The City of Sterling Heights is seeking a Full Time Year-Round Seasonal Laborer. This position starts at $16.000/hr. with increases every six months and opportunities to grow within the Department of Public Works.
Position Summary
The non-unionized Year-Round DPW Laborer position is a 40-hour-per-week position. Employees will be expected to perform non-skilled general labor tasks throughout the year in any of the following maintenance divisions of the DPW: Streets, Water, Sewer, Refuse, and/or Fleet Maintenance. DPW is looking for efficient, safety-minded, and enthusiastic candidates that have the ability to follow directions both written and verbal.
Position Responsibilities
- Operation of City owned vehicles, i.e. pick-up trucks and small wheeled equipment as required to and from job-sites.
- Operation of power tools and landscape maintenance equipment such as mowers, trimmers, hand tools, etc. when required.
- Inspect and repair equipment as required by departmental procedures as well as able to make repairs to City streets, right-of-ways, sidewalks, and greenspaces as required.
- Turf maintenance, planting, and/or pruning of trees, flowers, and hedges.
- Maintain publicly owned properties, clean DPW garage, recycle centers, and facility, as well as litter control and empty trash cans.
- Maintenance of sanitary and storm sewers and/or conducting routine maintenance procedures as required.
- Sweeping and cleanup of debris and materials from roads and right-of-ways as required.
- Snow and ice removal, including manual shoveling of snow as required.
- Good communication skills and willingness to follow direction from senior staff to aid in the completion of non-skilled manual labor tasks.
