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The House of Commons Parliamentary Precinct Operations Services is is currently looking to create a pool of candidates for anticipatory staffing of the Maintenance and Material Handling Person roles.

The Maintenance and Material Handling Services provide a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week operation that includes office cleaning, custodial services, material handling, room set-up services, heritage preservation, a recycling program and special services throughout six Parliamentary Precinct buildings. Some services are extended to several satellite buildings.

As part of this team, you will be accountable for: the provision of quality and effective cleaning of all indoor space for the preservation, appearance and condition of interior finishes within the Parliamentary Campus, quality and effective cleaning services for outdoor courtyards and building entrances, Food Services areas and special events, timely delivery and pick up of materials and supplies, and for timely room set ups and equipment installations for events; performing office moves; making a significant contribution to the Greening the Hill program through the collection of recyclable and compostable materials; and performing, as required, other tasks of a physical nature.

You must be willing and able to:

• Work weekends and shiftwork (day, evening and night);
• Work overtime or irregular hours, on short notice;
• Wear CSA-approved boots;
• Work at heights from 4 to 25 feet.

This position requires extensive physical efforts and therefore, the candidates must successfully pass a pre-placement medical/ physical fitness assessment.

Top Reasons to Join the Maintenance and Material Handling Services Team

If you are a team player and enjoy working in a collaborative and operational environment, this position may be for you. You will play a key role in providing exceptional client service by performing a variety of operational tasks on Parliament Hill. As part of this dedicated team, you will be exposed to many facets of the organization by working closely with many other services and partners. Professionalism, tact and diplomacy will be required to perform the work.

• Training and development opportunities.
• Work-life balance /35-hour workweek
• 4 weeks’ vacation (minimum)

Education:

• Secondary School Diploma OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or relevant experience.

Experiences:

• Experience in performing industrial or commercial custodial cleaning functions; and/or;
• Experience in material handling and room set-ups (pick-up, delivery and handling of goods and furniture);
• Experience in operating a computer in a work environment (e-mail, Internet).

Assets:

• Possess a valid WHMIS 2015 for Workers certification issued as of January 2018 or later;
• Working at Heights Certification or equivalent;
• Experience with customer service.

**Please note that an electronic copy of the certifications will be required to be provided as part of the screening process.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace by providing a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. If you have an accommodation request, require material in an accessible format, or need additional support with the application process, please contact Recruitment and Selection Services at [email protected].

Each bilingual position is assigned a linguistic profile that identifies the level of second language proficiency for reading comprehension, written expression and oral interaction required. The profile for this position is A-A. Consideration may be given to candidates with other linguistic profiles. 

We invite you to save a copy of the notice of job opportunity. Once the closing date has passed, these documents will no longer be available.

Qualified candidates may be considered for future vacancies for this role or for other similar and/or related roles on an indeterminate and/or fixed term basis.

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