Seasonal Laborer - Traffic and Streets Maintenance

Salary: $20.00 Hourly
Location : Bremerton, WA
Job Type: SEASONAL
Job Number:
Department: Public Works and Utilities
Division: Street Operations
Opening Date: 02/18/2026
Closing Date: Continuous

General Function
There are three vacant positions:

2 positions budgeted at 40 hours a week for 12 weeks

1 position budgeted at 36 hours a week for 18.5 weeks
Under direct supervision, performs a variety of manual work to assist City staff in the Traffic Maintenance Division.

Representative Essential Duties and Responsibilities
(Note - This list is intended only to illustrate the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements does not exclude them from the position.)
-Performs maintenance activities as assigned.

-Vegetation removal.

-Cleaning Street signs.

-Flagging in the roadway.

-Sign replacement and maintenance.

-Manufacturing of signs.

-Assist in community events.
Other Duties:

-Performs related work as assigned and required.

-Regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

Qualifying Education and Experience (Minimum Requirements)
-High School diploma or GED equivalent.

-Ability to lift over 50 pounds.

-Previous experience in streets/general maintenance or related field is desirable but not required.

-Must possess a valid Washington State driver's license at time of hire and have a good driving record.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• The act of using the fingers to manipulate, press, or control an object or material.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• The worker is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions. No effective protection from the weather.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold. Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.
• The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to vibration. Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.
• The worker is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

Examination Process and Required Documents

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