Laborer

Job Title

Laborer

Job Description

The Division of Administration/Louisiana Property Assistance Agency has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of WS-203. In addition to working at the Brickyard Lane location in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Property Assistance Agency's (LPAA) Laborer employees may be regularly required to travel to locations throughout the state to pick up assets deemed surplus by state agencies that no longer need the property. LPAA staff loads and unloads items of varying weights and dimensions into/from box trucks, enclosed tractor-trailers, and stake-bodied trailers. Much of the work is manual even though our employees use forklifts, dollies, and pallet jacks to assist their efforts. The Division of Administration is the state government's management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including overseeing the state's capital construction program, working to provide state and federal grants for community development, development of the state budget, providing technology services, giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services, and administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes.

Minimum Qualifications

No experience or training is required.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Assisting drivers and agencies by lifting and moving surplus property while loading and unloading trucks and trailers with surplus property; assisting warehouse staff so they can accurately inventory and receive property; safely operating forklifts, pallet jacks, and dollies; moving vehicles and equipment as required
• Assisting warehouse staff with efforts to attractively and safely arrange and display surplus equipment sold in LPAA'S warehouse or in the monthly auction so as to maximize the property's sale price: cleaning and making minor repairs to equipment before it is displayed
• Assisting customers by helping them load property purchased in the warehouse or during an auction
• Assisting the Warehouse Manager as well as LPAA staff with conducting annual inventories
• Performing any other duty that may be assigned by a supervisor

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This vacancy may be filled by job appointment, which is temporary in nature, not to exceed 48 months. If filled as a job appointment, the position may be converted to a probational appointment, provided a vacant position becomes available, and funding is available.

Applicants with prior warehouse and forklift operation experience are encouraged to apply.

Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.

Benefits

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

• Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
• Parental Leave Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at
• Holidays and Leave State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
• Retirement State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): Louisiana State Employees Retirement System ( LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system, Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana ( Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( among others