Maintenance Worker 400

Job Advertisement

The Operations and Maintenance Division within the Public Service Department is seeking skilled individuals to join their crew of Maintenance Workers.

Responsibilities include :

• Performing various street repairs using concrete, asphalt, sealant, and pavement preservation materials
• Setting up traffic control devices including cones and barricades

Ideal candidates will possess the following :

Special Requirements :

Post-Hire Requirements :

The City of Lansing is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Certified Veteran Friendly Employer. The City of Lansing provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, or during employment, notify the Department of Human Resources at (517) 483-4004. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

There are fourteen (14) positions available for this posting.

Hired candidates can expect to work 2nd or 3rd shifts up to the first five (5) years of employment based on seniority.

City of Lansing U.A.W. Local #2256 Fringe Benefits Summary :

Health Insurance : Coverage will be effective the first day of the month following your date of hire. However, there is a contract provision that in the event a new employee does not successfully complete his / her 120-day probationary period or terminates employment with the City of Lansing during his / her probationary period, said employee will be required to reimburse the City for all insurance premiums costs paid by the City. If an employee chooses the Base plan, they will be eligible for a $400 cash bonus annually. Cost of the Option 1 plan will be based upon the State Mandated Hard Cap amount, which changes annually. You may choose coverage under either Blue Cross Blue or PHP. Current plans offered are :

If the employee chooses to "buy up" to Option 1, they will pay the difference between the premium cost and the State Mandated Hard Cap amount. If an employee chooses the Option 2 plan, they will be responsible for the premium cost difference between Option 1 and Option 2. Benefit summaries and rate sheets are available in the Department of Human Resources. Opt out : Members of the bargaining unit, up to a maximum of fifteen percent (15%) of the bargaining unit, will be allowed to opt out of the City's health care plan annually, during the City's open enrollment period provided the employee provides written proof of coverage from another source. When one (1) to nineteen (19) employees select to opt out of the City's health care plan, they will be eligible to receive $1800 in any year which they receive coverage from another source. When twenty (20) or more active employees elect to opt out of the City's Health Care plan in a Plan Year, they will be eligible to receive twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500) in any calendar year they receive coverage from another source. In addition, such payments will be made twice a year, by separate check, following the period the employee had alternate coverage. City employees married to City employees are entitled to one coverage only and are not entitled to opt out payments unless the UAW member is in the Opt Out program on or before July 1, 2017.

Dental Insurance : The City pays the full premium costs for the Dental plan provided by the City; coverage includes the employee and family members. Coverage is effective the first day of the month following thirty calendar days of service. Coverage includes 100% coverage for cleaning : 50% coverage for treatment costs with an $1500 maximum per person per contract year. Employees and dependents will also receive orthodontic coverage which provides fifty percent (50%) of treatment costs with a $3,000.00 lifetime maximum per person. Booklets and summaries are available in the Department of Human Resources.

Vision Plan : Employees are eligible for the BCBS VSP 12 / 12 / 12 Vision Plan. This plan provides vision exams, lenses, and frames, and contact lenses with a co-pay. Benefit summaries are available in the Department of Human Resources.

Life Insurance : The City pays the premium for a base $50,000 of group life and $50,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance for full-time regular employees. Life insurance coverage for dependents is available for a reasonable cost to the employee, in accordance with the following schedule : Spouse $50,000 Unmarried child, age 14 days to 6 months $ 500 6 months to 23 years $ 2,500

Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement : Employees have the opportunity to pay for unreimbursed medical expenses, and dependent care costs with pretax dollars through AFLAC. AFLAC also offers supplemental insurances that may be purchased on a pretax basis through payroll deduction. Unreimbursed medical will be limited to $2,500 per plan year.

Sick and Accident Insurance : Employees will be eligible for a twenty-six (26) week sickness and accident policy that includes a benefit beginning on the eighth (8) day following accidents and the fifteenth (15) day following illnesses. The weekly benefit will be 66 2 / 3's percent of the employee's weekly wage, with a maximum benefit of $1,500.

Bereavement : At the time of the death of a spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, and parent of a current spouse, an employee will be entitled to use a maximum of the next five (5) working days with pay, to arrange for and / or attend the funeral. Additional time may be taken off with the approval of the department head and charged to vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time. An employee will