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Welcome to the new USPS Careers Site. Currently Postal Support Employee & City Carrier Assistant jobs in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan and Mail Handler Assistant jobs nationwide are being processed on this site. To apply for any other USPS job, visit https://about.usps.com/careers/

Job Overview

In this role you deliver and collect mail on foot or by vehicle in a city area. You also maintain good relations with customers and have a general familiarity with postal laws, regulations, and products for your area. As a CCA you provide a critical service to your community by ensuring mail delivery during weekdays, weekends and holidays with opportunities for career promotion. CCAs may be eligible for certain benefits including paid leave and health insurance. This position is ideal for candidates that enjoy staying active outdoors with occasional customer service interactions.

Job duties include:

  • Sort, lift and push moderate to heavy loads of mail and packages to prepare for delivery
  • Deliver mail along your assigned route
  • Pick up or collect mail from customers
  • Collect postage due for charge on delivery or other services
  • Work indoors and outdoors in all weather: rain, snow, cold and heat

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ILLINOIS - CITY CARRIER ASSISTANT 1 GURNEE PO - 2025-04-25

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Location

Facility

GURNEE
1 N OPLAINE RD
GURNEE, Illinois 60031

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  • Job Attributes: Outdoors

  • Job Attributes: May Work Evenings, Weekends and Holidays

  • Job Attributes: Standing and Walking for Extended Periods

  • Job Attributes: Some Heavy Lifting

  • Job Attributes: Driving

  • Job Attributes: Interacts with Customers

Salary

Salary
$20.23/hr

Background Investigation

The Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBI fingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 10-year inquiry for any location where the individual has resided, worked or gone to school within the United States or its territories. As a result of this limitation, the criminal background checks of individuals who have not resided in the United States or its territories for the preceding 10-years may not be considered complete. The Inspection Service may be able to process inquiries for U.S. Citizens only, but only if their time spent out of the country was spent as: a trailing spouse or dependent of someone working for the U.S. government (military or civilian), a missionary, a student attending school in a foreign country, a Peace corps participant, or as an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete background check because of residency outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment. 
Postal Service employment is conditional upon your meeting medical suitability, general eligibility and suitability, and background check requirements. Therefore, if you receive a job offer, note that it will be conditional upon you meeting these requirements, even if you are allowed to begin working first.

Benefits

Benefit Information
Non-career 360-day term with possibility of reappointment. May lead to career position. Benefits include paid leave at the rate of 1hr for every 20hrs in pay status, holiday pay for 6 holidays, and pay raises per NALC National Agreement. Immediately eligible for USPSHB Plan with a $125 Postal premium contribution towards Self Only. Employer contribution towards greater than Self Only is 65% (75% for subsequent appointments). Upon reappointment to a second 360-day term after a 5-day break in service eligible for: health insurance under FEHB; dental and vision insurance through FEDVIP; flexible spending accounts through FSAFEDS and long-term care insurance through FLTCIP. Wounded Warrior leave available if eligibility criteria are met. Effective Plan Year 2022, the Postal Service will make a bi-weekly contribution equal to 75% of the total premium for any CCA employee who wishes to participate in the USPS Plan for self, self plus one, or family coverage, regardless of year of employment.