Duties
The Grounds Project Supervisor oversees the maintenance and upkeep of Parks Canada’s outdoor landscaped spaces, ensuring safety, cleanliness, and environmental standards are met. They coordinate, conduct, and oversee front-country seasonal landscape maintenance activities, and manage/maintain equipment and supplies. The role includes supervising staff, monitoring grounds, day use areas, and facilities for maintenance, repairs, or improvements while adhering to accepted landscaping and horticultural practices and standards. They also enforce health and safety regulations and provide training to team members for efficient operations.
The Garden Supervisor manages the care and maintenance of Parks Canada’s gardens and horticultural services, ensuring they meet ecological and current industry standards. They plan, conduct, and oversee planting, pruning, mowing, turf and irrigation maintenance, and seasonal landscaping activities, using sustainable practices. The role includes supervising staff, coordinating schedules, and maintaining tools and equipment. They also monitor plant health, implement pest control measures, and ensure compliance with safety and environmental guidelines.
APPLICABLE FOR BOTY POSITIONS:
This is outdoor, physically demanding work. You will be expected to perform strenuous physical activity effectively and safely, to work and travel in varied terrain and weather conditions and provide and wear sturdy protective footwear suitable for hiking and working in a mountainous environment. All positions will plan, conduct, and oversee snow removal services in the Banff Field Unit, and will be required to work varied schedules, standby, and overtime.
Work environment
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Intent of the process
This process may be used to create a list of qualified candidates to staff similar positions with various tenures, security levels or linguistic profiles in same or other parts of the country.
Positions to be filled
2
Important messages
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
You must provide contact information for 3 work references.
Living accommodations will not be provided.
We will only accept on-line applications received via the jobs.gc.ca site. Persons who are unable to on-line must contact
[email protected] prior to the closing date.
In support of achieving a diversified workforce, consideration may be given to candidates who self-identify as belonging to one of the designated employment equity groups under the Employment Equity Act: women, Indigenous Canadians, members of a racialized community and persons living with disabilities.
*** NOTE: When submitting your application to this selection process, you will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the Essential Qualifications (Education and all Essential Experiences) and Additional Qualifications.
Your job application must clearly demonstrate that you meet all the Essential Qualifications in order to move on to the next step. Do not forget to specify the period during which you have held each function (month and year), and where you acquired the qualification. The answers to the screening questions will be the main source of information that the assessment board members will be using to determine whether you have the essential qualifications for education and experience. Your resume must corroborate your answers to the screening questions. The lack of information in the form requested may result in the rejection of your application.
Note: Additional information may be requested after closing date for screening and/or assessment purposes.
Your application must clearly explain how you meet the following
Secondary school diploma according to provincial standards or an acceptable combination of education training and experience.
Learn more about degree equivalency.
EXPERIENCE IN:
Applicable to both positions:
- Experience in planning & carrying out maintenance tasks in a team environment;
- Experience in labouring tasks including the use, operation and maintenance of a range of manual and power tools as well as light and heavy duty equipment;
- Experience in providing leadership, supervision and direction to work crews, and reviewing performance;
- Experience in integrated pest management & identifying native and non-native vegetation related to landscaping tasks;
- Experience in the use of computers and computer programs (Outlook, Word & Excel);
- Experience in horticulture and in irrigation maintenance and turf management.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Knowledge of Parks Canada Agency;
- Knowledge of selecting and ing a range of general and semi-skilled repair, maintenance, construction, and installation methods, techniques and practices.
ABILITIES:
- Ability to identify hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and taking appropriate action to maintain a safe environment for self and others;
- Ability to analyze and resolve problems independently and propose corrective measures;
- Prioritize, organize, plan & execute tasks;
- Ability to interpret work instructions, shop drawings, plans and/or specifications & maintain work records and drawings;
- Ability to manage resources (time, human, physical and information) to achieve planned goals.
PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
- Exercises sound judgement;
- Personally connects with people;
- Strives for excellence;
- Communicates effectively;
- Makes things happen.
Applied / assessed at a later date
English essential - English Essential
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We're committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please contact the hiring organization below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.
Learn more about assessment accommodation.
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the population it serves. We promote employment equity and encourage you to self-declare if you belong to one of the designated employment equity groups when you .
Learn more about diversity and inclusion in the public service.
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Information you must provide
- Your résumé
- Contact information for 3 references
Respond to a text question addressing the following
We'd like to thank all those who . However, only the people selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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