Park Maintenance Supervisor

Role Responsibilities

Are you looking for an opportunity to work outdoors in Southern Alberta’s beautiful parks? Then this opportunity may be perfect for you!

The SW Area of Alberta Parks (including the Castle/Pincher Creek) is looking for a motivated and organized Park Maintenance Supervisor to help keep our Provincial Parks and recreation areas looking beautiful.  This permanent, full-time position will support the Park Maintenance Team Lead with the repair and upkeep of park infrastructure, equipment maintenance, start up and shutdown of campgrounds and day use areas, and recruitment and training of seasonal staff. The base of operation will be located at Beauvais Lake Provincial Park. 

Most of the work for this position will take place outdoors, surrounded by southern Alberta’s stunning mountains, lakes, forests and grasslands. The work will challenge your problem-solving abilities and build your technical skills. This job can be physically demanding, including the use of hand and power tools and the operation of vehicles with towing capability, and also requires some understanding of computer operations for administrative tasks. Water Distribution and Wastewater collection experience would be an asset but not required to this position. 

As part of the Maintenance team, you will strive to maintain Alberta Parks’ high standards ensuring quality customer service and high safety standards.  This position contributes to protecting the health and safety of park visitors and staff, maintaining the park’s natural beauty, maximizing the life span of infrastructure, and ensuring effective use of equipment and facilities.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Supervising and training staff to ensure all work is conducted in an efficient and safe manner, adhering to all applicable worksite health and safety requirements.
• Maintaining Park grounds and facilities to provide a safe, high-quality visitor experience
• Providing on-site support and coordination of daily tasks
• Ensuring assigned equipment and fleet vehicles are maintained to required standards to ensure safe and efficient operation
• Conducting purchasing and procurement for park operations, while adhering to all policies and procedures
• Supporting effective contract management of contracted services such as the removal of solid and liquid waste, basic cleaning, etc.
• Reporting back to supervisor on completed tasks and identifying outstanding maintenance issues
• Responding to in-person requests for information on area amenities and parks conditions, as needed
• Working alongside the maintenance service team to ensure daily activities and projects are completed to a high standard:
• Routine custodial and cleaning duties of park facilities including campgrounds, day use areas and trails systems
• Routine lawn and grounds maintenance
• Routine and preventative maintenance on infrastructure, vehicles, and equipment
• Trail and sign projects
• Safely operating small and mid-size equipment

APS Competencies

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.
 

Creative Problem Solving: Focuses on continuous improvement and increasing breadth of insight:

• Asks questions to understand a problem
• Looks for new ways to improve results and activities
• Explores different work methods and what made projects successful, shares learning
• Collects breadth of data and perspectives to make choices
   

Agility: Works in a changing environment and takes initiative to change:

• Takes opportunities to improve work processes
• Anticipates and adjusts behaviour to change
• Remains optimistic, calm, and composed in stressful situations
• Seeks advice and support to change appropriately
• Works creatively within guidelines
   

Drive for Results: Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes:

• Uses variety of resources to monitor own performance standards
• Acknowledges even indirect responsibility
• Commits to what is good for Albertans even if not immediately accepted
• Reaches goals consistent with APS direction
   

Develop Self and Others: Seeks out learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities:

• Reflects on performance and identifies development opportunities
• Takes initiative to stay current
• Shares with the team even when not asked
• Actively coaches and mentors direct reports

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Two-year technical diploma in a related field; or equivalent as described below

Equivalency:

• Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of: 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or 1 year of experience for 1 year of education
   

Other Requirements:

• Valid Class 5 Driver’s License (or equivalent) and a clean Driver’s Abstract
• Current Standard First Aid certificate
• Availability to work weekend and holiday shifts
   

Assets:

• Good working knowledge in the operation, maintenance and safety of small equipment, hand tools and power tools
• WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) training
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety legislation, policy, and guidelines
• Working knowledge of plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and mechanical systems
• Chainsaw certification
• OHV certification
• Computer skills
• Skid steer certification
• Experience in cleaning/custodial work or landscape maintenance
• Previous supervisory or leadership experience
• Strong communication, time management and teamwork skills
• Local knowledge of park facilities and services in the Southwest area
• Familiarity with campground operations

Notes

Terms of Employment

• Hours of work:  40-hour per week with 8-hour shift. Weekend and holiday work may be required.
• Adherence to Alberta Parks Uniform Policy
• These positions require outdoor work in a variety of weather conditions
• Access to reliable transportation to and from place of work
• Training sessions at the beginning of employment are mandatory
• Shared rental accommodations may be available
   

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: Assistant: Jan 2016 – June 2019 (PT 3 eight-hour shifts per week)

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate.
Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. 
 

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages- working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
• Leadership and mentorship programs