Road Maintenance Technician I

Alachua County•Fl, FL

20h•Onsite

About The Position

This is unskilled and limited semi-skilled work performing a variety of routine, non-machine tasks in maintaining County roads, bridges and right-of-ways throughout the County. Employees assigned to this classification are responsible for the satisfactory performance of manual labor, which may be of a heavy nature, but does not require a high degree of manipulative skill or previous experience to do an effective job. Work is performed under the direction of a higher level supervisor and is reviewed through conferences and observation of results obtained. This is an emergency essential classification. Upon declaration of a disaster and/or emergency, all employees in this classification are required to work. Exudes a positive customer service focus. Advocates building organizational culture through aligning decisions with the County's core values.

Requirements

Requires completion of the eighth grade; or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen & physical examination and successful completion of all applicable background checks pre-hire and ongoing are required.
Some knowledge of simple tools used in maintenance and construction.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to operate simple machinery.
Sufficient physical strength and agility to do heavy manual labor, occasionally under adverse weather conditions.

Responsibilities

Performs a variety of maintenance work not requiring specialized knowledge and skill; sprays and trims foliage; cuts grass and weeds with hand tools and mowers; operates various types of small gasoline powered equipment; assists in planting trees and shrubbery ; and trims hedges and rakes leaves.
Digs, spreads, and levels dirt and gravel, using pick and shovel.
Lifts, carries, and holds building materials, tools, and supplies.
Cleans tools, equipment, materials, and work areas.
Mixes, pours, and spreads concrete, asphalt, gravel, and other materials using hand tools.
Joins, wraps, and seals sections of pipe.
Assists skilled workers in a variety of unskilled tasks; mixes concrete with shovel, using prescribed amounts of sand, cement and water; chops walls and makes openings for repair and reconstruction work.
Clears ditches; digs ditches with shovels, builds retaining walls, places sandbags; clears brush from roadside; sweeps walks; removes refuse and paper from grounds.
Loads and unloads heavy materials from trucks and vans; moves or aids in moving heavy boxes or equipment and large bulky objects.
Performs the duties listed, as well as those assigned, with professionalism and a sense of urgency.