Public Services Worker (Grade 5) (Continuous)

About the role

The City of Huntsville’s Public Works department is seeking qualified applicants for the Public Services Worker position. This role involves manual work requiring considerable physical strength and endurance, including sweeping, loading, and maintaining streets.

Responsibilities

• Sweeps street, gutters, and alleys
• Loads dirt from streets into a truck
• Removes trash from streets and sidewalks by hand
• Performs pick and shovel work in grading, patching, and maintaining streets
• Sweeps, paints, and applies hot mix and seals
• Excavates streets to grade and loads materials into trucks
• Spreads gravel, stone, or other construction materials
• Performs a wide variety of similar tasks in the reconstruction, repair, and maintenance of streets

Qualifications and Necessary Special Requirements

• A high school diploma from a school accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or a GED certificate issued by the appropriate state agency is desired.
• Some experience in performing heavy manual work is preferred.
• A valid driver's license is required.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Includes medical/surgical, prescription coverage, and more. A deductible of $50 per person, $150 per family/calendar year applies for Basic and Major Services. The deductible is waived for Diagnostic and Preventative services and an annual plan maximum of $2,000 per person. Orthodontics carries a $2,000/lifetime max/patient.
• Dental Plan: Provides coverage for Preventive and Diagnostic Services, Basic and Major Services, and Orthodontic coverage (for dependent children under the age of 19.) A deductible of $50 per person, $150 per family/calendar year applies for Basic and Major Services. The deductible is waived for Diagnostic and Preventative services and an annual plan maximum of $2,000 per person.
• Vision Plan: Offers coverage for Preventive and Diagnostic Services, Basic and Major Services, and Orthodontic coverage (for dependent children under the age of 19.) A deductible of $50 per person, $150 per family/calendar year applies for Basic and Major Services. The deductible is waived for Diagnostic and Preventative services and an annual plan maximum of $2,000 per person.
• Retirement: Mandatory for all regular full and part-time employees. Employees contribute a percentage of their salary to the plan. The City contributes a percentage as determined by RSA.
• Life Insurance: Provides a $20,000 group life insurance policy to all full-time employees through Lincoln Financial Insurance Company. Coverage is provided at no-cost to the employee.
• Disability Insurance: Limited long term disability policy for eligible employees with one year of service, but less than ten years of service. There is no cost to the employee for this coverage. After ten years of service, disability benefits may be requested through the Retirement System of Alabama (RSA).
• Voluntary Life / AD&D: Optional voluntary term life insurance benefit. Employees may apply to purchase additional term life insurance for self, spouse, and eligible dependents. Guarantee issue amounts are available if voluntary life benefits are elected within 30 days of eligibility. Premiums for employee and spouse are based upon age. Child Life is a flat rate based on the level of coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Two flexible spending account options to assist with unreimbursed medical expenses and dependent care expenses. These pre-taxed accounts require a qualifying receipt and may be reimbursed by mail or direct deposit. A pre-loaded debit card is available for enrollees in the medical account.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential program to assist with life’s stresses. Services may be coordinated through TELUS Health (formerly Behavioral Health Systems (BHS)) or through the Employee Resources and Program Manager at the City’s Health & Wellness Center. Resources may include substance abuse, grief and loss, marriage/family communication, managing stress and depression, parenting, and more. There is no waiting period for this benefit.
• Health & Wellness Center: Provides cost-effective health care and on-line services at no cost to the individual. Open Monday through Saturday, the Center provides medical services including acute, primary, and preventive care, as well as annual physicals. The Center also offers routine blood work, immunizations, wellness coaching, chronic disease management, many generic medications dispensed on-site, and much more. If an onsite appointment isn’t possible, Telehealth Services are available 24/7/365. All City employees, covered retirees, and covered dependents age 3 and above are eligible for services at the Center as well as telehealth services.
• Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plans: Two optional voluntary deferred compensation plans: RSA-1 (State of Alabama) and Nationwide Retirement Solutions. Employees may defer portions of salary for a later date, such as retirement. Please see the Payroll Division of the Finance Department for further details.
• Sick Leave: Sick leave accrual is 4 hours per pay period for all eligible City employees. There is no accrual maximum for employee sick leave.
• Annual Leave: Accrual is as follows: less than 10 years = 4 hours per pay period; 10 to 15 years = 5 hours per pay period; 15 to 20 years = 6 hours per pay period; 20 or more years = 7 hours per pay period. Employees may accrue and carry forward 260 hours (or the equivalent for fire suppression) to the next calendar year.
• Military Leave: Pays regular salary for not more than twenty-one days per year. Also, employees called into active service may receive compensation in an amount equal to the difference in the lower military pay and the higher public employment salary as provided by City Council Ordinance.
• Holidays: Recognizes the following holidays: New Years Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Two additional floating holidays may be declared each year at the discretion of the Mayor.
• Longevity Pay: Pays eligible employees compensation based upon the number of months of continuous regular full-time service as of October 1st of each year.
• College 529 Savings Program: The City makes it easy for friends and family to give the gift of a college education. The 529 college savings program is administered by CollegeCounts, through payroll deduction, and offers tax advantages and other benefits.

Pay

Competitive pay is offered for this position.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is typically full-time, with standard business hours.