Courier/General Maintenance (12 months)

CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: COURIER / GENERAL MAINTENANCE

FLSA STATUS: NON-EXEMPT

SALARY GRADE: M1

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Under general supervision performs mail delivery and routine clerical and courier work for the Maintenance Department. Work involves receiving sorting and packaging various documents supplies and other materials and retrieving and delivering documents supplies and other materials as requested. The employee is responsible for loading and unloading trucks as needed. The employee is responsible for picking up and delivering supplies to schools. The employee is responsible for training newly hired custodians. The employee reports to the Director of Maintenance.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Performs mail service delivery and performs pre-delivery sorting and inspection and determines necessary routing for delivery of mail.
• Receives sorts and delivers interoffice written communications.
• Responsible for receiving packages and determining proper destinations.

• Loads and unloads materials and supplies using available hand trucks and forklifts.

• Pulls assembles and delivers ordered supplies.

• Rotates stock as needed.
• Sorts incoming mail inter-departmental mail payroll textbooks etc. for delivery to appropriate locations.
• Assist in training newly hired custodians.

ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Maintains a clean and orderly warehouse.
• Performs minor repairs on warehouse and custodial equipment.
• Performs other related work as required and/or assigned by the Director of Maintenance.

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Graduation from high school and some experience operating a forklift preferred or any equivalent combination of education training and experience that provides the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the job functions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED

TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including forklifts hand trucks etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 80 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 35 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical requirements are consistent with those for Medium to Heavy Work.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional structural or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions assignments and/or directions from superiors.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence reports forms maps lists etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence route instructions forms etc. using a prescribed format.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- to two-step instructions and to deal with standardized situations with occasional or no variables in or from these situations encountered on the job.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information explain procedures to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length width and shape.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using automated office equipment.

Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items office equipment control knobs switches etc. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress.

Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Considerable knowledge of the locations of various departments and facilities in the school system.
• Some knowledge of modern office practices methods and procedures.
• Ability to operate such equipment as hand trucks and forklifts.
• Ability to sort high volumes of documents with minimal errors.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to exercise some independent judgment and initiative in performing assigned tasks.
• Ability to perform physical labor required by work assignments.

DISCLAIMER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees for this job.