Position Type:
Regular Full Time (RFT)
Closing Date:
September 1, 2025
Salary/Wage Range:
$74,741.00 - $93,426.00
Working for the City of Burlington
A great career is closer than you think. Come work for the City of Burlington, where you'll be joining an innovative and progressive workplace focused on building a 21st century city that respects the diversity of our residents, visitors and employees; and prioritizes continuous opportunities for you to learn and grow.
We don't just spend time attracting the best talent. We spend time and resources to keep the best talent. This may include: flexible working hours, mobile and hybrid working arrangements, a great pension and benefits package, as well as programs to foster innovation and leadership.
Hours of Work
40 hours per week
Department
Recreation, Community & Culture
Location
This position is required to work in person at various sites across the City. Work location is subject to change at the discretion of the City due to operational demands.
Position Overview
This position is responsible for maintaining a clean and safe facility/environment, which meets expectations of the customers (internal and external), ensuring the provision of janitorial, minor mechanical and electrical maintenance services. This position also has additional responsibilities for general administration of facilities, which includes the scheduling, task supervision and co-ordination of staff and contractors. The location of this position could be located in arenas, pools, community centres, specialty or corporate facilities.
Responsibilities
The Operations Supervisor is responsible for:
- Supporting program and service delivery by maintaining clean, safe and available facilities
- Coordinating facility set-up/take down requests, working with staff and customers while ensuring accurate collection of users needs
- Supervising and coordinating staff schedules based on need of facility and providing daily and on-going direction on workload, priorities and task supervision
- Working with the Manager of Facility Operations to ensure annual performance reviews are completed on time. Communicating regularly with staff on updates and operational issues
- Coordinating, scheduling and providing training opportunities for operations staff to learn/review emergency procedures, health & safety procedures and customer service skills
- Assisting with the development and implementation of procedures for safety inspections and preventative maintenance programs
- Maintaining and securing recreation facilities by providing administration, maintenance, janitorial services, emergency, security and fire safety services
- Organizing contractors associated with the facility’s operation (i.e. cleaning, maintenance, snow removal etc.) and ensuring daily log of all maintenance and legislated requirements is completed
- Supporting the budget process by planning and maintaining budget for facility as well as prepare and coordinate reports and statistics related to areas of responsibility
- This position participates in Supervisor on Duty program rotation and Facility Operations on-call services for facilities.
Requirements
Applicants require a Diploma in facilities management or in a discipline related to facility operation and maintenance. Management training or experience supervising staff would be an asset.
The Operations Supervisor requires three (3) years of experience in physical plant (arenas, pools, community centres) operations, including HVAC, security systems, plumbing and electrical work. Strong computer software knowledge is also required. This opportunity has a varied work schedule depending on the needs of the facilities including evenings, weekends and holidays.
A valid G driver’s licence is required with an acceptable driver’s abstract (no more than three (3) driving related convictions and an accumulation of no more than three (3) demerit points in the previous three (3) years prior to the date of hire).
This position may require occasional travel between sites and/or City facilities.
Accommodations
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the City of Burlington accommodates the individual needs of applicants with disabilities within the recruitment process. Please call us at 905-335-7602 or email us at: if you require accommodation to ensure your equal participation in the recruitment and selection process.
Note to Applicants:
We thank all those who apply for positions, but only those applicants who are invited for an interview will be contacted.
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