Winter Seasonal Highway Technician 1 (Highway Worker with CDL) Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Hamilton & Warren Counties

About the role

Operate basic equipment related to roadway maintenance, perform emergency response, clean-up, and traffic control, and serve the public to make the roads in Ohio safer.

Responsibilities

• Operate basic equipment (e.g., excavate and grade ditches, dig channels, clean waterways, cut brush/grass/vegetation, apply chemicals to vegetation, patch and seal berms and pavement, mix mortar and concrete, shovel backfill, install and repair catch basins and stream channels, complete drainage work, screen bleeding surfaces, reshape/dig ditches/trenches, pour hot tar, remove trash, clean and repair highways/roadways/rights-of-way, mow grass, move and load supplies/materials)
• Perform snow and ice control and related maintenance duties (e.g., operate snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments)
• Maintain, repair, and install traffic signs and pavement markings on interstate, federal, and state highways/roadways (e.g., repair/replace/straighten street/traffic signs and route markers, install and repair guardrails)
• Perform emergency response and clean-up and conduct traffic control (e.g., flag traffic through work zones or around accident sites, set lane closures, place high water signs, erect barricades)
• Receive training (on-the-job and formal) in construction inspection activities related to maintenance
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance on equipment (e.g., sharpen, sand, paint, refuel, lubricate, check tires for wear and pressure, replace light bulbs, wash and clean trucks and equipment to prevent rusting)
• Conduct pre-trip inspections of equipment, change tailgates and snowplow blades
• Perform miscellaneous labor and bookkeeping tasks (e.g., operate two-way radio/base station, telephone crews for emergencies, clean offices and garages, keep daily records and logs such as fuel sheets and material check sheets)
• Respond to general inquiries from the public (e.g., give directions, explain traffic delays, explain work underway)
• Assist stranded motorists (e.g., telephone for needed assistance)
• Perform general labor and maintenance functions at the garage (e.g., load and unload freight, arrange stock in warehouse, move equipment)

Requirements

• Formal education in arithmetic including addition, subtraction, decimals, percentages, and fractions
• Ability to read, write, and speak common English vocabulary
• Three months of training or three months of experience in operation of basic equipment
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License, Class A or B, with tanker endorsement and without airbrake restrictions

(Note: Applicant must have a valid Commercial Driver’s License at the appropriate level pursuant to approved position description on file to operate motorized equipment of size and type regulated by section 4506 of the Ohio Revised Code.)