SMEO/Laborer - Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant in Chester

Position Title

SMEO/Laborer - Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant

Position Details

Posting Number: AA#26-33

Date Posted: June 24, 2026

Weekly Hours: 40 Hours/Week

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Contract: Full time (40 hours)

Hiring Rate: SMEO - $27.20/hour, Laborer - $25.08/hour

Bargaining Unit: MPWEOA - Laborers

Step Rate: SMEO - $27.20 - $34.36/hour, Laborer - $25.08 - $28.21/hour

Location: Westerly WWTP

Definition / Purpose

The employee is responsible for the provision of skilled and un-skilled manual labor including but not limited to maintaining and repairing roads, ground maintenance and the overall completion of Public Works department projects. The employee is also responsible for operating trucks and equipment in support of the maintenance and repair of municipal roadways, facilities, and infrastructure. Employee is required to perform all similar or related duties.

Essential Functions

• Maintain and repair a wide range of public works streets projects such roads, drainage areas, utilities, catch basins, facilities and grounds. Paint road lines and intersection stop bars, remove damaged sections of pavement, fill holes with patching materials, tamp or roll patches, build and set forms and finish concrete, patch new and old concrete work.
• Prepare asphalt materials for resurfacing projects; fill and tamp, rake and shovel materials, load and unload trucks; load, lift and move materials, supplies, furniture and equipment; cut and remove brush from rights of way; cut prune and trim trees, shrubs and hedges; rake leaves and remove fallen limbs.
• Pick up trash from grounds.
• Perform semi-skilled cement, woodworking and painting tasks.
• Dig trenches, manually grade and install drainage pipe; maintain drainage areas, construct, repair and maintain manholes, catch basins and curbing.
• Operate road repair equipment and a variety of mowers in grass cutting operations; operate trucks, tractors and trailers in grounds preparation and maintenance work.
• Perform laboring duties for skilled craftsman but not as a helper or apprentice nor for the purpose of learning the trade.
• Performs physical, manual labor using department equipment including but not limited to hand and power tools including shovels, picks, axes, saws, heavy wrenches and small power tools.
• Greases, oils, cleans and performs other minor preventative maintenance on equipment including some servicing on the job for certain special equipment. May occasionally operate motor equipment of lower level of difficulty.

Special Requirements

A candidate for this position must have a valid Class B MA CDL and Hoisting License 2B. Pesticide applicators license preferred. Required to be available during snow and ice events. May be given 1 year to obtain the above licenses at the discretion of the City.

Licensing Note

• Please note: The hiring Rate is dependent upon the candidate possessing the necessary licensure (CDL and Hoisting License). SMEO rates include necessary licensure, and the Laborer rate is without licensure (required to obtain within one-year period the necessary licenses and advance to the SMEO rate).

Knowledge, Ability, and Skills

Knowledge: Working knowledge of trees and roadside vegetation, parks and green spaces, burial grounds and maintenance, equipment operating and maintenance procedures, and public works department operations. Knowledge of the streets system and geographic layout of the City.

Abilities: Ability to understand and follow written and oral directions and adhere to safety precautions to perform duties in an efficient, safe manner often under adverse weather conditions.

Skills: Fine motor skill to operate department tools and equipment required to perform position duties including the operation of a tractor trailer for the safe transportation of materials and debris in a safe and efficient manner.

Physical, Motor and Visual Skills

Physical Skills: Duties require frequent and extended periods of outside work, subject to all weather conditions and extremes; continuous walking, standing, climbing and frequent periods requiring uncomfortable physical positions; may work on damp or uneven surfaces; crouch, sit, stand, walk, bend, crawl, kneel, pull, reach, push, twist, climb ladders and sloping surfaces, grasp, drag, lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds; work above shoulder level with power and/or hand tools for sustained periods of time; may be exposed to dust, chemicals, solvents, paint grease/oil, fumes; electrical and mechanical hazards, vibration and noise, work with machinery; may require the exercise of caution when operating heavy equipment or handling chemicals or other toxic materials; mobility, vision, hearing, dexterity and use of hands and legs appropriate to the duties to be performed.

Motor Skills: Essential functions involve close hand and eye coordination and physical dexterity. In order to operate department equipment and trucks often under adverse weather and/or road conditions on a 24/7 basis. The manual skills required are comparable to those which might be needed to operate assigned department equipment and vehicles such as a tractor trailer, backhoe, hand and power equipment etc.

Visual Skills: Visual demands require the employee to frequently read documents for general understanding and analytical purposes. The employee is required to determine color differences.

Work Shift

Monday through Friday

The City of Marlborough is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and, as part of this commitment, will provide reasonable accommodation to perform essential job functions as required by law.

The position will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.