Trades - Landscape Tech

Staff - Union Job Category CUPE 116 Job Profile

CUPE 116 Salaried - Trades 2 - Landscape Technician 2 Job Title Trades 2 - Landscape Tech 2 Department Groundskeepers | Athletics and Recreation Compensation Range $6,774.00 - $7,226.00 CAD Monthly Posting End Date March 1, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date Ongoing

We are hiring for one vacancy.

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The Landscape Technologist is responsible for the maintenance of all hard/soft outdoor surfaces for the Athletics and Recreation department at the University of British Columbia Point Grey Campus. The Landscape Technologist performs Sports Field maintenance tasks, horticultural tasks as well as skilled soft/hard landscape practices such as design, construction, pruning, nursery work, propagation, pesticide and chemical application, asphalt and concrete repair.

Athletics & Recreation (A&R) is a department within the VP Students portfolio, with a strong focus on creating an exceptional UBC student experience. The A&R Department has a team of approximately 125 employees, and is led by a strong cross‑unit management team. It services over 60,000 students through recreational programming, 26 varsity teams, 13 competitive club teams, along with thousands of members of the UBC community.

This role will support the Athletics Head Groundskeeper in maintaining the Thunderbird Park and Stadium fields.

• Performs routine maintenance in all types of horticultural situations or in a specific field of expertise, such as irrigation, playing field maintenance, landscape construction, tree maintenance.
• Performs most or all specialized groundskeeping tasks, such as design, soft/hard landscape construction on a small or large scale, pruning of trees and shrubs, propagation of plant material, pesticide and chemical applications, turf installations, asphalt and concrete paver installation and maintenance, and the maintenance of accession records and inventories.
• Performs repair and maintenance on a variety of synthetic turf surfaces.
• Assigns work to labourers, apprentices, and supervises the quality of their work.
• Participates in the training of apprentices and labourers.
• Evaluates planting beds, trees, lawns, specialty plantings and soil conditions to determine plant health, soil fertility and the general condition of the campus landscape; reports findings to supervisory staff and makes a joint determination of the correct course of action for proper care; initiates input into the plant accession system to ensure the correct identification and labeling of plants in the gardens' plant collections.
• Operates standard power equipment, such as walk‑behind mowers, line trimmers, blowers, hedge trimmers, and lawn‑edgers to perform soft/hard landscape activities; carries out routine minor maintenance on small equipment and reports faulty equipment to the appropriate staff.
• May be required to drive a truck and use specialty equipment, such as large chain saws, power‑spraying equipment, riding mowers, tractors, bobcat, high lift, tree climbing equipment, asphalt roller and other equipment needed for specialized tasks.
• May design, install and maintain landscape drainage, sprinkling and irrigation systems excluding piping from the main water line to the backflow prevention device.
• Acquires materials and equipment as required for the job in coordination with the Head Groundskeeper.
• Keeps written records of fertilizer and pesticide use as necessary for documentation for the government, department and the University and for future reference.
• Communicates to the clients about work intentions and considers client needs in order to establish a good working environment and to provide knowledge wherever possible.
• Works in a correct…