Freeburg Borough is looking for an experienced part-time employee to help with borough repairs and maintenance. Equipment operations (skid loader, snow plough) experience is required, along with good teamwork and communication skills. Find job description below.
Freeburg is also seeking an assistant borough secretary to work as needed (substituting when secretary is on vacation or needs extra help). Position requires basic computer skills, excellent teamwork and communication skills, and willingness to learn.
Please contact the borough office for an application or download the application here. Borough email is freeburgborough@verizon.net. Phone number is 570-374-7314.
JOB DESCRIPTION: FREEBURG BOROUGH LABORER (PART-TIME)
Statement of Job
The employee is responsible for participating in maintenance duties of the borough’s streets, parks, buildings and grounds, equipment, and other facilities. Work involves independent discretion and judgment.
Job Functions
- Maintenance of Freeburg Borough’s street system and public grounds.
- Keeping Borough’s street system and public grounds safe, clean, and in good repair.
- Performing repairs and paving on streets, mowing grass on public grounds, occasional trash collection, and maintaining Borough vehicles
- Keeping records of the work performed.
- Reporting to Freeburg Borough Council and attending Borough Council meetings.
- Complying with the directives of the Borough Council and making recommendations to Council as the need arises.
- Responding to emergencies concerning the Borough’s streets and public grounds including plowing snow and ice removal as needed.
- The position may include the requirement to work weekends and holidays in order to maintain open streets and alleys during snowstorms.
- Documenting time worked and activities performed for the Borough Council
- Cooperating with all other Borough employees.
- Keeping current with all changes in the law and rules and regulations of PennDOT and other governmental agencies that are responsible for overseeing the operation of the street system.
- Assisting the Borough engineer in its services performed on behalf of the Borough Council.
- Employee must be able to perform all physical and mental requirements of the position and maintain his or her driver’s license in good standing with PennDOT.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Borough laborers shall be qualified to operate small equipment, including, but not limited to, a tractor, lawn mower, pickup truck, and T tag dump truck; they should be capable of performing physical labor with pick, shovel, and hand tools; and they shall be capable of completing and filing all records and reports required for such position. Position may involve medium to heavy work with lifting and carrying objects weighing in excess of 50 pounds on a regular basis.
Required Licenses and Certification
Possess and maintain throughout employment a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license.
Physical Demands
Moderate work. May require considerable standing (up to 3 hours at a time, 8 hours per day); Considerable walking (varies depending on tasks); frequent lifting of 50-100 lbs.; occasional lifting and carrying of 100+ lbs. with assistance; frequent bending, squatting, kneeling, crawling, twisting, climbing, balancing, reaching, and pushing and pulling; frequent repetitive motion, grasping and manipulation of hands; excellent sensory abilities including speaking, hearing, seeing, visual acuity, depth perception, tactile sensation and smelling. Ability to operate foot controls required.
Working Conditions
Position involves outside work; noise sufficient to interrupt conversation; temperature (cold and heat) extremes; dampness, vibration, vapors, fumes, odor, dust, limited ventilation, and toxic substances.
Schedule and Compensation
Variable, 10-20 hours per week, as needed, $23 per hour. Subject to emergency call-out.
