City Carrier Assistant (CCA)

United States Postal Service; Pahrump (NV); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Postal Service in Pahrump, NV invites applicants for a City Carrier Assistant (CCA). This full-time role delivers and collects mail on foot or by vehicle on a prescribed route, providing customer service and maintaining accuracy under postal guidelines.

The position is a 360-day term with potential for reappointment and career growth, requiring driving experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and the ability to lift up to 70 pounds while standing and walking.

Qualifications

• Two years driving experience.
• Minimum High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Minimum 18 years of age or older for insurance purposes.
• Successful completion and passing score on Postal Service Test 473.
• Valid Driver's License; DMV Printout if selected for hire.
• Position requires great attention to detail.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, and reach; lift up to 70 pounds.
• Grooming standards applied by the company.
• Accuracy/honesty standards required.
• Customer service skills required.

Responsibilities

• Routes or cases all classes of mail in sequence of delivery.
• Withdraws mail from the distribution case and prepares it for delivery.
• Handles undeliverable mail per established procedures.
• Delivers mail along a prescribed route, on foot or by vehicle.
• Uses portable electronic scanner as instructed.
• Delivers and collects charges on various mail matters; signs for insured mail.
• Deposits mail collected on the route upon returning.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Driving experience

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

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POSITION: City Carrier Assistant (CCA)

• SCHEDULE:** Full Time

LOCATION

Pahrump, NV

• SALARY:** $21.21Hr.

Job Description

City Carrier Assistants (CCA) deliver and collect mail on foot or by vehicle under varying road and weather conditions in a prescribed area; maintains customer service with customers and others; requires general familiarity with postal laws, regulations, products, and procedures commonly used, and geography of the area. Position is a 360-day term with possibility of reappointment and may lead to career position.

Minimum Qualifications

• Two (2) years driving experience.
• Minimum High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Minimum 18 years of age or older for insurance purposes.
• Successful completion and passing score on Postal Service Test 473.
• Valid Driver's License; DMV Printout if selected for hire.
• Position requires great attention to detail.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, and reach. Ability to handle heavy containers of mail weighing up to the allowable maximum mailing weight (70 pounds).
• Company has strict grooming standards.
• Company has strict accuracy/honesty standards.
• Customer service skills required.
• Able to provide I-9 documentation.
• Employer conducts pre-employment drug screening and background check.

JOB DUTIES

• Routes or cases all classes of mail in sequence of delivery along an established route. Rearranges and re-labels cases as required.
• Withdraws mail from the distribution case and prepares it in sequence for efficient delivery independently or by another carrier along an established route. Prepares and separates all classes of mail to be carried by truck to relay boxes along route for subsequent delivery.
• Handles undeliverable mail in accordance with established procedures.
• Delivers mail along a prescribed route, on foot or by vehicle, on a regular schedule, picking up additional mail from relay boxes as needed. Collects mail from street letter boxes and accepts letters from mailing from customers; on certain routes may deliver mail that consists exclusively of parcel post, or the collection of mail.
• Uses portable electronic scanner as instructed.
• Delivers and collects charges on customs, postage-due, and C.O.D. mail matter. Delivers and obtains receipts for registered and certain insured mail. Signs for such matter, except insured mail, at the post office before beginning route and accounts for it upon return by payments of the amounts collected and delivery of receipts taken.
• Deposits in the post office mail collected on the route upon returning from the route.
• Checks, and corrects if necessary, mailing cards from advertisers bearing names and addresses of customers or former customers on the route.
• Furnishes customers with postal information and provides change of address cards and other postal forms as needed.