MAIL HANDLER ASSISTANT

United States Postal Service; Scarborough (ME); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Postal Service in Scarborough, Maine is seeking a Mail Handler to load, unload, and move bulk mail and perform duties incidental to the movement and processing of mail.

Duties include unloading mail from trucks, separating mail for dispatch to distribution areas, handling sacks and pouches, operating basic equipment, and assisting in supply and slip rooms. This on-site role requires attention to safety, teamwork, and reliability in a fast-paced mail processing environment.

Qualifications

• Unloads mail from trucks and prepares for dispatch.
• Sorts, labels, and bags mail for distribution.
• Operates equipment and machinery as assigned to Mail Handler Union.
• May perform additional duties including equipment operation and packaging tasks.

Responsibilities

• Loads, unloads, and moves bulk mail.
• Separates mail for dispatch to conveyors and distribution areas.
• Assists in supply and slip rooms; uses copy machines and related equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job description

This job was posted by https://joblink.maine.gov : For more information, please see: https://joblink.maine.gov/jobs/1385414

Functional Purpose

Loads, unloads, and moves bulk mail and performs other duties incidental to the movement and processing of mail.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Unloads mail from trucks. Separates all mail received from trucks and conveyors for dispatch to other conveying units and separates and delivers mail for delivery to distribution areas.
• Places empty sacks or pouches on racks, labels them where prearranged or where racks are plainly marked, dumps mail from sacks, cuts ties, faces letter mail, carries mail to distributors for processing, places processed mail into sacks, removes filled sacks and pouches from racks and closes and locks sacks and pouches. Picks up sacks, pouches, and outside pieces, separates outgoing bulk mails for dispatch and loads mail onto trucks.
• Handles and sacks empty equipment; inspects empty equipment for mail and restrings sacks.
• Cancels stamps on parcel post, operates cancelling machines, and carries mail from cancelling machine to distribution area.
• Assists in supply and slip rooms and operates copy machine and related office equipment.
• In addition, may perform any of the following duties: make occasional simple distribution of parcel post mail that requires no scheme knowledge; operate electric fork lifts; rewrap damaged parcels; weigh incoming sacks; clean and sweep work areas, offices rest rooms, and trucks where work is not performed by a regular cleaner.
• Operates equipment and machinery assigned to the jurisdiction of the Mail Handler Union.
• Performs other duties as assigned.