Groundskeeper (Full-time Interim)

Kenora, ON

Description

We are seeking a dedicated and hardworking individual to join our team as a Grounds Maintenance Worker to provide services across seasons. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the hospital's outdoor areas, including flower beds, sidewalks, pathways, and all hospital properties.

Duties include snow and ice clearing/management, weeding, sweeping, cutting grass and bushes, attending to flowers, trees, and shrubs, and removing litter and debris. Additional responsibilities involve mixing fuel for power equipment, cleaning and maintaining equipment, transporting waste to the transfer station, and painting parking lot stalls, road signage, and railings.

Why Work with LWDH? In this position, there are many benefits to joining our team:

• Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan enrolment, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans that includes inflation protections, survivor benefits, buyback options, and early retirement
• Pay in lieu of vacation and benefits provided
• A third party partnered, self-directed and initiated benefits package through Health Care Providers (HCP) Group Insurance is provided that includes customizable health and dental plans, life insurance, long-term disability benefits (LTD), and accidental death, disease and dismemberment (ADD&D) based on package eligibility
• Access to staff physiotherapy, onsite gym, Employee Assistance Program, staff wellness initiatives, an employee perks program, and much more!

Qualifications

• Grade 12 Diploma
• Possess a valid Class “G” Ontario Driver’s license
• Ability to operate all grounds-keeping equipment
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions
• Ability to work within limits and standards set out by policies, procedures, specifications, and legislation
• Dependable, competent, with ability to fulfill responsibilities
• Physically capable of performing the essential duties of the position
• An understanding of functions of a horticulturalist
• Reliable attendance record
• Previous experience as a groundskeeper
• Operation of power mowers, lawn tractors and grass cutters

We thank all applicants for their interest but advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. Qualified applicants may be considered for other comparable positions or within the same classification other than this posted position.

Please prepare your application in accordance with the qualifications posted in the job advertisement. LWDH is a proud and active partner in the All Nations Health Partners Ontario Health Team, working collaboratively towards the development of a seamless, patient-centre healthcare system. Applications will be screened based on the posted qualifications.

LWDH is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion and belongingness in our operations, throughout our workplace, and seeks to employ individuals who are committed to and value these principles.

We believe in and promote the rights of all persons with disabilities as outlined in the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA 2005) and its related Accessibility Standards Regulations. To meet this responsibility, LWDH will make appropriate accommodations, including alternative formats available. Please inform Human Resources of any accommodation(s) at any point throughout the recruitment and selection process to ensure your equal participation.

LWDH values the importance of creating a workplace that reflects the population it serves and promotes the representation of the Employment Equity groups as outlined by the Employment Equity Act (1993). Applicants are encouraged to self-declare at the time of application. For more information, to request an accommodation, or to report a frequently publicly posted advertised job posting, please contact the Human Resources Department at 807-468-9861 ext. 2393.