Maintenance Worker I

Essential Functions

• Operate trucks and heavy machinery to maintain or construct roads, culverts, bridges, and drainage structures.
• Conduct inspections, ensuring proper fluid levels, tire pressure, and mechanical functionality of trucks and equipment before and after use.
• Replace catch basins and conduct repairs on field tile for water drainage purposes.
• Provide traffic control and flagging at road construction sites.
• Work as part of a road crew, performing asphalt repairs, mowing, vector removal, and other related maintenance tasks.
• Take charge of snow removal, machine repairs, brush cutting, tree removal, dead animal removal, and stump grinding.
• Load, transport, deposit, and spread materials such as crushed stone, sand, salt, and others using trucks.
• Demonstrate proficiency in operating precise electronic equipment and completing tasks involving slope grade lasers, sondes for tile tracing, operating underground cameras, slope levels, and station surveying for right-of-way.
• Maintain work reports and records as required by the County and Department of Transportation (DOT).
• Adhere to County, State, and Federal Safety Regulations, Policies, and Procedures in performing all duties.
• Perform all other duties as assigned, including overtime as required.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED and one year experience in truck and heavy equipment operation experience preferred.
• Commercial Driver’s License with Class A endorsement for operating County vehicles and equipment.
• Knowledge of patching highways, OSHA rules for working near and around traffic.
• Knowledge of basic roadway construction.
• Ability to operate dump trucks, chain saw, construction equipment and tools including, but not limited to loader, bob cat, excavator, back-hoe, and motor grader.
• Working knowledge of repair and proper installation of the water run off systems and drainage.
• Maintain Forklift Certification in addition to participating in all safety training programs offered.

Performance Expectations

The Maintenance Worker I carries out moderately complex tasks involving the operation and inspection of heavy equipment. They must possess a thorough understanding of the work process while replacing catch basins and conducting repairs on field tile for water runoff drainage.

Supervision

None.

Supervisor Hours

7:00 am – 3:30pm – 40 hours; overtime as required or schedule changes deemed necessary during weather events. Summer hours (Memorial Day thru Labor Day) may be changed to 6 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the discretion of the Barn Supervisor.

EEO Category

0208

Workers’s Comp Code

5506