Laborer - Construction

Job Opportunity with the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Explore a rewarding career with the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania! Spanning just 7 square miles in south Central Pennsylvania, the City of Lancaster is home to nearly 60,000 diverse residents. The City oversees a range of public services including fire and police, health, housing, parks, streets, as well as water and wastewater for upwards of 120,000 customers in the surrounding region.

This work is powered by nearly 600 employees who are committed to the core values of quality, teamwork, integrity, and respect.

Our Core Values:
Quality. Teamwork. Integrity. Respect.

Performs routine manual work, usually of a repetitive nature; an employee in this class is responsible for performing duties primarily requiring physical exertion.

• Follows safe practices in the performance of duties.
• Cleans sewers, inlets, and water systems; washes windows, walls, and cleans building.
• Uses manual and/or power-operated tools on routine tasks.
• Performs routine maintenance of equipment and vehicles.
• Loads and unloads gravel, dirt, leaves, sewer pipes, timber, chemicals, asphalt, salt, storm drain pipes, sign materials, tools, and equipment.
• Performs extreme physical labor for extended periods of time under all weather conditions, with the ability to lift objects weighing up to one hundred (100) pounds.
• Manually removes litter from right-of-way and easements.
• Climbs ladders.
• Manipulates both large and small tool parts.
• Removes and replaces various types of pavement.
• Uses and operates manual and power-operated tools and equipment, including but not limited to jackhammers, pavement breakers, shovels, sledgehammers, post drivers, tamp bars, chainsaws, compressors, cement mixers, and weed eaters.
• Performs manual labor involving loading and unloading trucks, digging ditches, cutting brush, and similar tasks.
• Digs holes and trenches.
• Drives and operates Public Works vehicles and equipment of various types.
• Restores streets; finishes surfaces to line and grade.
• Responsible for maintaining street cans that are sometimes overflowing from the weekends and special events downtown.
• Responsible for citizen complaints, emergencies, storm damage, etc. that come in after the second shift has ended.
• Performs inlet cleaning, leaf removal, and snow and ice control.
• Provides assistance to journey persons.
• Performs additional work duties as assigned.

Education, Training and Experience

• Graduation from High School or completion of a GED is required.
• Two (2) years of construction experience is required; utility construction experience is preferred.
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in groundskeeping, landscape development, native plant care, or similar maintenance work is preferred.
• Possession of a Commercial Pesticide Applicator License (Categories 00 - Core and 23-Park/School Pest Control), or the ability to successfully obtain one within twelve (12) months of hire, is preferred.
• Possession of a valid Pennsylvania State Driver's License.

• Knowledge of safe practices related to Public Works.
• Ability to operate a vehicle on private and public streets is required.
• Proven ability to work well under pressure and to maintain positive interactions is required.
• Positive interpersonal skills are required.
• Proven ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment is required.
• Proven ability to read, write, speak and comprehend English is required.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team and to collaborate successfully with others is required.
• Proven ability to adapt to new or changed situations and to show flexibility in making improvements in work processes and operations is required.
• Proven ability to exhibit customer-centered behaviors and to focus on customer needs is required.
• Proven ability to commit to excellence in service and to continuous improvement is required.

• Indoors, environmentally controlled.
• Outdoor, exposed to inclement weather and extreme temperature.
• Exposure to noise, pollution, dust, vehicle exhaust, and caustic chemicals such as herbicides and fertilizers.
• Exposure to waste products.
• Exposure to a variety of plant life including noxious species, pollen, or other plant-based fine particulates.
• Exposure to common insects and wildlife, including but not limited to bees, mantids, wasps/hornets, rodents, birds, and snakes.
• Works around motorized or moving vehicles, equipment, and machinery, including active traffic zone.

• Personal Protective Equipment such as hardhats, gloves, safety glasses, ear protection, rain gear, steel toed safety shoes, rain boots and respirators.

• Requires standing, bending, walking, sitting, and climbing in the performance of duties up to eight (8) or more hours per day.
• Requires working long hours and must be available to handle emergency situations after hours, weekends, and on holidays.
• Must be able to perform frequent overtime…