Parks Maintainer Turf Specialist
About the role
Overview
The City of Kitchener is looking for a dedicated individual to join our team as a permanent full-time Parks Maintainer, Turf Specialist. In this role, you’ll be part of a collaborative Fields Maintenance team, handling all aspects of sports field maintenance. Your duties will include turf management, turf renovations, integrated pest management, irrigation repairs, troubleshooting, landscaping, grading, and related administrative tasks. Additionally, you’ll be responsible for winter maintenance duties. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and abilities, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Join us in making our parks and sports fields beautiful and safe for the community to enjoy!
Responsibilities
Daily Planning: Plan and organize materials, supplies, and equipment to carry out daily job assignments. Vegetation Control: Perform various vegetation control duties, cultural practices, and turf renovations in parks. Recommendations: Identify and provide recommendations to your supervisor for any additional work needed to maintain various turfgrass areas, such as turf renovation and irrigation. Turf Monitoring: Independently monitor and assess turf conditions, identifying maintenance needs based on your understanding of target turf composition, maintenance practices, biodiversity, irrigation systems, and integrated pest management (e.g., insects, disease, nutrient requirements, drainage, wear patterns). Record Keeping: Keep accurate records for field studies, project planning, and completed field work. Equipment Operation: Operate various types of vehicles and equipment, such as top dressers, overseeders, loader tractors, and mowers. Irrigation Systems: Repair and troubleshoot all irrigation systems and equipment. Complex Irrigation Maintenance: Maintain, operate, troubleshoot, read plans, and repair complex irrigation systems, including booster pumps, computer software, computer-controlled and manual field satellites, zone and control valves, electric sprinkler heads, in-ground piping, filtration systems, and multi-zone stations. Customer Service: Provide frontline customer service to the public and special interest groups. Winter Duties: Participate in the winter job pool process, which includes tasks like snow plowing and hand shoveling. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education
Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent. Successful completion of a Turf Management diploma at an accredited post-secondary institution or equivalent.
Experience
Minimum of 1-year Turfgrass maintenance experience and with related equipment.
Additional Requirements
Valid MTO class “G” driver’s license in good standing and be capable of upgrading to a “DZ” license within a 6-month period. Valid Ministry of Environment Landscape Exterminators license or equivalent.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Advanced computer skills. Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.
About City of Kitchener, ON
Kitchener is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is the regional seat. Kitchener is located about 100 km (62 mi) west of Toronto. Kitchener was previously known as Berlin until a 1916 referendum changing the name. The city covers an area of 136.86 km2, had a population of 233,222 at the time of the 2016 Census.
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Parks Maintainer Turf Specialist
About the role
Overview
The City of Kitchener is looking for a dedicated individual to join our team as a permanent full-time Parks Maintainer, Turf Specialist. In this role, you’ll be part of a collaborative Fields Maintenance team, handling all aspects of sports field maintenance. Your duties will include turf management, turf renovations, integrated pest management, irrigation repairs, troubleshooting, landscaping, grading, and related administrative tasks. Additionally, you’ll be responsible for winter maintenance duties. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and abilities, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Join us in making our parks and sports fields beautiful and safe for the community to enjoy!
Responsibilities
Daily Planning: Plan and organize materials, supplies, and equipment to carry out daily job assignments. Vegetation Control: Perform various vegetation control duties, cultural practices, and turf renovations in parks. Recommendations: Identify and provide recommendations to your supervisor for any additional work needed to maintain various turfgrass areas, such as turf renovation and irrigation. Turf Monitoring: Independently monitor and assess turf conditions, identifying maintenance needs based on your understanding of target turf composition, maintenance practices, biodiversity, irrigation systems, and integrated pest management (e.g., insects, disease, nutrient requirements, drainage, wear patterns). Record Keeping: Keep accurate records for field studies, project planning, and completed field work. Equipment Operation: Operate various types of vehicles and equipment, such as top dressers, overseeders, loader tractors, and mowers. Irrigation Systems: Repair and troubleshoot all irrigation systems and equipment. Complex Irrigation Maintenance: Maintain, operate, troubleshoot, read plans, and repair complex irrigation systems, including booster pumps, computer software, computer-controlled and manual field satellites, zone and control valves, electric sprinkler heads, in-ground piping, filtration systems, and multi-zone stations. Customer Service: Provide frontline customer service to the public and special interest groups. Winter Duties: Participate in the winter job pool process, which includes tasks like snow plowing and hand shoveling. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education
Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent. Successful completion of a Turf Management diploma at an accredited post-secondary institution or equivalent.
Experience
Minimum of 1-year Turfgrass maintenance experience and with related equipment.
Additional Requirements
Valid MTO class “G” driver’s license in good standing and be capable of upgrading to a “DZ” license within a 6-month period. Valid Ministry of Environment Landscape Exterminators license or equivalent.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Advanced computer skills. Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.
About City of Kitchener, ON
Kitchener is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is the regional seat. Kitchener is located about 100 km (62 mi) west of Toronto. Kitchener was previously known as Berlin until a 1916 referendum changing the name. The city covers an area of 136.86 km2, had a population of 233,222 at the time of the 2016 Census.