Laborer 2

Salary: $42,500.00 - $53,367.00 Annually
Location : 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: DPW85
Department: Public Works
Opening Date: 04/28/2026
Position Division: BUILDINGS AND STREETS


Description


The City of Jersey City is seeking a laborer for the Division of Buildings and Streets in the Department of Public Works. This position will be responsible for performing varied types of cleaning services such as sweeping, mopping, and vacuuming City offices. Additionally, this candidate will be responsible for maintaining and restocking cleaning supplies.

Examples of Duties


Leads and works alongside a crew performing manual and unskilled labor, including street sweeping, loading, lifting, and moving supplies, furniture, and equipment, as well as loading and unloading trucks. Lifts and transports materials as required and may operate trucks.
Provides supervision and direction to staff performing tasks such as:

• Digging trenches and performing manual grading
• Cleaning incinerators
• Collecting rubbish and refuse
• Cutting grass and trimming hedges
• Watering lawns, flowers, and vegetable beds
• Shoveling snow, gravel, and sand
• Whitewashing walls
• Mixing cement and mortar
• Setting forms for concrete work
• Performing cold patching
• Clearing underbrush, foliage, vines, and weeds
• Cutting down trees and removing tree stumps
• Removing and destroying poisonous vines, weeds, and undergrowth
• Cleaning sludge beds
• Sweeping streets and sidewalks
• Cleaning sewers
• Demolishing sections of walls and roofs using hand tools
• Loading debris for removal
• Sorting, stacking, and cleaning salvageable brick, stone, lumber, and metal

May also:

• Operate construction and maintenance equipment
• Operate a pneumatic drill
• Rake and distribute asphalt mixtures to proper thickness and grade
• Patch pavement joints and edges with asphalt cement
• Tamp and smooth asphalt surfaces
• Operate and maintain an asphalt heating kettle
• Learn and perform routine repairs to valves, fittings, pipe sections, and other equipment within the assigned area
• Perform other duties as assigned

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Preferred Education:
High School Diploma or GED.
Required Experience:
One (1) year of experience inperforming labor manual and unskilled labor work.
Required License:
Appointees must possess a possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and applicable endorsements for the class and type of vehicle being operated.
Essential Skills :

• Knowledge of the tools, equipment, and process used to perform manual and unskilled labor tasks.
• Ability to function as a lead worker, guide the performance of laborers and review their work.
• Ability to prepare work schedules.
• Ability to obtain, store, safeguard and use needed equipment, materials and supplies.
• Ability to perform manual tasks either alone or as a member of a group.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for prolonged periods of time under varying temperatures and climatic conditions.
• Ability to use the tools and equipment needed to perform routine, unskilled tasks.
• Ability to follow safety precautions in the operation of assigned tools and equipment.

Supplemental Information

This is a Civil Service Job and you must eventually pass and qualify for the applicable Civil Service title.
Please note that this role is subject to the residency requirements set forth by the NJ First Act.
The City of Jersey City offers a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health insurance, dental, vision, vacation, holidays, sick time, pension, life insurance, professional development assistance, employee assistance program, and other benefits.


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