Utilities Worker (Streets)

Utilities Worker

The City of Aiken Engineering & Utilities Department is accepting applications for a Utilities Worker in the Streets Division.

Examples of duties include:

• Pave utility and pothole patches
• Performs manual labor
• Repairs sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and driveways
• Make brick paver repairs
• Performs minor carpentry work

Minimum qualifications:

• Ability to understand and follow verbal instructions and perform manual labor duties
• Valid driver's license
• Interpersonal skills
• Familiar in working with concrete, asphalt, as well as forms and framing

Supplemental information:

This position is subject to a criminal background check for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities. Only job related convictions will be considered and will not automatically disqualify the candidate. The City of Aiken is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace.

Full-time benefits include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance (5x salary)
• Flex health spending account
• Short-term disability
• An employee wellness program
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Participation in a Defined Contribution 401(a) Retirement Plan
• South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program

Paid holidays include:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day
• Day after Christmas (Dec. 26th)
• Employee's Birthday
• Floating holiday (must be on payroll prior to January 1st)

Retirement: Full-time employees participate in the Defined Contribution 401(a) Retirement Plan. After one year of employment, the employee will begin contributing 6% to the Plan, with the City making a matching 6% contribution. Employees are fully vested after 5 years of service.