ASSISTANT RURAL CARRIER (ARC)

United States Postal Service; Hardwick (VT); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading postal service as an Assistant Rural Carrier (ARC) in Hardwick, Vermont. This role involves delivering packages, sorting mail, and ensuring mail security along a rural route. Candidates must have a valid driver's license and a safe driving record. The position requires flexibility in hours and may require the use of a personal vehicle for deliveries.

Benefits

Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

Qualifications

• Valid state driver’s license and safe driving record required.
• At least two years of unsupervised driving experience.

Responsibilities

• Delivers packages on Sundays and holidays.
• Loads packages in delivery sequence in vehicle.
• Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.

Skills

Driving

Job description

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This job was posted by https://www.vermontjoblink.com: For more information, please see: https://www.vermontjoblink.com/jobs/1232922

Scheduled Days: Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays observed by the USPS on an as-needed basis. During the onboarding period, ARCs must be available for required training on weekdays.

Hours: VARIES

DRIVING REQUIRED: Applicants should have a valid state driver’s license, a safe driving record, and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide. A personal vehicle suitable for use may be required for this position.

Postal Service employment is conditional upon your meeting medical suitability, general eligibility, and background check requirements. Therefore, if you receive a job offer, note that it will be conditional upon you meeting these requirements, even if you are allowed to begin working first.

SALARY RANGE: $20.38 per hour paid bi-weekly

Functional Purpose: Using dynamic route descriptions, delivers packages on Sundays and observed holidays. May case, deliver, and collect mail and packages on Saturday along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Loads packages in delivery sequence in vehicle.
• Delivers packages to customers along a prescribed route.
• Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
• Receives and signs for accountable mail.
• Loads mail and packages in vehicle.
• Delivers mail and packages to customers along a prescribed route or as an auxiliary assistant by a vehicle; collects monies and receipts for accountable mail; picks up mail from customers roadside boxes.
• Furnishes routine information concerning postal matters to customers.
• Returns mail collected, undeliverable mail, and submits monies and receipts to post office.
• Prepares appropriate time records.
• Provides for mail security at all times.
• May be required to provide a vehicle for delivery if an employer-provided vehicle is not assigned. ARCs are non-career employees who provide customers along a rural route services including delivering and collecting mail. Desirable candidates may be required to have a vehicle suitable for use and live within easy commuting distance of the facility location. If required to provide own vehicle, ARCs will receive an Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA). Work is performed indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions. Carriers may need to load and unload trays and containers of mail and parcels weighing up to 70 pounds.

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