FLAGGER/LABORER (SEASONAL)

Duties and/or Responsibilities

• Safely control movement of motoring public through construction site.
• Discusses traffic routing plans and type of location of control points with supervisor.
• Directs movement of traffic through site, using sign, hand and flag signals.
• Warns construction workers when approaching vehicles fail to heed signals to prevent accident and injury to workers.
• Informs drivers of detour routes through construction sites.
• Records license number of traffic control violation for police.
• May give hand marker to last driver in line up of one-way traffic for flagger at opposite end of site, signaling clearance for reverse flow of traffic.
• Monitor and discuss traffic flow problems with work crew and supervisor.
• Measures distance from grade stakes, drives stakes & stretches tight line.
• Signals operators of construction equipment to facilitate alignment, movement and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications.
• Levels earth using pick or shovel (Aggregate or asphalt).
• Levels blacktop using lute.
• Raise manhole covers.
• Performs laborer duties as needed such as:
• May operate small, powered hand tools.
• May operate small equipment including bobcat, tractor, or roller or move from one site to another.
• Safely and properly performs maintenance (lubricating, fueling and cleaning) and operates small equipment, such as bobcat, tractor, jackhammer, roller, pickup truck, air compressor, tractor/packer, steel drum or rubber tire roller.
• Shovels excess material away from crushers, screen or wash plant unit as needed.
• Removes road joints.
• Hooks and unhooks small trailer to pick-up.
• Fills sandbags.
• Changes bag house bags.
• Ensures OSHA, safety and environmental regulation compliance.

Minimum Requirements

• General education, grammar and arithmetic, GED or high school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to provide and maintain proper licensure and acceptable driving record.
• Equipment maintenance and operation.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Able to work flexible shifts, including overtime and Saturdays as needed.
• Able to operate skid steer for cleanup of materials.
• Able to drive truck/skid steer trailer combination to transport skid steers and other equipment and materials and from site to site (CDL license).