Temporary Labourer (Roads)
About the role
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Hours of Work: 40
Job location: Kitchener Operations Facility
Pay: $25.64
HourlyGrade/Band: TL1
Job Posting Start Date: 11/30/2025
Job Posting End Date: 04/30/2026
Department: INS-Infrastructure Services Department
Division: INS-Operations Roads and Traffic Division
Union Code: C.U.P.E. Local 68
Req Id: 548
Job Code: 5500
Number of Openings: 6
Overview
The City of Kitchener is seeking candidates to fill temporary labourer positions in the Roads and Traffic division.
(Temporary Full Time for Approximately 5 Months)
Responsibilities
- Asphalt-related repairs and maintenance of roads.
- Concrete related repairs and maintenance of sidewalks, curbs, catch basins, and manholes.
- Maintaining waste receptacles, cleaning up garbage and debris from streets, sidewalks and alleys in the Downtown core, as well as on City & Regional roadways, city-owned property, bush & dense bush areas and parkland.
- Winter work includes snow plowing and salting.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education
- Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent.
Additional Requirements
- Valid MTO DZ class driver's license in good standing and ability to provide Drivers.
- Available for winter call outs as required.
- Shift work may be required for winter maintenance activities.
- Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Good communication skills with an ability to keep accurate written records.
- Able to perform a wide variety of duties including manual labour and be prepared to be trained in the operation of all related equipment and work skills.
- Good customer service skills.
- Ability to participate as an effective team member.
The City of Kitchener is committed to an equity-driven, inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free recruitment and selection process, and to ensuring our workforce reflects the full diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ persons, as well as other equity deserving groups.
We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact workforce@kitchener.ca to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.
We appreciate the interest of all applicants. Only candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.
Please note that as per Human Resources Policy HUM-HIR-110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":
"The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Directors, General Managers, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity.
The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:
1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full-time and part-time classifications.
2. within the same Division in the case of students."
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 5 months
Pay: $25.64 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Work Location: In person
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.
Temporary Labourer (Roads)
About the role
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
Hours of Work: 40
Job location: Kitchener Operations Facility
Pay: $25.64
HourlyGrade/Band: TL1
Job Posting Start Date: 11/30/2025
Job Posting End Date: 04/30/2026
Department: INS-Infrastructure Services Department
Division: INS-Operations Roads and Traffic Division
Union Code: C.U.P.E. Local 68
Req Id: 548
Job Code: 5500
Number of Openings: 6
Overview
The City of Kitchener is seeking candidates to fill temporary labourer positions in the Roads and Traffic division.
(Temporary Full Time for Approximately 5 Months)
Responsibilities
- Asphalt-related repairs and maintenance of roads.
- Concrete related repairs and maintenance of sidewalks, curbs, catch basins, and manholes.
- Maintaining waste receptacles, cleaning up garbage and debris from streets, sidewalks and alleys in the Downtown core, as well as on City & Regional roadways, city-owned property, bush & dense bush areas and parkland.
- Winter work includes snow plowing and salting.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education
- Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent.
Additional Requirements
- Valid MTO DZ class driver's license in good standing and ability to provide Drivers.
- Available for winter call outs as required.
- Shift work may be required for winter maintenance activities.
- Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Good communication skills with an ability to keep accurate written records.
- Able to perform a wide variety of duties including manual labour and be prepared to be trained in the operation of all related equipment and work skills.
- Good customer service skills.
- Ability to participate as an effective team member.
The City of Kitchener is committed to an equity-driven, inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free recruitment and selection process, and to ensuring our workforce reflects the full diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ persons, as well as other equity deserving groups.
We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact workforce@kitchener.ca to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.
We appreciate the interest of all applicants. Only candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.
Please note that as per Human Resources Policy HUM-HIR-110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":
"The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Directors, General Managers, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity.
The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:
1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full-time and part-time classifications.
2. within the same Division in the case of students."
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 5 months
Pay: $25.64 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Work Location: In person
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.