Leadhand - Parks Operations

The Corporation of The City of Victoria • Victoria, BC

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The City of Victoria is seeking a dedicated Leadhand - Parks Operations to join our Parks Recreation & Facilities team. In this hands-on leadership role, you will coordinate and participate in the maintenance of parks and sport fields across the city, helping to keep our public spaces vibrant, healthy, and welcoming. We encourage individuals with strong horticultural, turf and irrigation knowledge to apply and be part of a team committed to excellence in parks operations.

Requirements

• High school graduation.
• Completion of 2-year Horticultural Diploma or completion of 4-year BC Trades Qualification in landscape horticulture. (4 years)
• Pesticide Applicators Licence. (40 hours)
• Current and valid Class 5 B.C. Driver's Licence.
• 2 years of horticultural experience including supervisory experience.
• or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, assign, review and participate in the work of approximately 9 staff involved in the maintenance of various horticultural areas of City parks and park construction; ensure schedules, procedures and established performance and safety standards are met; provide employee training and input to performance appraisals; complete time sheets.
• Lay out and construct new areas to be planted; make recommendations on plant selection and areas to be planted; maintain records and inventory of trees, shrubs, turf and annuals; inspect planted, seeded and turfed areas and initiate required maintenance programs such as irrigating and fertilizing.
• Evaluate and provide project costs resulting from various public works and contractor jobs to crew supervisor or manager; conduct site inspections at various locations to review work progress and quality.
• Review plans to confirm that the location of utilities and services have been marked out or flagged.
• Coordinate routes for seasonal work programs such as leaf pick up and branch pick up.
• Perform general maintenance to assigned park horticultural and sport field areas by planting, irrigating, fertilizing, and pruning; perform construction of boulevards and new landscaped areas; operate various hand tools and power equipment such as shovels, line trimmer, roto-tiller, electric shears, riding mowers, chainsaws, tractors, ditch-witch and turf-cutters.
• Determine and order materials and equipment as required; operate a variety of vehicles such as aerial bucket truck, vacuum truck and chipper to transport material and equipment; perform equipment maintenance; report repairs required and damage to equipment to supervisor and mechanic shop; maintain fuel and equipment supply for staff at various work sites; complete daily work records and equipment slips; respond to enquiries from the public, staff and outside agencies regarding general parks information.
• Perform related duties where qualified.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree