Highway Section Maintenance Patrol

IOWA COUNTY POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE : Section Maintenance Patrol

DEPARTMENT / SECTION : Highway Department

DATE REVIEWED : 10 / 2017

TITLE OF IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR : Highway Commissioner, Operations Manager and Section Maintenance Crew Lead

GRADE : H

JOB SUMMARY :

Perform routine maintenance on state and county highways, right of ways, highway safety appurtenances, buildings and grounds.

TASK NO.

DESCRIPTION

FREQUENCY

BAND / GRADE

Required to hold certain WCHA Operation and Maintenance Skills Test Certifications for the machinery and equipment operated including Skid-steer Loader, Front End Loader, Pavement Router / Joint Cleaner, Broce Sweeper / Broom, Seeder / Mulcher, and Generator / Compressor.

Flagging traffic during maintenance, construction, repair, and emergency response incidents.

Perform all routine and emergency maintenance tasks related to specific sections or regions of the county to include but not limited to the following activities;

Mowing

Mechanical and hand method clearing, brushing, and grubbing of trees, brush, and other vegetative debris

Spray herbaceous control methods

Snow fence installation and removal

Picking up litter, trash, and debris along the roadways and right of way

Repairing, installing, and maintaining fences

Patching potholes and cracks with paving materials

Filling, repairing, and maintaining shoulders

And other assigned tasks

TASK NO.

DESCRIPTION

FREQUENCY

BAND / GRADE

Drives single axle, tandem axle, and tri-axle trucks whether for plowing snow, winging snow, and spreading salt products during winter storm responses or other tasks.

Must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week on nights, holidays, and weekends to respond to weather related emergencies or other incidents related to maintenance of the highways.

Must demonstrate regular and dependable attendance

Assists with all preventative maintenance and construction activities including but not limited to sealcoating, crackfilling, asphalt paving, pulverization, shouldering, placing culverts, long-line pavement marking, and other duties as depicted in the various crew daily Duty Descriptions.

Assist the various crews in the performance of general laborer work for the daily duties for each of their respective tasks : Road Oil, Road Construction, Pavement Marking, and Maintenance Patrol.

Assist with daily care, upkeep, cleaning, and maintenance and operations of various pieces of equipment and trucks keeping them in a neat, clean, orderly, and safe operating condition.

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Assist with routine maintenance activities on trucks and equipment as assigned by the Shop Lead-person, Highway Operations Manager, or Highway Commissioner.

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Perform any other duties as assigned.

Demonstrated Experience and Skills Required.

• Knowledge of traffic control flagging operations and signage installation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers, subordinates, and supervisors.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and written directions
• Ability to read, write, add and subtract
• Ability to use / operate radios, hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, power tools chainsaws, shovels, brooms, truck, tractors, equipment, air hammer, material handling equipment, mower, snow plow, breathing apparatus, pumps, compressors, generators and other small field tools.
• Hearing and eye protection as well as other safety protection devices are worn in this position.
• Corrected vision and hearing to functional level

Minimum Qualifications

Conditions of Employment

Work Environment :

Physical Requirements :

This position description has been prepared to assist in defining job responsibilities, physical demands, working conditions, and skills needed for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is not intended as a complete list of job duties, responsibilities, or essential functions. This description is not intended to limit or

modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under supervision. The county retains and reserves any or all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete, from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgement, to be proper.

DATE : __________________________ EMPLOYEE SIGNATURE : ___________________________________________

DATE : __________________________ DEPARTMENT HEAD SIGNATURE : ___________________________________

DATE : __________________________ COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL : ______________________________