Casual Labourer - (Solid Waste) Full-time Job
Apr 18th, 2025 at 15:22 General Category Ottawa 32 views Reference: 12978Job Details
Requisition ID: 15932
Department: Public Works Dept.
Service: Solid Waste Services
Branch: City Space Waste Operations Branch
Employment Type: Mutiple Casual Positions
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
Salary Information: $17.566 per hour (2024 rates of pay)
Location: 2799 Swansea Crescent
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Labourer Jobs
Application Close: 31/12/2025
JOB SUMMARY
The Public Works and Environmental Services Department is responsible for ensuring the City’s municipal infrastructure is properly operated and maintained, and for overseeing drinking water production and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, surface water management, and solid waste collection, processing and disposal.
You are responsible for providing complementary maintenance and labour support for Service Areas within Public Works and Environmental Services.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Completion of some secondary school (minimum Grade 10)
Up to 1 month of experience.
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
KNOWLEDGE
- General knowledge of City Services
- Proper lifting techniques
- Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers
COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Operation with the use of hand tools and power tools (jack hammers, tampers, levels, chainsaws push snow blower push mowers and grass trimmers)
- Establish and maintain a good working relationship with management, other employees, and the general public
- Must be able to successfully complete a Back-fit Test
- Possess the physical capability to perform the ongoing duties of the position
- Work in a variety of weather conditions with exposure to the outdoor elements
- Ability to communicate with the general public and staff
- Reliability
- Self-motivated
- Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy
- Physical capacity to perform the duties of the position
- Displays initiative and willingness to contribute
- Effective team member
- Must be able to work different work schedules, including weekends and statutory holidays
- Work overtime as required
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing
- Driver’s License Requirement: A valid Ontario unrestricted G class driver’s license (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerit points accumulated
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
