Grounds Foreman - Temporary

Career Opportunity

Grounds Foreman

$34.81 / hour

Il stl’i kw’els spipetstexw kw’eset ite xwelmexwelh stexwlaq temexws ye Stó:lo mestiyexw.

Mission Public School District is located on the Traditional, Ancestral, Unsurrendered, and Shared territories of Stó:lo people, of Leq'á:mel, Semá:th, Máthxwi, Sq'éwlets and Qwó:ltl'el First Nations, stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Halq'eméylem is the language of this land and of Stó:lo ancestors. The place from where Halq’eméylem (Upriver dialect) originates is Leq’á:mel. The language comes from the land, and it has been this way since time immemorial.

Le Conseil scolaire de Mission est situé sur les terres traditionnelles, ancestral es, non cédées et partagées du peuple Stó:lo, des Premières nations, Leq'á:mel, Sema:th, Matheqwí, Sq'éwlets et Qwó:ltl'el, peuples de cette terre depuis des temps immémoriaux.

Mission Public Schools is dedicated to providing our students with an educational environment that nurtures the development of an Educated Citizen. Located in the beautiful Fraser Valley, Mission is a vibrant and diverse community with over 6200 students and 850 employees. We are committed to providing a safe, equitable, and inclusive educational system for all students in our thirteen urban and rural elementary schools, two middle schools, one secondary school, distributed learning centre, alternative learning centre, and vocational and technical college.

Accommodations/adjustments are available for interviews and in the workplace. If selected for an interview Human Resources will provide information on how to request accommodation/adjustments.

Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Manager of Facilities, the Grounds Foreman performs work of an administrative, technical, supervisory, and manual nature involved in the provision of a Grounds program for Mission Public Schools. The Grounds Foreman is responsible for the maintenance of playing fields, and playgrounds, planted areas, field drainage systems and parking lots. A preventative maintenance program is overseen and performed by the Grounds Foreman, along with repair, renovations, and new construction work.

The Grounds Foreman plans, schedules and assigns work to grounds personnel and provides supervision, ensuring that standards are met. The job requires that changes be recommended to established methods or procedures. Work involves a choice of methods or procedures or sequence of operation. Considerable independence of judgment is exercised by the Grounds Foreman in dealing with daily operations, within departmental guidelines.

Regular written reports of Grounds activities are provided by the Grounds Foreman to the Manager of Facilities, or the Director of Operations who are consulted about difficult problems or concerns, along with proposals for resolutions, where possible.

• Supervise planned maintenance program of district grounds, consistent with departmental policy and standards
• Assess maintenance and repair work required by inspecting school district properties – estimating time and material costs and determining methods and equipment to be used
• Plan, schedule and supervise the work of grounds staff, including temporary employees hired for seasonal work
• Provide corrective feedback and developmental support to Grounds 1 and 2 Workers
• Provide input to Manager of Facilities regarding grounds department budget, eg. cost of new construction projects, equipment replacement
• Assist in the inspection of contracted grounds projects to ensure standards are met
• Maintain a suitable inventory of materials, supplies and equipment, ordering items as per departmental guidelines, preparing purchase requisitions as required
• Perform manual grounds work as required, driving trucks, operating equipment such as tractors with front end loader or back and front blades, movers, trimmers, sprayers, level; performs minor repairs and maintenance of equipment
• Attend departmental and supervisory meetings as required
• Development and implementation of Pest Management Plan
• Playground and site inspections and site maintenance
• Prepare reports on the status of grounds work as…