DutiesThe Grounds 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.
The Roads Maintenance Supervisor oversees the upkeep and repair of ditches, parking areas, and related roadside infrastructure within Parks Canada sites. They plan, conduct, and coordinate maintenance activities, including mowing/flail mowing, brushing, and gravel cleanup, ensuring safety and applicable standards are met. The role includes supervising staff, managing equipment and materials, and monitoring work quality and compliance with environmental guidelines.
APPLICABLE FOR ALL 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.
Important messages
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 apply on-line must contact prior to the closing date.
*** 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 possibly 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.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.