in the development of the capability of yourself and others.

Qualifications

Education and Experience
 
Maintenance Service Worker 1 (MSW1) 
•    Some high school education or directly related experience based on one year of experience for one year of education

Maintenance Service Worker 2 (MSW2) 
•    Some high school education and 1 year of directly related experience based on one year of experience for one year of education

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Additional Assets to be successful in some of the roles:

•    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
•    Chainsaw certification
•    Exceptional communication skills and comfort level in dealing with difficult customer interactions or complaints 

Notes

Terms of Employment:

•    Position start/end dates vary (start - early May, early June, mid-June; end dates – early September, end sept, mid October) 
•    Access to reliable transportation to and from place of work
•    Valid Alberta Class 5 Driver’s License or equivalent will be required. 
•    Final Candidates may be required to provide an acceptable 5yr Commercial Driver’s Abstract
•    Adherence to Alberta Parks Uniform Policy; all personal protective equipment is provided
•    These positions will require outdoor work in a variety of weather conditions
•    Training sessions at the beginning of employment are mandatory (late April/early May
•    Shared staff  housing accommodations may be available

In your Cover Letter, please indicate your position preference.

In your resume:

•    Include date ranges (month and year) associated with all education and work experience
•    Indicate whether your work experience was casual, part-time (PT) or full-time (FT) 
•    Example:  Legal Assistant: Jan 2016 – June 2019 (PT 3 eight hour  shifts per week)