Hwy Maintenance Crew Chief - Falls City

About the role

The role involves serving as a lead worker on a continuing basis, assigning, explaining, and monitoring the work of a crew performing a variety of semi-skilled to skilled highway maintenance duties. The position also entails operating, servicing, and maintaining various types of highway maintenance equipment.

Responsibilities

• Assigns, explains, and monitors the work of a crew performing a variety of semi-skilled to skilled highway maintenance duties.
• Operates, services, and maintains trucks, rollers, front-end loaders, tractors, motor graders, asphalt distributors, chip spreaders, asphalt laydown machines, bridge repair equipment, etc.
• Guides the work assignments of Highway Maintenance Workers and assists the supervisory staff in the timely accomplishments of highway maintenance operations.
• Trains and leads Highway Maintenance Workers in all maintenance work activities following department specifications, standards, and regulations.
• Safely moves, drags, lifts, loads, and unloads various equipment, materials, supplies, and hazardous materials or objects from the roadway.
• Performs snow and ice removal.
• Fills in for Maintenance Supervisor in their absence.
• Maintains records and reports of daily operations, materials, and resources.
• Uses computer for time reporting, record keeping, documentation, reports, etc.
• Attends training to keep current on procedures, equipment, and materials.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid driver's license.
• Possess a Class A or B Commercial Drivers License with air brakes and tanker endorsements.
• Five years experience and proficiency in maintenance activities and operating the equipment and tools used in maintenance activities listed above and safe work procedures.
• Experience with paperwork associated with maintenance activities.
• Experience resolving minor crisis situations without supervisory input.
• Experience training and leading a crew.

Other

• A Valid Class "A" Commercial Driver's License with O Restriction and tanker endorsement is required within 90 days of hire through our in-house CDL training program.
• Must be a safe worker that is team-oriented.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Must be able to report to work outside scheduled work hours, including holidays and weekends, for snow and other highway emergencies, within 40 minutes under normal driving conditions and be placed in an "on-call" status.