Responsible for assisting the Civic Works Department on various tasks related to the maintenance of City properties, including parks and boulevards.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Assistant Manager of Operations, you will be responsible for manual work entailing physical effort in the performance of a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, cutting weeds, brush, or grass using tools such as a lawn mower, power grass trimmer, whip, and lopping shears and rakes.

An employee of this class works under the close supervision of a working foreperson.

Qualifications

The successful candidates will be registered in a full-time program at a post-secondary institution and will have the physical ability to carry out the duties of the position as described.

A BC Driver’s Licence Class 5 or “N” is essential.

This position is a CUPE Local 2262 position with an attractive hourly rate of $20.52 plus 10% in lieu of benefits.

Successful candidates may be invited back for subsequent seasons.

Please visit our website at www.castlegar.ca for a full job description and information about our community.

This is a full time, temporary position from May 5-August 29, 2025

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their detailed resume via email by 9:00AM on April 4, 2025 to hr@castlegar.ca with the subject line Summer Student.

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position and advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada.

About Castlegar

Live more at one-third the average housing price of metro Vancouver and two-thirds the B.C. average.

Be an outdoors action hero in the West Kootenay wild, in British Columbia’s interior, where the Columbia and Kootenay rivers meet and endless adventures are right in your backyard.

Work for a City going places – with an ambitious vision, a dynamic municipal government, and a track record of doing cool things – including Millennium Ponds, Sculpturewalk, and an ongoing refresh of Columbia Avenue, our main artery.

The City of Castlegar is growing and we’re looking for the perfect person to get in on the action.

Learn More

To view all available job positions or learn about applying for a City position, please visit castlegar.ca/careers