AMVETS Jobs

HIRING RANGE - $14.55 - $23.27 per hour

DRIVERS LICENSE CLASS B OR CDL WILL PUT YOU ON THE UPPER END OF HIRING RANGE

This position comes with paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance program, 11 paid holidays, vacation, and sick time.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Performs routine manual labor in maintaining the towns streets, water and wastewater lines and pipes, streets, or other town structures, facilities and grounds. Performs light to heavy manual labor work in the reading of meters, mowing, painting, repairs, collection and disposal of yard waste, and refuse from residences and businesses. Ideal candidates would have a NC Drivers License Class B or CDL to be able to drive the Towns Leaf Truck and at times Grapple Truck.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

An employee in this class performs routine manual work in providing safe and attractive structures, facilities, and grounds for use by town residents. Work includes general landscaping, digging, equipment maintenance, patching pipes and pavement, driving a town truck, loading and unloading crew supplies, directing traffic, and other labor-intensive tasks. Work also includes helping the water and sewer department with tasks as needed. This position will be on call 1 week out of a month. On Call compensation is provided. Assigned duties may also include collecting municipal garbage, yard waste, and refuse from residences and businesses. Work occurs in all weather conditions and may including working holidays and working overtime. Work is supervised by a public works crew leader or department director and is evaluated for efficiency and work completion according to department and community standards of assigned routes.

This employee must exercise some independence as the employee travels between assigned worksites, and completes assigned work at each site. Work is evaluated for safety, operation, and overall appearance of town structures, and is checked daily by visual inspection and feedback from patrons.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK:

Operate Leaf Truck - Requires Class B Drivers License

Operate Grapple Truck - Requires CDL License

Routine vehicle and equipment maintenance (Oil changes, grease of machines, tire rotations)

Drives dump truck to and from worksite hauling debris, mud, and materials used for backfill

Performs general landscaping work including mowing with riding and push mowers, trimming and pruning trees and shrubs and edging sidewalks when needed

Works along an assigned route picking up yard waste, and loose junk goods

Participates in routine cleaning of vehicles, including interior and exterior

Delivers notices to town