Highway Maintenance Worker III - Specialty Crew Leader (61033993) **RE-ADVERTISEMENT**

About the role

Serves as a Specialty Crew Leader coordinating various construction, repair, and preservation activities of bridges within a district ensuring that all work performed is recorded in the maintenance data management system. Assists the Specialty Crew Foreman as needed.

Responsibilities

• Instructs crew members daily in safety practices such as flagging operations, wearing of safety equipment, vehicle safety, or job site hazards.
• Coordinates the placement of traffic control devices to properly set up maintenance work zones according to the SCDOT Work Zone Traffic Control Manual and Field Guide to warn motorists.
• Assists in the planning and scheduling of routine and preventive maintenance activities.
• Determines proper equipment, materials, and labor needed in order to complete tasks.
• Inputs data and runs reports in the maintenance data management system for the crew and performs quality assurance/quality control checks on the data to ensure accuracy of the reports.
• Performs skilled manual labor and operates various equipment in a variety of activities associated with the construction, repair, and preservation of bridges on the state highway system. Examples may include, but are not limited to, a skid steer, mini excavator, snooper truck, bucket truck, man lift, forklift, lowboy truck and trailer.
• Performs a variety of bridge maintenance activities using equipment such as complex saws, power tools, measuring devices and welders.
• Manages assigned crew(s) in emergency and inclement weather operation; may include being available for extended working hours or 12-hour shifts.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Two and one-half (2.5) years of related work experience; or an approved acceptable equivalence.
• A valid motor vehicle operator's license is required.
• Requires attainment of a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) within six (6) months of placement in the position.

Physical demands

• Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, climbing, balancing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, and grasping.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Walking for extended periods, treading rough terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and in natural environmental hazards.
• May be required to work outside normal scheduled work week; especially during inclement weather.