Road Maintenance Technician I

Alachua County Road & Bridge Maintenance Worker

This listing is open until 10 / 31 / 2025 at 11 : 59 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada). The job is located in FL (Public Works), FL, and is a full-time position with an annual salary of $38,480.00. The job number is FY26-16270 and is part of the Public Works department under the Road & Bridge division.

The position requires completion of the eighth grade or any equivalent combination of training and experience. Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen, physical examination, and all applicable background checks are required.

Position Summary

This is unskilled and limited semi-skilled work performing a variety of routine, non-machine tasks in maintaining County roads, bridges, and right-of-ways throughout the County. Employees assigned to this classification are responsible for the satisfactory performance of manual labor, which may be of a heavy nature, but does not require a high degree of manipulative skill or previous experience to do an effective job. Work is performed under the direction of a higher level supervisor and is reviewed through conferences and observation of results obtained.

Examples of Duties

Essential job functions include performing a variety of maintenance work not requiring specialized knowledge and skill; spraying and trimming foliage; cutting grass and weeds with hand tools and mowers; operating various types of small gasoline-powered equipment; assisting in planting trees and shrubbery; and trimming hedges and raking leaves. Digs, spreads, and levels dirt and gravel, using pick and shovel. Lifts, carries, and holds building materials, tools, and supplies. Cleans tools, equipment, materials, and work areas. Mixes, pours, and spreads concrete, asphalt, gravel, and other materials using hand tools. Joins, wraps, and seals sections of pipe. Assists skilled workers in a variety of unskilled tasks; mixes concrete with shovel, using prescribed amounts of sand, cement, and water; chops walls and makes openings for repair and reconstruction work. Clears ditches; digs ditches with shovels, builds retaining walls, places sandbags; clears brush from roadside; sweeps walks; removes refuse and paper from grounds. Loads and unloads heavy materials from trucks and vans; moves or aids in moving heavy boxes or equipment and large bulky objects. Performs the duties listed, as well as those assigned, with professionalism and a sense of urgency.

Knowledge of simple tools used in maintenance and construction. Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions. Ability to operate simple machinery. Sufficient physical strength and agility to do heavy manual labor, occasionally under adverse weather conditions.

Physical demands include regularly walking, using hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Frequently required to stand; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear. Occasionally required to sit, climb or balance. Regularly lift and / or move up to 100 pounds, and occasionally lift and / or move in excess of 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment characteristics include being regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions. Frequently exposed to wet, humid conditions (non-weather), and fumes or airborne particles. Occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; work in high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.