Lead with purpose. Empower your team. Maintain our parks & open spaces
At the City of Thunder Bay, Our City Runs on People Like You. Together, we’re building a workplace
where everyone belongs—where your leadership supports high-performing teams, enhances our
parks and green spaces, and helps create vibrant, well-maintained environments our community can
take pride in.
This includes our Parks Operations team, where your expertise, leadership, and values make a
lasting impact. You will be part of a work environment that provides autonomy to excel, supports
respectful interactions, meaningful opportunities to grow, and a culture that promotes well-being and
collaboration.
Thunder Bay offers more than a fulfilling career. With its natural beauty, affordability, and strong
sense of community, it’s a city where you can grow personally and professionally.
Where You’ll Make a Difference Every Day
In this role, you will supervise and coordinate the delivery of parks maintenance and operational
services across a diverse portfolio of outdoor spaces and facilities. You will lead field staff, manage
seasonal operations, and ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.
Through strong leadership and collaboration, you will help maintain attractive, accessible, and
sustainable parks that reflect community pride and support active living.
This is an opportunity to lead the work that keeps parks and outdoor spaces welcoming, safe, and
enjoyable for the community.
Whether you live in Thunder Bay, you’re looking to return, or excited to make the City your new
home, join a team where your skills, expertise, and presence is recognized, and make a real impact
to our community.
How You’ll Support the Team
In this role, you will be:
• Responsible for the planning, co-ordination and supervision for services inherent in parks and
cemeteries operations; supervise the satisfactory completion of all work performed on site.
• Schedule and direct the assignment of work, personnel, equipment and resources for the
Unit's operation; instruct Unit staff in the most efficient and effective methods of performing
their duties; ensures that staff maintain equipment and are instructed in its proper operation.
• Plan and manage human resources, review work orders for proper distribution, examine daily
time entry information and provide cost control on accounts, report on variances, and schedule
and approve annual vacations and overtime of assigned personnel.
• Administer burials and cremations, and manage the operations of the City cemeteries, dealing
with grieving friends and families in a sensitive manner.
• Manage records and reporting requirements for the City cemeteries, as well as ensuring all
regulatory requirements are met.
• Analyze and plan for short- and long-term staffing and organizational requirements; make
recommendations for necessary changes to ensure continued efficiency and effectiveness of
the Unit.
• Participate in the development and administration of the annual revenue, operating and capital
budget, identify priorities, and monitor expenses ensuring budget requests are consistent with
the Division operating objectives while maintaining optimum cost-benefit relationships. Make
recommendations to achieve current and future operating and budget objectives and goals.
What You Can Count On With Us
We’re proud to offer a workplace where your well-being, growth, and sense of purpose come first. As
the Supervisor Parks Operations South you’ll enjoy:
• A competitive salary that reflects your expertise
• A matching pension plan to help you build long-term financial security
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage, plus life insurance for peace of mind
• Generous paid vacation and holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave days when
you need more time off
• Access to a confidential Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and wellness
initiatives to support your overall health
• Leadership development and tuition reimbursement programs, so you can continue to grow
your skills and career
• A culture of recognition and appreciation, with staff events and programs that celebrate your
contributions
• The opportunity to lead a dedicated and talented team, who are highly respected within the
Corporation
What You’ll Bring to the Team
Here’s what will help you succeed as the Supervisor Parks Operations South:
• Degree in parks and recreation, landscape architecture, civil engineering, environmental
science, or other related discipline, together with a minimum of 3 years progressively
responsible management experience in a related cemetery, municipal or parks operation; or
• Diploma in parks and recreation, landscape architecture, civil engineering technology,
environmental science, or other related discipline; together with a minimum of 5 years
progressively responsible management experience in a related cemetery, municipal or parks
operation.
• Minimum three years of demonstrated supervisory experience in a municipal or parks
operation, preferably in a unionized environment.
• Knowledge of maintenance, construction, and operations of parks related facilities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the various components of human resource and financial
management.
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret applicable municipal by-laws, provincial legislation and
related regulations.
