Public Works - Summer Labourer

POSITION : Public Works Labourer - Summer

Position Summary

Summer employment opportunities exist for two (2) Seasonal Public Works Labourers in the Town of Barrhead. This is a temporary position from May 2025 until August 2025 inclusive. Successful applicants will assist Town crews in maintaining and servicing Town infrastructure, ensuring the safety of the general public, fellow employees, and themselves at all times.

Duties and Responsibilities

This position performs duties involving the maintenance of roads, storm water management, water distribution, sewage collection systems, garbage collection and recycle operations.

• Providing labour assistance to Public Works employees.
• Operating tools or equipment as per training.
• Interacting and providing public assistance in a pleasant and efficient manner.
• Maintaining Public Works Shop in a clean, safe, and organized manner.
• Ensuring personal and public safety and wearing appropriate clothing, footwear, goggles, and hard hat when required.
• Weed whipping, tree trimming, or brushing by roads and lanes.
• Crack filling, tarring roads, pothole repairs, sidewalk repair / replacement, cleaning gutters and catch basins, clearing / brushing for traffic sign visibility.
• Shop / yard maintenance (washing, cleaning, painting, carpentry).
• Filling in for Public Works staff during holidays (i.e. Sanitation Crew, Recycle, Landfill).
• Other duties as required by the Director of Public Works.

Skills and Attributes

Education and Experience

Reports To

Director of Public Works

Hours of Work

40hrs / week of shift work. Day shifts including some evening or weekend shifts as required.

Salary

$22.80 - $29.46 / hour

Application Deadline

This position remains open until the right candidates are found.

Position Period

May - August 2025

Submit Your Application and / or Resume To :

Sheldon Flett, Director of Public Works

PO Box 4189

Barrhead, AB, T7N 1A2

Or email sflett@barrhead.ca

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