USPS CARRIER (CITY) Career Job

This job was posted by : For moreinformation, please see: at: /careersFunctional PurposeDelivers and collects mail on foot or by vehicle under varying road andweather conditions in a prescribed area; maintainsprofessional and effective public relations with customers and others,requiring a general familiarity with postal laws,regulations, products and procedures commonly used, and with thegeography of the area. May be required to carry mailweighing up to 35 pounds in shoulder satchels or other equipment and toload or unload container of mail weighing up to 70pounds.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES1. Routes or cases all classes of mail in sequence of delivery along anestablished route. Rearranges and relabels cases asrequired.2. Withdraws mail from the distribution case and prepares it in sequencefor efficient delivery by himself or a substitute alongan established route. Prepares and separates all classes of mail to becarried by truck to relay boxes along route forsubsequent delivery.3. Handles undeliverable mail in accordance with establishedprocedures.4. Delivers mail along a prescribed route, on foot or by vehicle, on aregular schedule, picking up additional mail from relayboxes as needed. Collects mail from street letter boxes and acceptsletters from mailing from customers; on certain routesmay deliver mail that consists exclusively of parcel post, or thecollection of mail.5. Uses portable electronic scanner as instructed.6. Delivers and collects charges on customs, postage-due, and c.o.d.mail matter. Delivers and obtains receipts forregistered and certain insured mail. Signs for such matter, exceptinsured mail, at the post office before beginning route andaccounts for it upon return by payments of the amounts collected anddelivery of receipts taken.7. Deposits in the post office mail collected on the route uponreturning from the route.8. Checks, and corrects if necessary, mailing cards from advertisersbearing names and addresses of customers or formercustomers on the route.9. Furnishes customers with postal information and provides change ofaddress cards and other postal forms as needed.10. Reports to supervisor all unusual incidents or conditions relatingto mail delivery, including condition of street letter boxesand centralized delivery equipment.11. Becomes proficient, when assigned to a route, in the casing of mailon other routes as assigned.12. Works professionally with other employees in the office.13. May as a substitute carrier, perform clerical duties and be requiredto pass examinations on scheme of city primarydistribution.14. In addition, may perform any of the following duties: check hotelsand other establishments to ensure that mail forresidents undeliverable as addressed is not improperly held; deliverstamps or other paper supplies to contract or classifiedstations and other designated delivery points; serves at carriers'delivery window; receive and register where practical, allletters and packages of first-class matter properly offered forregistration; case mail and make deliveries on other routes asassigned.

Created: 2026-01-19