Parks Maintenance Attendant

Job Type: Casual Full-time, Up to 8 Months (April - November), Union

Salary Range: $26.84 to $32.13 per hour

Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Final date to receive applications: Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 11:59 pm

The Parks and Forestry Branch is part of the City of Barrie’s Operations Department. The Branch is responsible for the management, maintenance, and ongoing care of over 3,100 acres of waterfront, parkland and open space including 127 parks and 145 kilometers of trails. Services include horticulture displays and maintenance, turf management, shoreline maintenance, maintenance of parks amenities such as playgrounds, play courts, picnic shelters, and spray pads, waste collection, landscape construction, City's outdoor rink program, greenhouse operations, trails maintenance, and winter snow removal operations.

Under the general guidance and direction of the Parks Maintenance Foreperson, the Parks Maintenance Attendant is responsible for performing daily operational, maintenance, inspection, and repair activities for the City of Barrie's parks, trails, waterfront, and open spaces. Overall, this position plays an integral role in ensuring the City maintains a safe, clean, and suitable environment for its residents and visitors by preserving and enhancing the City of Barrie's parkland, natural open spaces, and trails.

The Parks and Forestry Branch currently has a need to fill several seasonal vacancies for eight (8) months from April to November 2026. Please note that successful candidates may be assigned to one of three specialized areas, including Parks Maintenance, Trail Maintenance and/or Waterfront Operations.

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Equally important to what we do is how we do it - your actions reflect our core accountabilities of Personal Awareness, Teamwork and Collaboration, Respect and Inclusion, Innovation, and Service Excellence, which define how we work together to succeed.

• Secondary School Diploma

Don’t meet the credentials as outlined but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Procedure to determine if you may qualify for equivalency. Further information is available at

Position Equivalency Code: A

• One (1) year of experience performing duties related to the major responsibilities of the position
• Demonstrated professional experience leading a crew, providing guidance, direction and instruction
• Demonstrated professional experience maintaining, inspecting, and repairing vegetation and turf
• Demonstrated professional turf experience including, but not limited to, mowing, trimming, over seeding and aerating turf

• General knowledge of the following legislation, regulations, or requirements:
  Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act;
  Occupational Health and Safety Act;
  Occupiers Liability Act;
  Ontario Electrical Safety Code;
  Technical Standards and Safety Act
• Working knowledge of the following legislation, regulations, or requirements:
  Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration (CVOR);
  Ontario Traffic Manual – Book 7 – Temporary Conditions
• General knowledge of landscape, parks, and trail construction techniques and materials
• Working knowledge of parks and vehicle maintenance and safe operation best practices
• Demonstrated ability to:
• exert effort to lift, push, pull, or carry objects for short periods of time
• generate ideas, conclusions, or solutions utilizing prescribed resources
• interact effectively and courteously with all levels of staff and contacts
• maintain a high standard of public relations at all times
• perform in a manner which is consistent with corporate goals, vision, mission, and values
• perform routine maintenance or minor repair on tools and equipment
• run, operate, maneuver, navigate, or drive vehicles or mechanized equipment
• select and apply suitable mathematical methods to conduct basic calculations including addition,…