Maintenance Technician - CDL Truck Driver

County of Blair • Altoona, PA

33d • $21

About The Position

County of Blair seeks a hire who operates commercial and large vehicles, dump trucks, snow plow, and common construction vehicles to make deliveries, complete assignments, and maintain County-owned roads and bridges. Essential duties include monitoring loading and unloading of cargo; picking up and delivering cargo; inspecting vehicles and safety equipment operated to ensure working condition; maintaining log of activities and mileage; observing safety protocols and traffic laws; maintaining grounds, roads, bridges in clean and orderly manner via mowing, pruning, removing snow and ice, trimming, and weeding; performing minor pest management; fertilizing lawns; ensuring plant upkeep; removing debris from catch basins, culverts, ditches, and drains; removing litter and debris from roadways; completing service requests; and must be able to work call-back, emergency call-out, extended shifts, as well as evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Active commercial driver's license for heavy vehicles (Class A) and active Pennsylvania driver's license clear of infractions
• Minimum of one year's directly related work experience in the operation of commercial and large vehicles, construction equipment, and maintenance work equipment
• English language skills sufficient to communicate clearly with customers, understand operating manuals, and read traffic signs
• Knowledge of Pennsylvania transport regulations
• Knowledge of vehicles operated and their parts sufficient to handle minor repairs on the road
• Applicants must pass post-offer, pre-employment drug screening and criminal background check
• Employer cannot provide work visa sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Monitoring loading and unloading of cargo
• Picking up and delivering cargo
• Inspecting vehicles and safety equipment operated to ensure working condition
• Maintaining log of activities and mileage
• Observing safety protocols and traffic laws
• Maintaining grounds, roads, bridges in clean and orderly manner via mowing, pruning, removing snow and ice, trimming, and weeding
• Performing minor pest management
• Fertilizing lawns
• Ensuring plant upkeep
• Removing debris from catch basins, culverts, ditches, and drains
• Removing litter and debris from roadways
• Completing service requests
• Must be able to work call-back, emergency call-out, extended shifts, as well as evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package starts first of the month following 30 calendar days and includes 90% employer-paid PPO healthcare with vision and three-tier prescription components, pension plan, public employer's equivalent of 401(k), short-term disability, term life insurance, a menu of voluntary benefits that includes dental and Aflac, 12 annual paid holidays, and other time-off provisions.
• Starting wage is $20.56/hour x 40-hour workweek with opportunity for overtime.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED