Mowing Crew/Ditch Maint - El Dorado, Augusta Hwy Shop, Landfill

Butler County • El Dorado, KS

159d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Road or Landfill Supervisor, the Light Equipment Operator I performs semi-skilled to skilled work mowing road ditches, weed eating, tree and brush removal, trash and debris collection, and occasionally performing maintenance of equipment. The employee in this position operates a variety of light equipment requiring some degree of skill in performing a variety of job assignments. This employee performs tasks related to road and bridge maintenance.

Requirements

• Valid Kansas driver's license.
• Subject to random drug and alcohol testing.
• Six months to twelve months related experience.
• High School Diploma or G.E.D. and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to operate a truck, tractor, small machinery, roller, loader and other related equipment.
• Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, maps, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to convey and receive detailed or important instructions and information to and from other workers and the general public.
• Knowledge of equipment maintenance.
• Knowledge of safety operations or equipment.
• Regularly required to stand and walk, use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit; run; climb or balance and stoop, squat, bend, twist, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting, moving, pushing or pulling up to 50 pounds does generally occur.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Hazwoper and other Blue Ridge Services safety training required if working at Landfill regularly.
• Landfill training is offered on site.
• Knowledge of road and bridge maintenance, tractor operation experience, familiarity with rotary decks, ditch mowing, weed eating, knowledge of safe chainsaw handling and cutting techniques, and small equipment experience preferred.
• One year related experience.
• High School Diploma or G.E.D.; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Operates light equipment such as a tractor, rotary mower, weed eater, chain saw and other light equipment.
• Performs all maintenance on tractor and rotary mower.
• Cleans and paints structures.
• Constructs footings, piers and wings.
• Patches road and bridge surfaces using cold or hot mix.
• Performs road and bridge maintenance work such as mowing road ditches, installing and maintaining culverts and filling washouts and installing guardrail, cutting brush, tree trimming, and removing debris.
• Performs light maintenance and servicing of work in connection with the operations of related equipment, perform daily inspection of equipment.
• Cleans or lubricates vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.
• Performs unskilled manual work as assigned.
• Rebuilds roads and bridges.
• Repairs and replaces wood, concrete and steel decks.
• Replaces structural steel, back walls, guardrails and nail ties.
• Spreads dirt, cover, gravel, sand, rock and asphalt, haul material and supplies to job sites.
• Uses tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, chainsaws, drills, weed eaters, wrenches, shovels and rakes.
• Sets out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic, flags motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead, perform work according to work zone safety guidelines.
• Operates equipment while paying close attention to public traffic, conditions, drivers.
• Sorts and segregates waste such as wood, brush, construction debris, rock, white goods, house hold hazardous waste.
• Installs and repairs traffic signs, signals, barricades, closes roads when appropriate.
• Sets forms, rebar and pours concrete.
• Lays seed and sod, mulch, performs landscaping, planting of trees, mowing.
• Performs welding, fabricating.
• Removes trash along roadside or at landfill.
• Performs repair to county equipment such as glass windshield replacements.
• Performs concrete work on small projects.
• Must be able to work independently, stay productive, and maintain communication with supervisors.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED