SMEO​/Laborer - Fleet Maintenance Division

Department of Public Works – Fleet Maintenance Division

SMEO/Laborer

The City of Marlborough’s Department of Public Works is seeking to fill the full-time (40 hours) position of SMEO/Laborer in the Fleet Maintenance Division. The employee is responsible for the provision of skilled and un-skilled manual labor including but not limited to repair and maintenance of motor equipment. Employee is required to perform all similar or related duties.

The position will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Posting Number: AA#26-25

Date Posted:
August 4, 2026

Weekly

Hours:

40 hours/week

FLSA:
Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit:
Laborers

Hiring Rate *:
SMEO - $28.01/hour Laborer - $25.83/hour

Step Rate*:
SMEO - $28.01 - $35.38/hour Laborer - $25.83 - $29.05/hour

(The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various type of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

• Perform skilled repair and maintenance of motor equipment; inspect and service vehicles and equipment and troubleshoot all components with both gasoline and diesel engines.
• Performs tune ups, front-end work such as alignments, removes and replaces transmissions, removes and disassembles diesel and gasoline engines, replaces faulty work parts.
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical systems both in vehicles and equipment.
• Remove, repair and adjust both air and hydraulic, on cars, trucks and heavy equipment.
• Highly skilled in welding and fabrication.
• May perform minor auto body work and related metal working duties.
• Performs preventative maintenance of city-owned equipment.
• Responsible for filling out work orders and ordering parts for specifically assigned jobs.
• 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.
• Participates in snow and ice operations.
• Attends seminars and training programs to maintain required licenses or certifications and to keep aware of current safety operating practices and procedures.
• Performs related duties as required.
• Performs other duties as directed by the Assistant Commissioner of Operations, Commissioner of Public Works, Foreman or General Foreman.

Under the general supervision of the General Foreman and the Assistant Commissioner of Operations. The employee is familiar with the work routine and uses initiative in carrying out recurring assignments independently with specific instruction. The supervisor provides additional, specific instruction for new, difficult or unusual assignments, including suggested work methods. The employee is expected to recognize instances which are out of the ordinary and which does not fall within existing instructions;

the employee is then expected to seek advice and further instructions. Reviews and checks of the employee’s work are applied to an extent sufficient to keep the supervisor aware of work progress and to ensure that completed work and methods used are technically accurate and that instructions are being followed.

The employee constantly performs works indoors and outdoors on a variety of repair and maintenance of motor equipment. Employee is frequently exposed to equipment/machinery, noise, odors, chemical fumes, dust, smoke, heat, cold, oil, dirt or grease, and risk of personal injury. Work is continually performed outdoors, regardless of weather conditions. Employee may be required to work beyond normal business hours at nights and/or on weekends in response to natural or man-made…