Laborer

About Seattle Public Utilities

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is a community-centered utility that delivers vital services to Seattle residents and businesses including drinking water, drainage and wastewater, and garbage/recycling/compost. SPU also provides drinking water for 1.5 million customers in the region. SPU’s work includes system maintenance and improvements and keeping Seattle clean. Over 1,500 SPU employees work with our community to provide affordable and equitable stewardship of our water and waste resources for future generations.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine manual labor in garbage, yard waste, and recycling
• Provide general cleanliness activities on concrete and grass areas
• Provide a significant safety role for equipment operators, staff, and customers by assessing the items disposed of by customers and controlling traffic flow
• Greet customers, answer questions and direct traffic within the tipping floor

Qualifications

• Ability to perform general laboring/manual work, good physical condition, and the ability to work with hand and power tools is required.
• If selected, you will be asked to acquire a Full Washington Drivers Abstract from the Department of Licensing (do not provide until requested).
• SPU’s safety program requires a pre-employment medical assessment as a condition of employment.
• Desired qualifications: demonstrated experience in all aspects of outdoor cleaning and maintenance; Skid Steer/Bobcat and/or forklift experience; excellent communication, customer service skills and safety awareness; ability to take initiative and make efficient use of time; ability to work effectively on a team; ability to be flexible and open to changing work conditions and priorities; good work attendance history.

Pay

The full salary for this position is $31.97 - $33.98 per hour.

Benefits

• Family-friendly and multicultural work environment
• Generous benefits package
• Free Orca Pass
• City pension plan with employer/employee contributions
• Growth potential and advancement opportunities
• Vacation, holiday, and sick leave
• Medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents

Work Environment and Schedule

• May be required to work nights, evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Required to stand, walk, or bend for extended periods of time.
• Frequently required to lift objects weighing 50 pounds; may occasionally be required to lift objects weighing more than 50 pounds.
• Occasionally requires handling or working with toxic/hazardous substances.
• Required to work outdoors in all types of weather.
• Telework is not an option for this position.