Mechanic's Helper - Non-Union - 1.0 FTE - 40 hours per week - Permanent #3949
Top Benefits
About the role
Mechanic's Helper Full-Time Permanent (1.0 FTE – 8 hours per day - 12 months ) Swift Current Bus Garage Competition # 3949 The Chinook School Division is proud to serve over 6,000 students in 60 schools, with over 1,000 collegial and student-centered teachers and support staff. We are a vibrant and progressive school division located within Saskatchewan's great Southwest. Our Division is committed to our guiding principles; Communication, Shared Responsibility, Positive Relationships and Ongoing Monitoring and Improvement. The Division affirms the right of all students and staff to be contributing members of a school community that is safe, caring and respectful of all people.
Chinook Is Committed To Supporting Diversity And Inclusion In Our Schools And Workplace As Indicated In AP 176. Successful Candidates Are Expected To
- understand the importance of supporting a welcoming environment;
- present a positive attitude towards inclusion and diversity;
- identify opportunities to support inclusion and diversity; and,
- take meaningful action.
Start Date : February 2, 2026 Qualifications
- Hold and maintain a valid driver's license
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Able to work as a team player
- Able to work co-operatively with garage personnel, bus drivers, and the public
- Able to do heavy work (exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects
D u t i e s m a y in c l u de but a re not limited to the foll o wing :
- Deal tactfully with staff and the public.
- Maintain the garage in a clean, neat, and well-organized manner.
- Practice safe work habits at all times
- Empty garbage containers as required
- Clean and organize common areas in the garage
- Assist mechanics with day-to-day servicing of buses and other school division owned vehicles
- Assist mechanics with the annual safety inspection of buses
- Wash and clean division vehicles, spare buses and route buses as required
- Pick up and deliver buses and other division vehicles as required
- Ensure spare buses are ready for their next use
- Assist mechanics with heavy or two person tasks
- Assist mechanics with telephone duties, i.e. answering the telephone during busy periods, taking messages, and making telephone calls
- Assist mechanics with inventory ensuring parts are in stock
- Practice safe work habits at all times
- Promote the vision, mission, principles and goals of the Chinook School Division
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Employee benefit package
- Positive work environment
- Pay range: $20.29 to $22.17 per hour
Applications must be submitted prior to 3:00 pm on December 29, 2025.
For more information about this position, please contact Travis Kelln, Superintendent of Schools and Transportation at 306-778-9200. Please submit your application to the attention of Shauna Lacher, Manager of Human Resources.
Please note: all successful applicants must agree to a Criminal Record Check including a Vulnerable Sector Search as a condition of employment.
Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
By virtue of the submission of the application, the applicant agrees that the Director or designate can contact previous employers for the purpose of conducting confidential reference checks whether or not the applicant has listed a reference for that employer.
About Chinook School Division #211
The Chinook School Division is proud to serve approximately 6000 students in 62 schools, with 1125 collegial and student centered teachers and support staff. We are a vibrant and progressive school division located within Saskatchewan's great Southwest.
Our Division's aim is to continue to be an educational leader in the province providing unique opportunities, services and support to all children in southwestern Saskatchewan. Our educational community believes and values collegiality, professional growth, authentic partnerships, and assessment for learning where improving student learning opportunities is paramount.
Chinook, encompassing an area of 42 750 square kilometres, is the second largest school division in the province. Situated in beautiful Southwestern Saskatchewan, its geographical boundaries begin 80 kilometres east of Swift Current and include the United States border to the south, the Alberta border to the west and the Saskatchewan River to the north.
We are known for our geographical wonders, our friendly communities, and our innovation and leadership in education. Located within our Division are the Cypress Hills and Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Parks, the Great Sand Hills, Scotty the T-Rex, and the Grasslands National Park. The Southwest offers its residents outstanding educational opportunities, excellent health care, shopping, and first class cultural and recreational facilities. Historical sites across the region will take you back to Chief Sitting Bull, the forming of the North West Mounted Police and the building of Fort Walsh. This is only part of the story, because the history of this area goes back ten thousand years, and each visit presents you with a new adventure. Our area's economy is based primarily on manufacturing, agriculture, and petroleum.
Mechanic's Helper - Non-Union - 1.0 FTE - 40 hours per week - Permanent #3949
Top Benefits
About the role
Mechanic's Helper Full-Time Permanent (1.0 FTE – 8 hours per day - 12 months ) Swift Current Bus Garage Competition # 3949 The Chinook School Division is proud to serve over 6,000 students in 60 schools, with over 1,000 collegial and student-centered teachers and support staff. We are a vibrant and progressive school division located within Saskatchewan's great Southwest. Our Division is committed to our guiding principles; Communication, Shared Responsibility, Positive Relationships and Ongoing Monitoring and Improvement. The Division affirms the right of all students and staff to be contributing members of a school community that is safe, caring and respectful of all people.
Chinook Is Committed To Supporting Diversity And Inclusion In Our Schools And Workplace As Indicated In AP 176. Successful Candidates Are Expected To
- understand the importance of supporting a welcoming environment;
- present a positive attitude towards inclusion and diversity;
- identify opportunities to support inclusion and diversity; and,
- take meaningful action.
Start Date : February 2, 2026 Qualifications
- Hold and maintain a valid driver's license
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- Able to work as a team player
- Able to work co-operatively with garage personnel, bus drivers, and the public
- Able to do heavy work (exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects
D u t i e s m a y in c l u de but a re not limited to the foll o wing :
- Deal tactfully with staff and the public.
- Maintain the garage in a clean, neat, and well-organized manner.
- Practice safe work habits at all times
- Empty garbage containers as required
- Clean and organize common areas in the garage
- Assist mechanics with day-to-day servicing of buses and other school division owned vehicles
- Assist mechanics with the annual safety inspection of buses
- Wash and clean division vehicles, spare buses and route buses as required
- Pick up and deliver buses and other division vehicles as required
- Ensure spare buses are ready for their next use
- Assist mechanics with heavy or two person tasks
- Assist mechanics with telephone duties, i.e. answering the telephone during busy periods, taking messages, and making telephone calls
- Assist mechanics with inventory ensuring parts are in stock
- Practice safe work habits at all times
- Promote the vision, mission, principles and goals of the Chinook School Division
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Employee benefit package
- Positive work environment
- Pay range: $20.29 to $22.17 per hour
Applications must be submitted prior to 3:00 pm on December 29, 2025.
For more information about this position, please contact Travis Kelln, Superintendent of Schools and Transportation at 306-778-9200. Please submit your application to the attention of Shauna Lacher, Manager of Human Resources.
Please note: all successful applicants must agree to a Criminal Record Check including a Vulnerable Sector Search as a condition of employment.
Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
By virtue of the submission of the application, the applicant agrees that the Director or designate can contact previous employers for the purpose of conducting confidential reference checks whether or not the applicant has listed a reference for that employer.
About Chinook School Division #211
The Chinook School Division is proud to serve approximately 6000 students in 62 schools, with 1125 collegial and student centered teachers and support staff. We are a vibrant and progressive school division located within Saskatchewan's great Southwest.
Our Division's aim is to continue to be an educational leader in the province providing unique opportunities, services and support to all children in southwestern Saskatchewan. Our educational community believes and values collegiality, professional growth, authentic partnerships, and assessment for learning where improving student learning opportunities is paramount.
Chinook, encompassing an area of 42 750 square kilometres, is the second largest school division in the province. Situated in beautiful Southwestern Saskatchewan, its geographical boundaries begin 80 kilometres east of Swift Current and include the United States border to the south, the Alberta border to the west and the Saskatchewan River to the north.
We are known for our geographical wonders, our friendly communities, and our innovation and leadership in education. Located within our Division are the Cypress Hills and Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Parks, the Great Sand Hills, Scotty the T-Rex, and the Grasslands National Park. The Southwest offers its residents outstanding educational opportunities, excellent health care, shopping, and first class cultural and recreational facilities. Historical sites across the region will take you back to Chief Sitting Bull, the forming of the North West Mounted Police and the building of Fort Walsh. This is only part of the story, because the history of this area goes back ten thousand years, and each visit presents you with a new adventure. Our area's economy is based primarily on manufacturing, agriculture, and petroleum.