SEASONAL HIGHWAY TECHNICIAN 1/HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, CDL DRIVER W/TANKER (FAIRFIELD COUNTY) 2024

This is a repost. Applicants who applied for previous postings do not need to re-apply.

What You Will Do :

• Operate basic equipment related to snow and ice removal, and roadway maintenance
• Perform emergency response, clean-up, and traffic control
• Serve the public and work to make the roads in Ohio safer

Who we are looking for :

• Safety Driven
• Enjoys working outdoors
• Honest, accountable, trustworthy, and respectful
• A positive team player

Official Position Description :

Operates basic equipment (i.e., see glossary for identification of basic equipment) & performs general highway maintenance duties which vary by season (e.

g., constructs, improves, maintains, repairs &cleans highways & / or roadways & right-of-ways to include excavating & grading ditches, digging channels& cleaning waterways, cuts brush, grass & other vegetation, applies chemicals to vegetation, patches &seals berm & pavement, mixes mortar & concrete, shovels backfill, installs & repairs catch basin &stream channel & completes other drainage work, screens bleeding surface, reshapes / digs ditches / trenches, pours hot tar, removes trash, cleans & repairs highways & / or roadways & right-of-ways, mows grass, moves & loads supplies & materials & completes other related highway maintenance assignments, operates any combination of basic equipment to haul trash), performs snow & ice control &related maintenance duties by operation of snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments, maintains, repairs & installs traffic signs & pavement markings on inter-state, federal & state highways & / or roadways (e.

g., repairs / replaces / straightens street & / or traffic signs & other route markers; installs & repairs guardrails).

Performs emergency response & clean up & performs traffic control (e.g., flags traffic through work zone or around accident site;

sets lane closures; places high water signs; erects barricades); receives training(on the job & formal) in

various types of construction inspection activities (maintenance related inspection items).

Performs minor repairs & maintenance on equipment (e.g., sharpens; sands; paints; refuels; lubricates; checks tires for wear & pressure;

replaces light bulbs; washes & cleans trucks & equipment to prevent rusting); changes tailgates & snowplow blades; conducts pre-trip inspections of equipment.

Performs miscellaneous labor & bookkeeping tasks; operates two-way radio / base station; telephones crews for emergencies;

cleans offices & garage; keeps daily records & logs (e.g., fuel sheets, material check sheets); responds to general inquiries from public (e.

g., gives directions; explains traffic delays; explains work underway); assists stranded motorists (e.g., telephones for needed assistance);

performs general labor & maintenance functions at garage; loads & unloads freight; arranges stock in warehouse; moves equipment.

UNUSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS :

• Works outside exposed to weather (e.g., including rain, lightening, humidity & hot temperatures in summertime & cold temperatures in winter) & on-going traffic;
• may work rotating shift; may be on-call 24 hrs., 7 days per week; lift & transport 50-100 pounds; exposed to unpleasant surroundings to include dead animals, containers filled with human waste, diapers, ditches with water & sewage, loud noise from equipment & traffic, confined work area while driving truck during regular & / or double shift during snow & ice removal or in confined space while digging ditches to install pipes or digging holes;

exposed to insects such as bees, mosquitoes, flies & spiders; exposed to rodents to include mice & rats; exposed to stray dogs, dirt, dust, fumes, poison ivy / sumac & pollen.

Basic Equipment :

air compressor, asphalt reclaimer / recycler; backhoes and loaders; barricades, tow-type; brooms, power or tow-type; brush chipper;

concrete saw or vibrator; ditcher, 3 - 8 ton; ditch shaper; truck, class 8 or less, straight or towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 lbs.

• GVWR; electricade, trailer-mounted; forklift; generator; grader, 3,000-23,000 pounds; hammers & jack hammer; tractors, all sizes, with various attachments such as a drag berm, post hole digger / auger and mowers including rear brush hog, rear flail, cutter bar &side mount rotary and drag berm;
• pick-up truck or van,1 / 2 ton, ton & 1 ton with or without trailer; plow & spreader; roller patcher, 4-6 tons; roller, 5-8 tons;
• sand blaster; chain saws; pavement joint sealer, sewer jet; sewer eel; hydraulic & / or stone box spreader; spade; stump cutter;
• 300gallon tar kettle; tar distributor; water pumps; weed eaters; mowers, push-type; bucket trucks; computerized weed sprayer, truck-mounted;

pickup or flatbed truck mounted winch / crane (3 ton lift capacity or less); guardrail post driver, truck mounted.

Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & decimals, percentages & fractions; ability to read, write & speak common English vocabulary;

3 mos. trg. or 3 mos. exp. in operation of basic equipment.

Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above. Note : Applicant must have valid Commercial Driver's License at the appropriate level pursuant to approved position description on file to operate motorized equipment of size & type regulated by section 4506 of Ohio Revised Code.

Job Skills : Highway Maintenance, Transportation