Rhode island public Works Association





Events and Trainings



July 26th, 2022

Forklift Training at Coventry DPW
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July 28th, 2022

RIPWA Golf Outing

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Virtual Trainings


Natural Gas and Electric First Responder E-Learning program - Click here for information


For Previous Trainings Click here


Spring 2021 Newsletter Click here

Fall 2021 Newsletter Click here



Job Openings



Summer Help Listings - Click here


June 2022


Portsmouth is seeking a DPW Operator 2nd Class. Click here for more information


Jamestown is seeking a Public Works Director. Click here for more information


May 2022


Smithfield is seeking an Assistant Town Engineer. Click here for more information


South Kingstown is seeking a Director of Public Services. Click here for more information


March 2022


Coventry is seeking seasonal Parks Maintenance and seasonal Custodians click here for more information


North Kingstown is seeking an Equipment Operator and a Mechanic click here for more information


February 2022


Cranston is hiring a Public Works Director click here for more information


January 2022


Coventry is seeking a Driver/Laborer click here

and a Town Engineer click here for more info


Woonsocket is seeking a Light Equipment Operator and other positions. Click here for more information​


Smithfield is seeking an Assistant Town Engineer. Click here for posting, Click here for description.​​


Westerly Public Works is seeking several Public Works related positions. Click here for more information​



*If your Public Works Department would like to post a job opening please email: erin@ripwa.org with the information



Important information &
Our Mission



State Sidewalks -
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​RIPWA Mission

The mission of the Rhode Island Public Works Association is to support high quality training and educational opportunities for the Public Works community in Rhode Island, to represent the interests of the Public Works community to the general public as well as federal, state and local government bodies and agencies and to provide a forum to public works employees for the exchange of ideas and technical information that is helpful to them in conducting their daily duties and responsibilities.


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2019 Audit
2019 Tax Return
2018 Audit
2017 Audit
2017 Tax Return
2016 Audit

2016 Tax Return



Thank you to our 2022 Gold sponsors



At BETA, “Improving Communities Together” is more than just our tagline. Our team works together to provide smart engineering and landscape architectural solutions. BETA’s multi-disciplinary approach offers civil, structural, traffic, water and wastewater engineering landscape architecture and urban design stormwater and environmental services and GIS and asset management all under one roof. BETA has grown to over 150 employees in six offices throughout New England. Our dedicated staff are experts in their fields, consistently providing thoughtful, cost effective solutions to the cities, towns, agencies, and private clients that we serve.


RBG Inc. offers new and used bucket trucks and lightweight work platforms all throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. We also offer many other truck mounted hydraulic equipment and truck bodies. We are an authorized dealer of Dur-A-Lift aerial buckets, Cormach knuckle booms, Venturo cranes and the exclusive Distributor of DINOlift lightweight work platforms for sales & service in the Mid-Atlantic to New England territory.



Altec is a leading provider of products and services to the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, lights and signs, and contractor markets. We deliver products and services in more than 100 countries throughout the world. Altec, Inc. is the holding company for Altec Industries, Global Rental, Altec NUECO, Altec Worldwide, Altec Capital, Altec Supply, and Altec Ventures, LLC. Since 1929, Altec has been a company committed to excellence. Our products are the industry leaders and consistently raise the bar through innovative product design, integrated safety features, and continued dedication to total customer satisfaction.



Construction Waste and Silica Safety Solutions is dedicated to providing the Commercial and Industrial Construction Industries with the most advance environmentally safe products and techniques for reducing Silica Exposure and Waterborne Waste Management by the means of Reclamation, Reuse, and Recycling, all while reducing labor and disposal cost with our EPA & OSHA compliant products.



Thank you to our 2022 Silver sponsors



Advantage Truck Group (ATG) is the largest Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) dealer network in New England, focused on providing a superior customer support and service experience. Headquartered in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, the comprehensive sales and service network supports a wide range of commercial and municipal vehicle applications, fleets and owner-operators, and offers the largest on-highway truck parts network in New England. ATG has dealership locations that specialize in both Western Star and Freightliner Trucks operating in Shrewsbury, Raynham and Westfield, Massachusetts Lebanon, Seabrook and Manchester, New Hampshire and Westminster, Vermont.


PipeHunter and Red Dawg were born many years ago. The team here has been manufacturing jetting and vacuum equipment since 1986 as a family-owned company. Since our beginnings selling trailer jets to local municipalities here in South Texas our offerings have grown greatly. We make everything from small trailer jets all the way up to full size combination cleaning machines with our unique build philosophy. We want to make equipment today that customers can work on themselves, no laptop required. Dealers all over the country would agree that our customers love what we build, and look forward to more. Our parts and accessories group, Red Dawg, started 8 years ago. We learned a lot about the nozzle manufacturing game in that time and have grown to have a large dealer network supported by our vans. We believe that nozzles should be made here in the USA, not Europe.



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