Job Information

To be considered for employment, applicants must be legally authorized to work and accept employment in the United States. The Municipality of Anchorage is not able to provide any type of sponsorship, including Student Visas and Employment Visas, under any circumstances.

Applicants shall be referred and considered for this position in the order as follows per the Collective Bargaining Agreement:

• Internal applicants currently working under the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - Technicians (IBEW-Tech), Local 1547 Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Local union dispatched applicants
• External applicants and other current Municipal employees not covered under this agreement

Example of Duties

This position works in the bus stop enhancement program providing ground maintenance, preparation and landscaping, sweeping and cleaning debris from bus stops, shoveling snow and chipping ice from bus stops, planting flowers, maintaining lawns and planters at bus stops. Facility maintenance including pressure washing and cleaning bus stops and furnishings, installing bus stop furniture including digging holes for embedded furniture and drilling holes for surface mounted furniture, installing and maintaining paver bricks for boarding areas. Minor construction work including but not limited to constructing planters, cleaning and repairing vandalism, painting, some masonry and other related duties. This position is labor intensive and requires work performed in all weather conditions.

Minimum Qualifications / Substitutions / Preferences

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent and experience in the operation of small hand tools and performing unskilled heavy manual labor.

All applicants must possess and/or obtain:

• Valid State of Alaska Driver’s License with satisfactory driving record at time of hire.

• Satisfactory background check which includes criminal, education, and employment history at time of hire.

• Physical examination (including full Functional Capacity Evaluation with audiogram at time of hire).

• The Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees that may include:
   
  Health / Medical Benefits:
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Audio
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts – Health and Dependent Care
• Health Savings Accounts
• Retirement: 
• State of Alaska Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) Program
• 401(k) and 457 Savings Plans
• Employer Paid Benefits: 
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Leave Plan
• 13 Paid Holidays