Job Category: Mechanical / Trades / Maintenance

Requisition Number: BUILD001627

- Posted : October 26, 2026
- Full-Time
- On-site

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Description

Job Status: Permanent Full-Time

Union: CUPE 12.1

Number of Positions: 1

Hours of Work: 40

Location: Public Housing Southcourt and Westcourt, Wallaceburg

Closing Date: November 9, at 11:59pm EST. Applications received after this deadline will not be accepted.

Municipality of Chatham-Kent has an opening for a permanent full time Building Maintenance (Wallaceburg), in the Housing Assets section of the Parks, Recreation and Facilities division.

Candidates selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be required to complete a skills assessment as part of the interview process.

Preference given to candidates who are current CUPE 12.1 union members.

This Building Maintenance position is responsible for the safe operations of the municipal properties owned and operated by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

- Demonstrate Chatham-Kent's core values and competencies
- Responsible for grounds maintenance, minor building repairs, refuse removal, and snow removal on a daily basis.
- Minor maintenance repairs: plumbing, light bulbs, clearing drains, minor electrical and equipment repairs. (Testing to be administered)
- Responsible for inspections on HVAC and building automations systems on a daily basis
- Assisting and coordinating with contractors regarding mechanical, electrical and HVAC maintenance, as required.
- Report daily building and perimeter security checks
- Maintain the fire logbook, electrical safety authority work logbook & portal entries, personal daily/incident log book.




- Ensure proper and legal notice has been given to tenants for entry to any occupied unit
- Ensure tenant is aware of charges for repairs, if appropriate
- Report any abandoned units to the Supervisor and tenant relations
- Report resident complaints and incidents to the Supervisor and tenant relations
- Report disturbances to the Supervisor, tenant relations and/or police
- Respond to maintenance requests from tenants and ensure repairs are completed as necessary, determining if tenant has caused the need for repairs as a result of willful damage or negligence and estimate the charge back to the tenant (based on time and material and life expectancy of the product(s) being repaired)
- Assist tenants on lockouts
- Reviewing, tracking and responding to Customer Service Requests via various software programs. (ie..365 Dynamics, Asset Planner.)
- Emergency attendance (i.e., fire alarm response, water shut off, etc.) as required
- Reporting of maintenance problems, concerns and issues to Supervisor.
- Other duties as assigned
- Secondary school diploma or equivalent education (e.g. GED certificate)
- Related post-secondary education preferred (including courses or workshops)
- Experience working in a building maintenance environment
- Experience troubleshooting building equipment
- Grounds maintenance experience
- Experience with building repairs




- Intermediate computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook. Saving, attachment & transferring of files, basic data entry and internet usage (other similar software programs as required)

Other qualifications

- Knowledge of mechanical, electrical and HVAC equipment an asset

Work environment/hours of work

- This position works both indoors and outdoors
- This position works weekday hours, as well on-call after hours and weekends. Scheduled after hours rotation of council and budget meetings.

Driver's licence/vehicle requirements

Because of the responsibilities, this position requires the successful candidate to have a valid class G (or higher) Ontario driver's licence; a driver's abstract will be conducted by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. An acceptable driver's abstract will: be an original document and current (within the previous thirty (30) days); have no more than four (4) demerit points; have no more than two (2) convictions for the same offence; have no criminal code convictions; have no 'non-medical or administrative' license suspension in the preceding three (3) years.

This position also requires that the candidate processes a reliable personal motor vehicle for locations that a company vehicle is not provided. Mileage for use of a personal vehicle will be reimbursed as per the CUPE 12.1 collective agreement.

Background check requirements

Because of the environment this position will be working in, the successful candidate will be required to furnish an original Police Information Search (criminal reference check) (working with vulnerable persons) prior to

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