Amenities: 

The County of Northumberland offers a full benefits package including health insurance, prescription, vision, dental, vacation, holiday, sick, personal time, and retirement. 

Position Summary: 

Under general direction, performs manual duties related to performance of construction and maintenance of houses, buildings, and bridges.

•    Moves, stacks, counts, sorts, and cleans building materials, tools and other related items.
•  Receives and carries out assignments made by a supervisor.
•  Work in and out of doors in all types of weather.
•  May be required to be on ladders, scaffolding or other raised work area.
•  May be required to perform dirty, smelly, or otherwise unpleasant tasks.
•  May be assigned to control traffic at job site.
•  May cut brush, clean or paint areas.
•  Works with skilled laborers, assisting them in doing their tasks and in doing other tasks to complement their work.
•  Does responsible work, fitting, cutting, shaping, and finishing final products.
•  Works on straightforward but intricate tasks requiring some discretion to complete.
•  May be called on to fix or repair simple machines or structures without extensive direction.
•  Performs related work as required.

Job Requirements/Skills & Abilities:

•  General knowledge of care, safety procedures, and operation of construction tools, hand tools, and small power equipment.
•  Ability to perform physical labor with self-initiation.
•  Able to work near potential hazards without injuring self, citizens or other employees.
•  Able to lift heavy or awkward articles and perform heavy manual labor for extended periods of time.
•  Ability to understand simple verb all instructions.
•  Ability to take some responsibility for quality of work product and method used to complete job assignment.
•  Knowledgeable in the types and uses of various building and maintenance materials.
•  Able to read measuring devices and other instruments
  

Minimum Training & Experience:

• ·May be required to have a valid Pennsylvania operator’s license.
•  Some experience or aptitude for construction, maintenance, or repair work.

Employment Category: 

• Full -Time
• Non-Exempt