SMEO/Laborer - Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant
Listed on 2026-07-20
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Trades / Skilled Labor
General Labor, Landscaping, Heavy Equipment Operator, Maintenance Worker
SMEO/Laborer
- Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant
Posting Number: AA#26-33
Weekly
Hours:
40 Hours/Week
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Hiring Rate*: SMEO - $27.20/hour Laborer - $25.08/hr
Bargaining Unit: MPWEOA
- Laborers
Step Rate*: SMEO - $27.20 - $34.36/hr Laborer - $25.08 - $28.21/hr
Location: Westerly WWTP
* Please note:
The hiring Rate is dependent upon the candidate possessing the necessary licensure (CDL and Hoisting License). SMEO rates include necessary licensure, and the Laborer rate is without licensure (required to obtain within one-year period the necessary licenses and advance to the SMEO rate).
To apply, please complete a City of Marlborough Employment Application (please see the application on the righthand side) and send it along with a cover letter and resume to: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
The position will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
The City of Marlborough is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and, as part of this commitment, will provide reasonable accommodation to perform essential job functions as required by law.
DEFINITION/PURPOSEThe employee is responsible for the provision of skilled and un-skilled manual labor including but not limited to maintaining and repairing roads, ground maintenance and the overall completion of Public Works department projects. The employee is also responsible for operating trucks and equipment in support of the maintenance and repair of municipal roadways, facilities, and infrastructure. Employee is required to perform all similar or related duties.
ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS
- Maintain and repair a wide range of public works streets projects such roads, drainage areas, utilities, catch basins, facilities and grounds. Paint road lines and intersection stop bars, remove damaged sections of pavement, fill holes with patching materials, tamp or roll patches, build and set forms and finish concrete, patch new and old concrete work.
- Prepare asphalt materials for resurfacing projects; fill and tamp, rake and shovel materials, load and unload trucks; load, lift and move materials, supplies, furniture and equipment; cut and remove brush from rights of way; cut prune and trim trees, shrubs and hedges; rake leaves and remove fallen limbs.
- Pick up trash from grounds.
- Perform semi-skilled cement, woodworking and painting tasks.
- Dig trenches, manually grade and install drainage pipe; maintain drainage areas, construct, repair and maintain manholes, catch basins and curbing.
- Operate road repair equipment and a variety of mowers in grass cutting operations; operate trucks, tractors and trailers in grounds preparation and maintenance work.
- Perform laboring duties for skilled craftsman but not as a helper or apprentice nor for the purpose of learning the trade.
- Performs physical, manual labor using department equipment including but not limited to hand and power tools including shovels, picks, axes, saws, heavy wrenches and small power tools.
- Greases, oils, cleans and performs other minor preventative maintenance on equipment including some servicing on the job for certain special equipment. May occasionally operate motor equipment of lower level of difficulty.
A candidate for this position must have a valid Class B MA CDL and Hoisting License 2B. Pesticide applicators license preferred. Required to be available during snow and ice events. May be given 1 year to obtain the above licenses at the discretion of the City.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITY, AND SKILLSKnowledge: Working knowledge of trees and roadside vegetation, parks and green spaces, burial grounds and maintenance, equipment operating and maintenance procedures, and public works department operations. Knowledge of the streets system and geographic layout of the City.
Abilities: Ability to understand and follow written and oral directions and adhere to safety precautions to perform duties in an efficient, safe manner often under adverse weather conditions.
Skills: Fine motor skill to operate department tools and equipment required to perform position duties including the operation of a tractor trailer for the safe transportation of materials and debris in a safe and efficient manner.
PHYSICAL, MOTOR AND VISUAL SKILLSPhysical
Skills:
Duties require frequent and extended periods of outside work, subject to all weather conditions and extremes; continuous walking, standing, climbing and frequent periods requiring uncomfortable physical positions; may work on damp or uneven surfaces; crouch, sit, stand, walk, bend, crawl, kneel, pull, reach, push, twist, climb ladders and sloping surfaces, grasp, drag, lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds;
work above shoulder level with power and/or hand tools for sustained periods of time; may be exposed to dust, chemicals, solvents, paint grease/oil, fumes; electrical and mechanical hazards, vibration and noise, work with machinery; may require the exercise of caution when operating heavy equipment or handling chemicals or other toxic…
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