Job Description

Grounds and Maintenance – Technical Support
$18.45 per hour, part-time, facilities discounts/discount admission, engaging workplace culture
Are you ready to keep Northern Ontario’s most popular tourist attraction running smoothly? Do you enjoy working independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, hands-on environment? If so, this is your chance to become a vital part of Science North’s Facility Operations team — and help us create exceptional experiences for every visitor. Behind the scenes, our Technical Support staff keep everything running seamlessly – from our pristine grounds to our dynamic event spaces!

As a member of the Facility Operations team, you’ll take on a variety of important tasks to help maintain our facility to the highest standards. You will provide labour duties and general support in all areas of Facility Operations. Your work will help shape the visitor experience and ensure a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone.

Key Responsibilities:
• Perform general labour and facility support, including groundskeeping, sweeping, and refuse removal
• Assist with snow removal and seasonal outdoor maintenance
• Organize and maintain storage areas
• Basic repairs to equipment
• Keeping operations running smoothly by moving, delivering, and loading equipment and supplies
• Set up for special events and internal functions

What You Bring:
• Flexible availability during the summer season and weekends during off-season
• General labour or maintenance experience
• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks, including lifting, bending, and extended periods of standing or walking
• Familiarity with basic tools and safety procedures
• A proactive, team-oriented mindset with the ability to work independently

Compensation Details:
• $18.45 per hour
• Employment Assistance Program
• Professional development opportunities
• Gym Access
• Free or discounted admission to partner attractions outside Sudbury, Science North facilities and program discounts

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Science North we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

If you have any questions or need more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at careers@sciencenorth.ca

Apply online at http://sciencenorth.ca/careers. An early application represents your best opportunity for consideration. Science North is committed to an inclusive workplace and invites applications from all qualified individuals to join our diverse team. Accommodations are available upon request in all aspects of Science North’s selection process. We thank all interested candidates; only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Science North is grateful to work with First Nations across Northern Ontario, and we give thanks to the Indigenous Peoples who have cared for this land since time immemorial. We pay respect to their traditions, ways of knowing, and acknowledge their many contributions to innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, past and present. We also recognize the Métis Nation of Ontario for their historic and ongoing contributions. Science North commits to deepening engagement, relationships and partnerships in order to advance truth and reconciliation, honour and reflect Indigenous ways of knowing, grow economic opportunities, and collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in order to inspire all people to be engaged with science in the world around them.

Science North is a registered Charity.
Science North is an agency of the Government of Ontario.