Maintenance Worker

About the role

The Maintenance Worker provides a variety of skilled maintenance work to support Public Works to ensure the safety and security of County residents and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Operate vehicles, heavy equipment, hand and power equipment and tractor mounted implements in a safe and efficient manner.
• Document time spent on particular projects, equipment, roads, park, or facility.
• Accurately document materials used.
• Provides works direction to temporary employees.
• Clear and grub brush and trees from public lands.
• Remove debris and excess material from culverts and ditches.
• Conduct activities to include sodding, spraying weeds, fertilizing, planting, pruning, seeding, mowing, chipping, trimming and other similar activities.
• Repair and conduct minor maintenance of equipment and facilities to include; sharpening blades, lubricating equipment and motors, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, hydraulic, minor welding and torch use.
• Highway: Build and/or widen roads and trails, road grading, cut slopes or landscaping, patching, place bituminous and concrete pavements, shouldering, ditching, culvert replacement, street and/or trail sweeping, animal carcass removal and mowing.
• Parks: Maintain County park buildings and facilities in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition; Install, repair and maintain irrigation systems; Maintain landscape and apply appropriate pesticides and fungicides; Inspect and maintain grounds and facilities (County pool, playgrounds and park trails, etc.); Create and renew trail system through safe prairie burn practices; Conduct beach maintenance (removal and placement of buoys, water treatment, raking, repair and placement of guard stands, etc.).
• Traffic: Repair, salvage, install and replace highway signs including traffic control signs, Adopt-A-Highway signs, construction detour signs, and informational signs. Create and design sign faces with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software; Construct sign faces and decals for sign and vehicle uses; Fabricate traffic and other signs using pressure sensitive methods; Perform highway striping and messaging operations, pavement sweeping, paint preparation and loading, striping truck operation, and warning vehicle operation; Locate and stake sign location placement; and Maintain up-to-date and adequate inventory of signs and materials in shop, and installed or utilized in the field using current department sign inventory software.

Requirements

• Build and/or widen roads and trails, road grading, cut slopes or landscaping, patching, place bituminous and concrete pavements, shouldering, ditching, culvert replacement, street and/or trail sweeping, animal carcass removal and mowing.
• Load and/or haul materials such as salt, sand and salt mixtures, gravel, asphalt, debris, etc.
• Complete and proper set up of work zone traffic control measures, in conformance with the MMUTCD, for all operations performed within the highway corridor.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and three years of full-time work experience in highway/road or park maintenance that included the operation of various types of motorized equipment.
• Must obtain and maintain a Class “A” CDL with 5th wheel Tractor Trailer, Manual Transmission, and Tanker Vehicle endorsement, within six months of employment, at the employee’s expense.

Skills

• Demonstrates knowledge of the operation of heavy diesel and gas-powered construction equipment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of road construction and maintenance practices.
• Demonstrates knowledge of snow and ice control practices.
• Demonstrates knowledge of park maintenance activities.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the supplies, materials, and techniques used in general building and grounds maintenance work.
• Demonstrates skill in the methods, materials, and equipment used in sign fabrication, sign installation, pavement messages, highway striping, and traffic control signal maintenance.
• Demonstrates knowledge of related computer software.
• Ability to set up to read grades and stakes.
• Ability to comprehend the information contained in equipment, procedural and safety material.
• Ability to use the mechanical skill in the safe operation of equipment.
• Ability to safely use and care for hand and power tools.
• Ability to apply carpentry skills in the performance of various infrastructure maintenance tasks.
• Ability to uphold safe working conditions and procedures and follow County and departmental policies and procedures.
• Ability to identify potential hazards and correct situations.

Benefits

This job description is intended to describe the kinds of tasks and level of work difficulty being performed by people assigned to this classification. The list of responsibilities is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The County retains the discretion to add or change the contents of this job description at any time.

Pay

Anticipated Pay Rate: $27.31 to $32.69 Hourly

Schedule

HOURS / DAYS: 7:00 am - 3:30pm / Monday – Friday / 40 hours per week. Work, schedules (hours and days) are subject to change based on department needs.

Employment Criteria

• Do you have a high school diploma or GED certificate?
• Do you have at least three years (full-time equivalent) of work experience in highway/road or parks maintenance that included the operation of various types of motorized equipment?
• Do you have a valid Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) WITH AIR BRAKE DESIGNATION, that is not suspended, canceled or revoked?
• Do you have a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) WITH AIR BRAKE DESIGNATION?
• If you selected any of the above options, you must provide a brief summary of your experience and the name of the employer(s) where you gained that experience.
• Do you have experience loading and/or hauling materials such as salt, sand and salt mixtures, gravel, asphalt, debris, etc?
• If you answered "Yes" to the above question, you must provide a brief summary of your experience and the name of the employer(s) where you gained that experience.
• Do you have experience setting up work zone traffic control measures, in conformance with the MMUTCD, for all operations performed within the highway corridor?
• If you answered "Yes" to the above question, you must provide a brief summary of your experience and the name of the employer(s) where you gained that experience.