Summer Student Labourers
Summer Student Labourers
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The Opportunity
We are currently recruiting Summer Student Labourers who have been in full time attendance at an educational institution in the preceding scholastic year and who are enrolled in a full time program for the coming year for summer employment.
- Employment will be available from approximately May to August 2025 and will be located at various facilities throughout HRM.
- Previous experience in landscaping loading and unloading equipment and/or painting would be considered an asset.
Halifax Water believes a diverse workforce positively contributes to its success and therefore encourages applications from qualified African Nova Scotians racially visible persons women in nontraditional positions persons with disabilities and Indigenious persons. Halifax Water encourages applicants to selfidentify in their cover letter.
Interested qualified candidates are asked to submit a cover letter and uptodate resume quoting Competition #HWLS2025 in the subject line (required) confirming their interest by 4:30 pm on March 21 2025.
As part of the conditional offer process candidates will be subject to a satisfactory background check and satisfactory preemployment testing. Satisfactory reference checks confirmation of a valid Class 5 Drivers License and satisfactory Drivers Abstracts are a requirement for chosen applicants. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Halifax Water is an equal opportunity employer.
What youll do
Responsibilities
As a Labourer (Summer Student) you will primarily perform general labour work associated with the operation of the Utility in a safe efficient manner such as:
- Landscape work including grass and flower garden maintenance and associated cleanup work.
- Painting including sing and associated cleanup work.
- General work including loading and unloading equipment.
- Operating Commission vehicles (trucks/cars) in a safe manner as required.
What youll need
Qualifications
Applicants must include a cover letter resume and documentation from the educational institution confirming registration and acceptance for the upcoming year. Returning students will be limited to a maximum of three 3 summers in order to allow the same opportunity to other potential candidates.
Were looking for
Core Skills
A little bit about us
Halifax Water
As Atlantic Canadas Largest Water Utility our purpose is to supply and safeguard sustainable highquality water services.
Everything we do at Halifax Water is tied to our purpose. With employees who are dedicated to supplying highquality services for water wastewater and stormwater through a One Team One Water attitude we can meet the challenges of a growing population aging infrastructure and increasing regulatory compliance.
Halifax Water employees strive to be stewards of our environment and are fueled by a passion to serve our communities. Employee commitment and dedication of service mean a great deal to our customers stakeholders and to Halifax Water.
As an employee Halifax Water is proud to offer you:
- Pension & Benefits: We invest in our employees. As a member of our team you will have access to a competitive benefits package including health insurance retirement plans longterm disability paid holidays vacation sick leave fitness incentives and much more. Learn more about the benefits of working at Halifax Water on our website; HalifaxWater
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion: We continually foster a more diverse workforce representative of our communities at all job levels. We know that a diverse workforce positively contributes to our success and the success of our community.
- Career & Professional Development: We encourage job development opportunities for all employees including onthejob training tuition assistance eLearning courses classroombased training and more.
We are committed to providing a safe and hazardfree work environment. Our employees health and wellbeing are a top priority and we promote a safetyfirst culture to provide daily healthy safe sustainable and reliable services. We take this responsibility seriously and feel immense pride in reaching beyond industry service standards.
As a public service utility operating critical infrastructure on behalf of our customers our employees are trained in Emergency Measures Operations (EMO) and Incident Command System (ICS). This type of training allows Halifax Water to respond to all emergencies from simple water main breaks to keeping customer water flowing (water wastewater and stormwater) through Hurricanes and other major natural events.
To learn more about What We Do visit Halifax Water .
Are you interested
Work With Us
Halifax Water is Canadas first regulated water wastewater and stormwater utility serving a population of over 383000 in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). With our mission to provide world class services for our customers and our environment water wastewater and stormwater services are delivered in an integrated cost effective and environmentally sound manner with a commitment to long term sustainability. To learn more about Halifax Water please visit our website at www.halifaxwater
Employment Type
Temp
