Requisition ID: 20702
Department: Public Works Dept.
Multiple Positions
Salary Information: $17.600 per hour (2026 rates of pay)
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Summer Student Recruitment
Application Close: 01/06/2026
JOB SUMMARY
The mandate of Parks, Forestry and Stormwater Services is to provide municipal drainage, laboratory testing services for drinking water, solid wastes, effluents, receiving waters and ground waters, stormwater management, engineering and environmental monitoring, parks (including lawn, landscaping, play structures, outdoor field maintenance, and winter maintenance services) and forestry (municipal forests, street and park trees) services in the City of Ottawa. Services and programs are designed to provide a one-stop shop for Ottawa residents, where they can access educational (by-laws and standards), preventative (home owners and landlords) and maintenance service requests (general public) within the service group.
You are responsible for carrying out landscape maintenance activities within assigned parks.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
High School Student - minimum completion of Grade 10
Minimum of 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience is required, including horticulture experience
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
Valid Ontario unrestricted G class driver’s licence (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerit points accumulatedKNOWLEDGE
COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request.
Summer Student - Maintenance Helper Horticulture • Ottawa, ON