Job Description

Join the Westcorp Team!

At Westcorp, we are a passionate, community-focused team dedicated to making our properties the best they can be. We are proud to live, work, and play in the neighbourhoods we serve, next to our residents, commercial tenants, and community stakeholders.

Westcorp seeks a capable Lead Custodial Groundskeeper for our flagship property, College Plaza, and Galen Lofts. The successful candidate will perform a variety of exterior and interior grounds and custodial maintenance at this mixed-use, uniquely busy, high-energy, pet-friendly property. You will ensure that Westcorp\'s buildings show pride of ownership and respect for our residents, tenants, and neighbours by ensuring that the grounds and facilities are maintained and clean, with pleasant curb appeal.

Candidates should have experience working outdoors doing manual labour in diverse weather conditions. They should have good customer service skills and a pleasant demeanour, which are vital to flourish in a team-based culture.

Who You Are:

• You love being outdoors and working with your hands.
• You take pride in a well-maintained and groomed landscape.
• You are a self-starter who can work independently.
• You pay attention to detail, have strong work ethic and are accountable and reliable.
• You have strong teamwork skills since you are responsible and supportive.

Primary Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of common areas, that the property is well maintained, and comply with Westcorp\'s health and safety requirements.
• Maintain entrances, stairwells, walkways, parking lots, corridors, garbage chutes, waste, bike and elevator rooms, ensuring they are kept clean and free of obstacles, dangers, and debris.
• Monitor and remove garbage from garbage barrels throughout all parkade levels and around the property\'s exterior and manage the waste/recycling program, including the daily city waste pick-ups.
• Perform regular checks at the property for vandalism and graffiti and fix, remove or report as needed.
• Maintain tools and equipment and oversee scheduled maintenance and repairs on various equipment, including tractors, snow blowers/brooms, weed eaters, pressure washers, and tools.
• Perform general groundskeeping/landscaping duties, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Landscape maintenance, mowing, watering, weeding upkeep, sweeping/blowing and pressure washing of driveways, ramps, walkways and entrances to remove leaves, dirt, ice, snow, etc.
• Snow removal and ice control from all entrances/exits and walkways as required, adhering to city bylaws.
• Maintain simple daily work logs, safety hazard reports and snow logs.
• Perform and maintain annual flower plantings around properties.
• Maintain shrubs, trees and flower beds (including pruning, raking, fertilizing, and weed control)
• Maintain clean parkade and parking lot, keeping all free of debris.

• Travel to pick up gas and supplies as needed.
• Execute all work safely and professionally in compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Legislation and ensure local, provincial, & federal laws and regulations are observed.
• Ensure comprehension and compliance with Westcorp Playbook policies.
• Perform other projects and duties as assigned or required by the Maintenance Manager.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• At least two years of experience with landscaping, general grounds, and custodial maintenance, including snow removal.
• Must be able to move/push/pull garbage and recycle bins to relocate for city pick up.
• Proficient skills in operating various power equipment, including tractors, power blowers, snow sweepers and blowers.
• Highly motivated and able to work independently.
• Exhibit initiative, responsibility, and flexibility working in a high-energy, multi-functional team environment.
• Basic computer skills as we utilize a software-based payroll program, Outlook, and Microsoft Teams.
• Possess exceptional English communication skills (verbal, listening, and written).
• Possesses sensational customer service philosophy.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize work.
• You are flexible and willing to adapt to changing priorities and can occasionally work outside regular business hours as required by business needs (i.e., weekends or month-end).
• Appearance must be neat, clean, and professional.
• Must have own vehicle and valid driver\'s license.
• A security clearance is required upon offer of employment.

Working at Westcorp:

Headquartered in Edmonton, Westcorp Property Management Inc. is a vertically integrated company that creates, invests in and manages residential, commercial, and hotel properties. Westcorp operates in Edmonton, Calgary, Kelowna, and Bonnyville and is committed to significant growth in the coming years. Based on its existing development land holdings, Westcorp confidently expects to double the size of its portfolio in the next 3 - 6 years.

Westcorp is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

Westcorp employs 200 people with decades of combined, extensive and successful experience. We provide our employees with a work environment that promotes professional and personal development.

Our approach to employee attraction and retention is straightforward: We want the best of the best. To attract the \'best of class and the best new entrants to the real estate field, Westcorp provides:

• Our Westcorp Values of Integrity, Vitality, Accountability, Results, Collaboration, Learning, and Innovation
• Competitive wages
• Comprehensive benefits package including a Health Spending Account
• Employee assistance program
• Career plan
• Recognition programs
• Professional development learning
• An exceptional work environment
• A mentoring culture

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