Highway Operator/Maintenance Worker

Juneau County•Wi 53948, WI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position performs labor, highway construction, and maintenance work to keep the roadways and roadsides safe and in good repair, including general maintenance of highways and bridges; performs traffic control flagging; and operates light and utility equipment and light and heavy trucks. The role involves providing positive leadership in department safety and training activities, ensuring on-site safety practices are implemented. Responsibilities include performing physical labor in constructing, maintaining, and repairing highways, bridges, and rights-of-way, such as shoveling, raking, cutting brush, patching pavements, and mowing roadsides. The position requires skillful operation of various highway department equipment, including crawler tractors, loaders, excavators, graders, and paving machines. Additionally, it involves performing flagging and traffic control, assisting in bridge repair, reading construction plans, ensuring proper work zone setup and environmental protections, and installing/maintaining highway appurtenances like guardrails and signs. The role also includes operating light equipment, snow plowing, ice removal, transporting equipment with heavy-duty trucks, completing reports, maintaining buildings and grounds, performing daily equipment inspections and minor repairs, and adhering to all safety regulations. The position may require reporting to work for after-hours needs, performing emergency repairs, and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Two (2) years of experience in highway construction, maintenance and repair or similar industry.
Wisconsin CDL Class A with N endorsement or obtain within six (6) months from date of hire.
Able to obtain the following certification/ licenses: Flagger (Traffic Control), Traffic Incident Management Training, Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) Miner First Aid / CPR
Able to show competence in the following areas: Load Securement, Forklift Operation, Trench Safety, Personal Protective Equipment, Hazardous Materials identification, Emergency response protocols
Appointment will be conditional upon successful completion of the following pre-employment drug test.

Nice To Haves

Interprets and applies Federal, State, municipal, and Department rules, regulations, and policies.
Attends work regularly and is punctual.
Behaves professionally and presents an appropriate standard of grooming, hygiene, and dress that aligns with health and safety standards.
Conducts self in such a way as to reflect positively on the County.
Fosters positive working relationships and accepts new responsibilities.
Learns and understands the safe practices for the job being performed and complies with the safe work practices and personal protective requirements for the job.

Responsibilities

Provides positive leadership in department safety and training activities, ensures on-site safety practices are implemented.
Performs physical labor in constructing, maintaining, and repairing highways, bridges, and rights-of-way, including shoveling, raking, cutting brush, pruning trees, cleaning culverts, patching pavements, trash and debris removal, and mowing roadsides.
Feeds brush and trees into brush chipper operating hydraulic excavator.
Participates in small and larger crews engaged in the construction, maintenance, and repair of county and state highways.
Skillfully operates all of the Highway Department equipment including crawler tractors, wheel loaders, hydraulic excavators, backhoes, compactors, motor graders, road widener, oil distributor, tractor/trailers, screening plant, and asphalt paving machine.
Grades, shapes, and contours highway surfaces, drainageways, and slopes to specific tolerances.
Performs flagging and other work zone support and traffic control.
Assists in the repair and maintenance of highway bridges.
Reads, interprets, and follows construction plans and grade controls.
Ensures work zones are properly and consistently designed, established and maintained.
Ensures that appropriate erosion control and other environmental protections are established and maintained.
Installs, maintains, and repairs highway appurtenances including guardrails, traffic signs, culverts, and pavement markings.
Operates light and utility equipment, with attachments, including tractors, mowers, brush chippers and asphalt heaters.
Operates hand and power tools, including chainsaws, shovels, rakes, wrenches, augers and brush cutters.
Plows snow, removes ice and applies road salt, traction sand and liquid anti-icing /de-icing as necessary.
Participates in scheduled and emergency snow and ice removal, including on interstate highways.
Transports equipment and machinery, operating heavy-duty trucks and lowboy equipment trailers.
Accurately completes time, equipment, and materials reports.
Maintains assigned garage buildings and grounds.
Safely operates assigned equipment, machinery, and tools for highway and bridge construction and maintenance; and maintenance materials handling.
Performs daily inspection and service to equipment.
Maintains records of inspection and services.
Performs minor repairs, maintenance, and preventative maintenance to assigned equipment as scheduled or directed.
Completes daily equipment inspection (pre-trip and post trip) reports.
Ensures all activities are carried out in a safe manner; adheres to all County safety regulations; assists co-workers in the safe handling of equipment; ensures equipment is safely operated and driving laws are obeyed; ensures all regulations pertaining to the safe use of equipment are understood and followed.
Reports all accidents to the appropriate authority.
Follows all policies for reporting, investigating, and follow-up of equipment incidents or personal injuries.
Provides backup assistance to other department personnel as needed.
Maintains appropriate records including complete equipment repair history, work orders, daily job card, and other related data.
Reports to work for after-hours needs, as assigned.
Performs emergency repairs and works as necessary.
Other duties as assigned.