CITY LABORER

City Laborer

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. The Division of Facilities Management & Construction seeks to hire a dependable and hard-working City Laborer to work in its Facility Construction Services unit, which is primarily based in Maspeth, NY. This position involves periodic travel to other sites as needed.

The selected candidate will be responsible for performing labor work of varying complexity in support of the trade shops. Based upon agency needs and work order submissions, duties may vary on a daily basis. Under general supervision this individual's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the correct handling of tradesman's tools in the performance of the duties of that particular trade, maintaining trade shops in an organized and clean state, performing custodial tasks when required, moving, lifting and carrying of items of various weights and sizes, loading and unloading of heavy equipment and / or materials at warehouse platforms, moving vans or trucks at job location, performing common unskilled laboring work requiring physical strength. The selected candidate will operate motor vehicles or equipment (i.e. forklifts, scissor lifts, bobcats, rack truck, dump truck, hand trucks, pallet jacks, dollies etc.) in the performance of their assigned duties and may perform minor maintenance and necessary repairs.

Qualifications :

1. There are no formal education or experience requirements for this position. 2. There are certain medical and physical requirements. License Requirements Possession of a Motor Vehicle Driver License valid in the State of New York.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.