RURAL Carrier Career

Overview

Functional

Purpose:

Cases, delivers, and collects mail along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle; provides customers on the route with a variety of services.

• Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
• Receives and signs for accountable mail.
• Loads mail in vehicle.
• Delivers mail to customers along a prescribed route and on a regular schedule by a vehicle; collects monies and receipts for accountable mail; picks up mail from customers' roadside boxes.
• Sells stamps, stamped paper and money orders; accepts C.O.D., registered, certified, and insured mail and parcel post; furnishes routine information concerning postal matters and provides requested forms to customer.
• Returns mail collected, undeliverable mail, and submits monies and receipts to post office.
• Prepares mail for forwarding and maintains records of change of address information.
• Prepares a daily trip report and maintains a list of the customers on the route.
• Conducts special surveys when required.
• Maintains an inventory of stamps and stamped paper as needed to provide service to customers on the route.
• Provides for mail security at all times. This job has an exam requirement. Currently, applicants for this posting who do not yet have an exam score are being invited to take the exam. Examining will continue until capacity has been reached.
• DRIVING
  
  REQUIRED:
  
  Applicants must have a valid state driver's license, a safe driving record, and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide. Must be able to communicate in and understand the English language with or without a reasonable disability accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act.
  
  Postal Service employment is conditional upon your meeting medical suitability, general eligibility and suitability, and background check requirements.

• SALARY RANGE: Starting salary $26.69 per hour paid bi-weekly
• Non-Scheduled Days: VARIES
• Hours: VARIES

• This is a career position which offers excellent benefits. Newly hired employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
• Upon hire, employees are eligible to contribute into the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is similar to 401(k) plans, and offers matching employer contributions.
• We offer the option to enroll into the Health Insurance, Group Life Insurance, Dental, Vision and Long-Term Care Insurance Programs as well as Flexible Spending Program to cover eligible out-of-pocket health care and dependent care (day care) expenses; accrued vacation and sick leave.
• In addition, the Postal Service offers a variety of employee discount programs ranging from tuition discounts to cellular service.