Assistant Rural Carrier; Arc

Job Title

ASSISTANT RURAL CARRIER (ARC)

Fairlee, VT

Using dynamic route descriptions, delivers packages on Sundays and observed holidays. May case, deliver, and collect mail and packages on Saturday along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle.

Scheduled Days:
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays observed by the USPS on an as needed basis. During the onboarding period, ARCs must be available for required training on weekdays.

Hours:

VARIES.

• Valid state driver's license, a safe driving record, and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.
• Applicants may be required to have a personal vehicle suitable for use, and if required to provide own vehicle, ARCs will receive an Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA). Candidates must live within easy commuting distance of the facility location.

$20.38 per hour paid bi-weekly

• Loads packages in delivery sequence in vehicle.
• Delivers packages to customers along a prescribed route.
• Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
• Receives and signs for accountable mail.
• Loads mail and packages in vehicle.
• Delivers mail and packages to customers along a prescribed route or as an auxiliary assistant by a vehicle; collects monies and receipts for accountable mail; picks up mail from customers roadside boxes.
• Furnishes routine information concerning postal matters to customer.
• Returns mail collected, undeliverable mail, and submits monies & receipts to post office.
• Prepares appropriate time records.
• Provides for mail security at all times.
• May be required to provide a vehicle for delivery if an employer provided vehicle is not assigned.
• ARCs are non-career employees who provide customers along a rural route services which includes delivering and collecting mail.
• Work is performed indoors and outdoors in all types of weather. Carriers may be required to load and unload trays and containers of mail and parcels weighing as much as 70 pounds.

• Valid state driver's license, safe driving record, at least two years of unsupervised driving experience in passenger or larger vehicles.
• Ability to operate a delivery vehicle and collect mail and packages daily.
• Physically capable of lifting up to 70 pounds.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Information Technology
• Industries:
  Government Administration