Horticulturalist

Job title:

Horticulturalist

Company

City of Kitchener

Job description

DescriptionHorticulturalistCompetition Number2024-051Job Code5120Posting DateJuly 25, 2024Closing DateAugust 2, 2024 (at 6:00pm)Job StatusPermanent Full-TimeThe City of Kitchener is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 270,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighbourhoods, its digital infrastructure, and its diverse economy.The City of Kitchener is WHERE you want to work! Learn more about the top reasons to join us:Position Overview:The Horticulturalist is responsible for greenhouse production and maintenance of floral displays and landscaped areas including design, planting, fertilizing, pruning, diagnosis of pests and diseases, and plant health care. This position provides quote estimation, installation, and maintenance of tropical plant inventory, provides design, construction, and layout of new landscaped areas, and applies pesticides.This position may work varying shifts, weekends, overtime, and winter call outs as required.Responsibilities:

• Work individually or within a team to perform all aspects of horticulture related work including plant propagation, growing, bed design, layout and installation, maintenance of landscape plantings, pruning, and plant health care.
• Work individually or within a team to plan and organize materials, supplies, and equipment to carry out daily job assignments.
• Identify and provide recommendations to Supervisor for all supplementary work required to maintain horticulture beds and support community gardens on City lands.
• Independently monitor and assess landscaping conditions and identify maintenance based on understanding of levels of service, plant health care and season planting plans.
• Operate various types of vehicles and equipment (e.g., tractors, loaders, small power equipment, etc.) as required.
• Perform required inspections of Community Gardens.
• Participate in the winter job pool process which results in winter job duties assignment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent.
• Diploma in Horticulture or an approved equivalent certificate in a related field.
• Minimum 1 year of related experience within the field of Commercial Horticulture (or equivalent as determined by the Corporation).
• Valid MTO driver’s license class “DZ” in good standing.
• Ministry of Environment Landscape or Structural Exterminator License.
• Proven knowledge and experience of methods and techniques in commercial horticulture relating to greenhouse operations, pruning, fertilizing, cultivation, soil elements, design, layout, and planting, interpreting blueprints, and landscape construction.
• Must successfully complete required progression criteria as it relates to this job title.
• Flexible to work varying shifts, rotational duties, weekends and overtime as required.
• Must be available for winter call out as required.
• Ability to participate as an effective team member.
• Must be reliable with a good attitude and employment record.

The City of Kitchener is committed to an equity-driven, inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free recruitment and selection process, and to ensuring our workforce reflects the full diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ persons, as well as other equity deserving groups.We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at , or 519-741-2200 ext. 7261 to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.We appreciate the interest of all applicants. Only candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.Please note that as per Human Resources Policy HUM-HIR-110, “Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials”:“The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Directors, General Managers, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity.The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full-time and part-time classifications.2. within the same Division in the case of students.”DepartmentInfrastructure ServicesDivisionParks and CemeteriesUnion AffiliationCUPE 68Number of Positions1Hours of Work40 hours per week, Monday to FridayLocationInitial LocationKitchener Operations FacilityCityKitchenerCompensationSalary Range$30.77-$32.58 per hourGrade/Band6 (under review)

Expected salary

$30.77 – 32.58 per hour

Location

Kitchener, ON

Job date

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 23:28:19 GMT

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