Maintenance Worker - Highway

Washington County•Public Works North Shop, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Worker provides a variety of skilled maintenance work to support Public Works to ensure the safety and security of County residents and visitors.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Three-years of full-time work experience in highway/road or parks maintenance that included the operation of various types of motorized equipment, or equivalent experience.
Requires possession of a current and valid Class “B” Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with Air Brake designation.
Must obtain and maintain a Class “A” CDL with 5th wheel Tractor-Trailer, Manual Transmission and Tanker Vehicle endorsement, within six months of employment.
Demonstrates knowledge of, or ability to learn, quality/continuous improvement.
Demonstrates knowledge of the operation of heavy diesel and gas-powered construction equipment.
Demonstrates knowledge of road construction and maintenance practices.
Demonstrates knowledge of snow and ice control practices.
Demonstrates knowledge of park maintenance activities.
Demonstrates knowledge of the supplies, materials, and techniques used in general building and grounds maintenance work.
Demonstrates skill in the methods, materials, and equipment used in sign fabrication, sign installation, pavement messages, highway striping, and traffic control signal maintenance.
Demonstrates knowledge of related computer software.
Ability to set up to read grades and stakes.
Ability to comprehend the information contained in equipment, procedural and safety material.
Ability to use the mechanical skill in the safe operation of equipment.
Ability to safely use and care for hand and power tools.
Ability to apply carpentry skills in the performance of various infrastructure maintenance tasks.
Ability to uphold safe working conditions and procedures and follow County and departmental policies and procedures.
Ability to identify potential hazards and correct situations.

Nice To Haves

Experience building, widening, or resurfacing roads and trails, including grading, patching, shouldering, and placing bituminous or concrete pavement
Experience operating heavy equipment used in roadway maintenance — tandem dump truck with wing and plow, road grader, loader, backhoe, dozer, or shoulder machine
Experience with drainage maintenance, including ditching, culvert replacement, and clearing debris from culverts and ditches
Experience setting up work zone traffic control in conformance with the MMUTCD
Current Class A CDL with tanker endorsement, 5th wheel, and manual transmission
Experience in snow and ice control operations including plowing and applying anti-icing and deicing materials
Create and renew trail system through safe prairie burn practices.

Responsibilities

Perform snow and ice control to county standards to include plowing snow and applying liquid anti-icing and deicing agents, salt and/or sand, and removal of snow.
Operate vehicles, heavy equipment, hand and power equipment, and tractor-mounted implements in a safe and efficient manner.
Document time spent on projects, equipment, roads, park, or facility.
Accurately documents materials used.
Provides works direction to temporary employees.
Clear and grub brush and trees from public lands.
Removes debris and excess material from culverts and ditches.
Conduct activities to include sodding, spraying weeds, fertilizing, planting, pruning, seeding, mowing, chipping, trimming, and other similar activities.
Repair and conduct minor maintenance of equipment and facilities to include sharpening blades, lubricating equipment and motors, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, hydraulic, minor welding and torch use.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Build and/or widen roads and trails, road grading, cut slopes or landscaping, patching, place bituminous and concrete pavements, shouldering, ditching, culvert replacement, street, and/or trail sweeping, animal carcass removal and mowing.
Load and/or haul materials such as salt, sand and salt mixtures, gravel, asphalt, debris, etc.
Complete and proper set up of work zone traffic control measures, in conformance with the MMUTCD, for all operations performed within the highway corridor.
Maintain County park buildings and facilities in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition.
Install, repair, and maintain irrigation systems.
Maintain landscape and apply appropriate pesticides and fungicides.
Inspect and maintain grounds and facilities (County pool, playgrounds and park trails, etc.).
Create and renew trail system through safe prairie burn practices.
Conduct beach maintenance (removal and placement of buoys, water treatment, raking, repair and placement of guard stands, etc.).
Perform Park facilities plumbing maintenance and repair.
Repair, salvage, install and replace highway signs including traffic control signs, Adopt-A-Highway signs, construction detour signs, and informational signs.
Create and design sign faces with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software.
Construct sign faces and decals for sign and vehicle uses.
Fabricate traffic and other signs using pressure-sensitive methods.
Perform highway striping and messaging operations, pavement sweeping, paint preparation and loading, striping truck operation, and warning vehicle operation.
Locate and stake sign location placement.
Maintain up-to-date and adequate inventory of signs and materials in the shop and installed or utilized in the field using current department sign inventory software, record work orders completed, and determine supplies needed.