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Operates heavy equipment and vehicles.
Posting Period: 39/2026 to 3/20/2026
Location: Chelsea, MA
Salary: $62,843.39 - $89,210.25 Annually $1,208.53 - $1,715.58 Weekly
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Valid Class B Commercial Driver's License.
Department of Public Safety Hoisting Engineer's Licenses as noted below:
Complete productivity improvement competency-based training program related to ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES as outlined above and successfully demonstrates required competencies.
Knowledge and Abilities
Tools and Equipment Used
Motor vehicle, specialized maintenance and construction equipment, hand tools, hoist, mobile radio.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate object, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk, hear, sit, climb or balance.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts, is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electric shock, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud in field settings, and loud at other work locations.
Supervision Received and Exercised
Works under the general supervision of the departmental Manager or Supervisor.
Exercises close supervision of skilled laborers and laborers as assigned.
Other Position Information
PCR: 5434023
Division: Operations
Department: Pipe Maintenance - Wastewater
Union/Grade: NAGE (Unit 3)/Grade 15
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.
MWRA supplies some of the best drinking water in the country and provides wastewater treatment services to over 3 million people in eastern and central Massachusetts.
Every day, our highly talented staff work to protect the public health and the health of the environment. We are passionate about developing and retaining a high-performance workforce that reflects our service area and underscores our core principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, enables us to achieve our mission, brings value to our staff and makes us better able to serve our ratepayers.
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including Health and Dental Insurance, paid holidays and vacations, our own MWRA Retirement System, tuition reimbursement, training and more! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. MWRA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, gender identity or expression including a transgender identity, genetics or veteran status.
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