Merritt is a small, caring, resilient city located in the stunning Nicola Valley of BC. We are surrounded by a spectacular sprawling rugged landscape at the hub of the Coquihalla highway mountain pass. Living in Merritt, you'll find short commutes, big city amenities and an abundance of outdoor and indoor recreation and leisure amenities for all ages and preferences.

Working at the City of Merritt, you'll join a team of caring coworkers and innovative roll-up-your-sleeves who are passionate about public service and determined to make a difference. Whether we're delivering essential services, running community recreation programs, or more, our team takes pride in helping Merritt to be an attractive, sustainable, healthy and safe small city. We work together to build a respectful and inclusive workplace that reflects our values and the community we serve

Seasonal Outside Workers (Labourers) take pride in contributing to the success of the team. They work in all weather conditions to maintain Merritt’s public grounds so they can be enjoyed by our City’s residents and visitors during the spring and summer seasons.
As a Seasonal Outside Worker, you will assist in maintaining the City parks, landscapes, sidewalks, streets, roads, the cemetery, compost, airport, lawn bowling, and baseball diamonds. With your customer-service orientation, your duties may include landscaping, planting bulbs, shrubs, weeding gardens, pruning, raking and helping the team to repair potholes, concrete, and bricks. You will run small equipment such as mowers, weedwhackers, skid steers and you may drive light-duty trucks or other equipment related to the work.

This position requires 8 hours per day, 5 days per week.  As part of your role, you may also be required to participate in an on-call rotation.

• The ability to work safely and efficiently 
• Knowledge and experience in the methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in related maintenance and the proper and safe operation of various hand and power tools and other equipment related to the work. 
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to deal tactfully, courteously and accurately with the public and Municipal staff, work effectively within a team.
• Enthusiastic, positive attitude and customer-service orientation.
• Ability to analyze and troubleshoot.
• Sound judgement to perform duties as assigned and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to keep simple records of the work performed.
• Sufficient physical strength, stamina and coordination to perform heavy manual outdoor work in all weather conditions.

For new hires and those working in designated positions of trust, employment is conditional on a satisfactory police information check.

This position is within the union bargaining unit and the rate of pay is $31.43 per hour, (2025 rate) with 14% in lieu of benefits upon completion of probation.

If you are a safety-minded individual with a strong work ethic and customer service orientation who takes pride in contributing to a team's success, we invite you to apply.

This position will be posted until Friday, March 14, 2025; for full consideration, apply today!

The City of Merritt is an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and are committed to building a respectful and inclusive workplace that reflects the community we serve.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.