Maintenance Aide I

About the role

This position operates a single axle truck and/or tractor and attached mowing apparatus, and performs various road maintenance functions under general supervision.

Responsibilities

• Maintain control of grass and weeds by mowing using large tractors and gang mowers frequently.
• Perform landscape maintenance and tree cutting on the highway right-of-ways and at facilities using industrial weed-eaters, brush hooks, chainsaws, pole saws, limb saws and other small power equipment frequently.
• Operate single-axle dump truck hauling highway construction or maintenance materials frequently.
• Use power equipment as well as small hand tools (such as shovels and rakes) frequently to make repairs to highways.
• Load, unload, and stack bags of salt, sand, cement, chemicals, etc. frequently.
• Pick up litter (including large tires, dead animals, garbage, etc.) frequently.
• Flag traffic frequently.
• Assist crewmembers in setting up, moving and taking down signs and cones for work zones.
• Respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, seven days a week (such as natural disasters, severe weather, traffic accidents, etc.) occasionally.
• Work during ice and snow removal operations occasionally.

Requirements

• Ability to read, write and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language and to make entries on reports and records.
• Experience operating a truck, tractor or heavy equipment preferred.

Qualifications

• Basic math and computer skills.
• Ability to follow oral instructions.
• Ability to learn and safely perform the operation of a single-axle truck, tractor and heavy equipment.
• Ability to learn and work with simple hand tools and small power equipment.

Skills

• Ability to learn local street and highway names/numbers.
• Ability to perform assigned duties in all types of weather as well as other work conditions, e.g. noise, dust and fumes.

Benefits

No specific benefits are mentioned in the job posting.

Pay

The pay details are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The schedule details are not specified in the job posting.