Highway Maintenance Laborer

Ramsey County•(Public Works Admin Bldg) Arden Hills, MN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The current vacancies are in the Public Works department. The eligibility list created by these vacancies may be used to hire other vacancies in the department. To perform manual labor and operate hand tools, motorized hand operated equipment and motor vehicles less than 10K pounds GVWR including vehicle-trailer combinations in the construction, maintenance and repair of roads and highways; and to perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent.
A valid Minnesota driver’s license.
Positions in this job class are subject to drug and alcohol testing pursuant to Department of Transportation rules and Ramsey County regulations. Testing negative is a condition of employment.
As required by the FMCSA, once you have accepted a job offer you will be required to register for the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and consent to a full query of your Clearinghouse record.
Highway Maintenance Laborers will be required to obtain their CDL permit within 30 days of their first day of employment.
Must obtain their CDL Class A license within their one-year probationary period.
Eligible for veteran's preference should update their veteran's DD214, and other supporting documents, and submit them as an attachment at the time of application.
Pass a criminal background check.
Pass a Physical Demand test.
Pass a Drug/alcohol screening.

Nice To Haves

None

Responsibilities

Repair and maintain road and highway surfaces using shovels, asphalt rakes, grade stakes, brooms, air compressors, and jack hammers.
Repair and maintain right-of-way areas by removing brush, tree limbs and rubbish, spreading crushed rock, shaping ditches, spreading black dirt and laying sod.
Remove snow by shoveling crosswalks, intersections, bridge walks, and drains and by operating snowplows and sanding trucks.
Control traffic by setting barricades, cones, and arrow boards and by using hand signals and flags, in order to ensure the safety of highway workers and motorists, and to ensure that traffic moves with a minimum amount of congestion.
Construct and repair spillways, curbs, guardrails, storm drains, and culverts, by using cement mixers, curbing machines, wrenches, shovels, jack hammers, stakes and tapes.
Clean and maintain equipment, power tools and hand tools.
Make minor repairs to equipment on the job.