Highway Maintenance Supervisor

Milwaukee County Wisconsin•Milwaukee, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Highway Maintenance Supervisor will assign, direct, and coordinate the work of highway crews in the maintenance, improvements, and snowplowing operations on the Interstate, State, and County trunk highways as directed by the State DOT and County officials. The major objective is to keep the motoring public, citizens, and employees of Milwaukee County safe. The Highway Maintenance Supervisor is also responsible for ensuring their staff is properly trained in all equipment as well as processes and are following safety standards required to complete maintenance projects.

Requirements

Current resident of Wisconsin.
Possession of a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
At least five (5) years of Highway Maintenance experience.
At least three (3) years of experience as an Assistant Highway Maintenance Supervisor.
Able to push, pull, lift, and carry up to 60 lbs.
Possession of a valid Wisconsin Class B CDL with Airbrake Endorsement.
Basic knowledge of all related computer and software applications, such as word processing and spreadsheets.
Willing and able to work irregular hours including overtime, weekends, or shift rotations.
Willing and able to have on-call availability, which includes unpredictable or long hours.
Willing and able to travel in this role.

Nice To Haves

Possession of a valid Wisconsin Class A CDL.

Responsibilities

Schedule, prioritize, assign, and direct the work of highway crews.
Supervise the repair of roads, culverts, sewers, bridges, and curbs.
Direct and train crews during snow removal and ice control operations.
Direct and train crews on keeping grass and weeds under control.
Investigate complaints from County Supervisors and citizens.
Prioritize tasks according to their significance, ensuring that essential repairs such as asphalt, concrete, catch basin, curb and pan, guard-rail, barrel, fence, bridge rail, and additional necessary maintenance activities are appropriately addressed.
Maintain records and reports in a timely manner, including crew sheets, work orders, reports to State DOT, tools, materials, and supplies.
Enter employee times, equipment and work orders into Dayforce and CityWorks daily.
Perform work on any assigned shift, respond to emergencies when needed.
Perform all other duties as assigned.