About Our Organization

When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary

The City of Guelph is looking for hardworking, motivated team players who enjoy working outdoors and want to play a part in making our City fun, accessible and welcoming these summer months. You will have the opportunity to build friendships, interact the community, and contribute to making Guelph a great city. If you like working as part of a team, enjoy a variety of duties and like getting a little dirty this is the opportunity for you!

How to apply:Applications are received online, effective December 20, 2023. First consideration will be given to applicants that apply prior to February 4, 2024.

Please follow the instructions and follow all steps:

• Be sure to complete all the steps when creating your profile
• Answer the short online screening questionnaire specific to this position
• Attach both your cover letter and resume saved as one document
• State the position(s) you are interested in
• If you have already created a profile, you may simply login to begin your application.

Rate of pay

$17.23 per hour

Qualifications for Summer General Labourer positions:

• Valid G or G2 Driver’s licence and a minimum of 2 years driving experience. Successful candidates will be required to provide driver’s abstract that meets the requirement’s outlined in the City’s Fleet Policy prior to start date.
• Ability to work from April to August. Some positions will continue until end of October.
• Ability to work with various small tools and equipment
• Ability to perform physical work and in all types of weather
• Ability to work with or without supervision
• Strong focus on quality customer service
• Demonstration of community mindedness through volunteering, community outreach and other initiatives is an asset
• Experience in landscaping, construction, farming or other related experience is an asset

Positions Available:

• Turf Maintenance: Working on the Turf team means you are helping keep our parks clean and maintained for picnics, reading a book, or playing fetch. This position is primarily responsible for turf maintenance and related services within City parks, facilities, and road allowances.
• Sports Fields Maintenance: Working on the Sports team means you are keeping our parks clean and maintained for leagues, tournaments, and friendly competition. This position is primarily responsible for sports field maintenance, waste collection, and related services within City parks.
• Horticulture: Working on the horticulture team means you are helping to make Guelph’s gardens and outdoor spaces beautiful. This role performs horticultural activities, including bed preparation, planting, transplanting, weeding, cultivating, pruning, fertilizing, weed vegetative control, and maintenance of trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials on City properties.
• Park Infrastructure: Working on the infrastructure teams means supporting clean, well maintained parks structures across the city for our community to enjoy. This position includes cleaning and minor maintenance of our parks building and structures, providing park patrol, and safe operation of our city’s amusement rides and splash pads.
• Urban Forestry: Working on the Urban Forestry teams mean you are helping with the care and culture of young trees across the city.
• Trails Maintenance: Working on the Trails team means you are helping keep our parks clean and maintained for walking, cycling, exploring. This position is primarily responsible for trails maintenance, waste collection, and related services within City parks, facilities, and road allowances.
• Natural Area Stewardship: Working on the NAS team means you are improving the ecology of Guelph’s parks and natural areas. This position is primarily responsible for duties related, but not limited to planting and maintaining young trees, managing invasive species, and reducing human wildlife conflicts.

The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual needs in keeping with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance.

Personal information collected through the recruitment process will be used solely to determine eligibility for employment. We thank all candidates in advance; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.