Employment
Reissued: Qualified Applicants for the Full-time Public Works Maintenance Worker Position
Deadline to Apply: January 27, 2025
Posted: January 6, 2025
Full-Time Employment Opportunity
Public Works Department
Penn Township is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Public Works Maintenance Worker. The position is year-round, 40 hours per week. The Public Works Department typically works 4, 10-hour days a week, Monday through Thursday during daylight savings time. The position provides year-round employment, an excellent benefit package, and a competitive starting pay rate based upon the successful candidate’s skills and knowledge.
The Public Works Department is responsible for the construction and general maintenance of the Township roads, parks and properties. The position requires the operation of heavy equipment as well as a variety of hand and power tools. The employee must be able to work independently, communicate effectively, and interact with the public in a professional manner.
The employee should have a minimum of five years’ experience in Public Works or a construction related field. A current Class A or B CDL or the ability to attain is required for this position. Experience with performing maintenance on vehicles and small, motorized equipment is preferred. The employee must be available for on call work, primarily during winter months as evening and weekend hours will be occasionally required.
Successful applicants must be at least 18 years of age, possess a valid PA Driver’s License and the satisfactory completion of a pre-employment physical, PA State Police Criminal Background Check as well as a PA Department of Motor Vehicle Records Check. Qualified applicants are invited to submit an application for employment to the Penn Township Office, 97 North Penryn Road, Manheim, PA, between the hours of 7:00 am and 5:30 pm, Monday through Thursday. Deadline for receipt of applications is December 12, 2024. Penn Township is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Join our service-driven team with strong camaraderie.
Application online: https://penntwplanco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Employment-Application_fillable.pdf
Mark Hiester, Manager, 717-665-4508, secretary@penntwplanco.org
Penn Township, Preserving Our Past, Sustaining Our Future
Job application: https://penntwplanco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Employment-Application_fillable.pdf.
Volunteer Opportunities
The township planning commission has one vacant, alternate member position available. An appointed alternate member of the planning commission may participate and may vote to meet quorum of the planning commission members present. The planning commission is a advisory agency of the township that gives recommendations on land development and related applications. The MPC (Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code) provides a specific set of rules that must be followed for applications submitted to the planning commission.
Under Section 209.1 of the MPC, a planning commission is also, when authorized by the board of supervisors, empowered to:
1. To prepare a comprehensive plan for the long-term growth, development, and well-being of the municipality.
2. Make recommendations to the governing body concerning the adoption or amendment of an official map.
3. Prepare and present to the governing body a zoning ordinance, and make recommendations to the governing body on proposed amendments to it.
4. Prepare, recommend, and administer subdivision and land development and planned residential development regulations.
5. Prepare and present to the governing body a building code and a housing code and make recommendations concerning proposed amendments thereto.
6. Do such other acts or make studies as may be necessary to fulfill the duties and obligations imposed by the MPC.
7. Prepare and present to the governing body an environmental study.
8. Submit to the governing body a recommended capital improvements program.
9. Prepare and present to the governing body a water survey, which shall be consistent with the State Water Plan and any applicable water resources plan adopted by a river basin commission. The water survey shall be conducted in consultation with any public water supplier in the area to be surveyed.
10. Promote public interest in, and understanding of, the comprehensive plan and planning.
11. Make recommendations to governmental, civic, and private agencies and individuals as to the effectiveness of the proposals of such agencies and individuals.
12. Hold public hearings and meetings.
13. Present testimony before any board.
14. Require from other departments and agencies of the municipality such available information as relates to the work of the planning agency.
15. In the performance of its functions, enter upon any land to make examination and land surveys with the consent of the owner.