Rural Carrier Associate

$17.29 Per Hour Position range in Ector County $19.71•$29.16 Per hour Rural Carrier Associate United States Postal Services•Permian Basin

Occupation:

Postal Service Mail Carriers

Location:

Odessa, TX•79761

Job Type:

Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Posted:

05/13/2026 Positions available: 5

Source:

WorkInTexas

Web Site:

WorkInTexas Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Updated:

05/16/2026

Expires:

06/12/2026 Job #: 17014207 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Work Onsite Full Time CDL Required Language English, Well Schedule Full Time Job Type Regular Duration Permanent Employment Shift Day Shift Benefits Help for . External Publication for Job Posting 10302925 If this job requires qualification on an examination, the number of applicants who will be invited to take or retake the examination may be limited. Branch Rio Grande District Job Posting Period 04/24/2019•04/29/2019 This job has an exam requirement. Currently, applicants for this posting who do not yet have an exam score are being invited to take the exam. Examining will continue until capacity has been reached. Job Title

CITY CARRIER ASSISTANT 1

Facility Location

DOWNTOWN MIDLAND 100 E WALL ST MIDLAND, TX 79701-9998 CONTACT INFORMATION

CRUZ.RIVAS@USPS.

GOV Position Information Title:

CITY CARRIER ASSISTANT

(CCA)

FLSA Designation:

Non-Exempt Occupation Code:

2310-0045

Non-Scheduled Days:

Varies Hours:

Varies CCAs may be required to work any day of the week, including weekends and holidays as scheduled. CCAs hold temporary appointments for periods not-to-exceed 360 days. Subsequent appointments after a 5 day break in service may be offered but are not guaranteed and should not be expected because the use of CCAs is discretionary and subject to business needs.

DRIVING REQUIRED

Applicants must have a valid state driver's license, a safe driving record, and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.

SALARY RANGE

$17.29 per hour paid bi-weekly

FINANCE NUMBER

485902 Persons Eligible to Apply All U.S. Citizens, permanent resident aliens, citizens of American Samoa or any other territory owing allegiance to the United States. Applicants must be available for screening activities, including an interview. Applicants entitled to veterans' preference and/or covered by the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act may apply for any posted position. Applicants must apply online at www.usps.com/employment to be considered for this employment opportunity. You must have a valid email address to apply as communication regarding employment opportunities, examinations, interviews and background checks will be conveyed by email. Please add the following email domain addresses to your contact list to allow all correspondences to be received. @usps.gov @psionline.com @geninfo.com @uspis.gov

EXAM REQUIRED

If you are invited to take this test, instructions regarding the exam process will be sent to you via email. Please ensure you can receive email messages from our test vendor and follow instructions carefully so you can be considered for this employment opportunity.

NOTICE SCREENINGS REQUESTED

You may receive multiple requests for background checks in regards to this employment opportunity. Respond to all requests quickly as we anticipate filling our vacancies quickly and nonresponses may result in disqualification for this opportunity. Current non-career Postal Service employees who wish to apply for this vacancy must go to usps.com/employment and use your existing eCareer Profile to apply. Do not log into LiteBlue; if you logged into LiteBlue, log out and close your browser before going to usps.com/employment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1.

Routes or cases all classes of mail in sequence of delivery along an established route. Rearranges and relabels cases as required. 2. Withdraws mail from the distribution case and prepares it in sequence for efficient delivery independently or by another carrier along an established route. Prepares and separates all classes of mail to be carried by truck to relay boxes along route for subsequent delivery. 3. Handles undeliverable mail in accordance with established procedures. 4. Delivers mail along a prescribed route, on foot or by vehicle, on a regular schedule, picking up additional mail from relay boxes as needed. Collects mail from street letter boxes and accepts letters from mailing from customers; on certain routes may deliver mail that consists exclusively of parcel post, or the collection 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 for registered and certain insured mail. Signs for such matter, except insured mail, at the post office before beginning route and accounts for it upon return by payments of the amounts collected and delivery of of receipts taken. 7. Deposits in the post office mail collected on the route upon returning from the route. 8. Checks, and corrects if necessary, mailing cards from advertisers bearing names and addresses of customers or former customers on the route. 9. Furnishes customers with postal information and provides change of address cards and other postal forms as needed. 10. Reports to supervisor all unusual incidents or conditions relating to mail delivery, including condition of street letter boxes and centralized delivery equipment. 11. Becomes proficient, when assigned to a route, in the casing of mail on other routes as assigned. 12. Works professionally with other employees in the office. 13. May as a CCA, perform clerical duties and be required to pass examinations on scheme of city primary distribution. 14. In addition, may perform any of the following duties: check hotels and other establishments to ensure that mail for residents undeliverable as addressed is not improperly held; deliver stamps or other paper supplies to contract or classified stations and other designated delivery points; serves at carriers' delivery window; receive and register where practical, all letters and packages of first-class matter properly offered for registration; case mail and make deliveries on other routes as assigned.