Highway Worker IV-161046

Highway Worker

To perform a variety of skilled maintenance and repair duties in support of assigned County Department, Division, or program and to provide support to assigned supervisory staff. Generally, work will be performed in the public right-of-way, for the purpose of maintaining and repairing County owned or maintained infrastructure.

Examples of duties include :

• Train, coach, and mentor employees as it relates to job competencies, equipment proficiencies and Divisional procedures, policies, and programs.
• Assist Operations Supervisor in overseeing, developing, and implementing job map-relevant training opportunities for junior staff.
• Provide high level training and expertise when coaching and mentoring junior-level positions.
• High level of competency in performing a full range of skilled maintenance duties involved in the maintenance, installation and repair of structures, roads / highways, drainage systems, traffic signs, pavement markings, traffic lights, grounds, trails and / or related systems including light equipment and commercial vehicle operation.
• High degree of proficiency operating light and heavy construction and maintenance equipment including sweepers, loaders, backhoes, graders, dual-axle tilt trailers, tandem axle dump trucks and specialized equipment, in support of a variety of maintenance and construction operations involving streets, highways, storm water drainage, parks and related systems.
• Provide supervisory support functions in the absence of Operations Supervisor providing on-site project control and instruction to include overall responsibility for field work, project documentation and tracking and task assignment for peer employees or contractors.
• Proficiently operate various sized screener, shakers, and grinders for recycling and processing waste materials and products, separate waste materials from usable materials.
• Facilitate operation and other procedures involved in cleaning, maintaining, repairing, and rehabilitating County thoroughfares, drainage structures, curbs, gutters, parking lots, parks, trails, and related systems; operate various sweepers to remove materials on right-of-way.
• Proficiently fabricate, install, and maintain traffic signs and barricades. Paint and maintain crosswalks and other permanent traffic markings.
• Proficiently maintain, repair, and install guardrail.
• Proficiently remove traffic obstructions, such as private signs, trim trees, shrubs, edge of road mowing to ensure adequate sight distance required for safe traffic movement.
• Respond to public inquiries in a courteous manner; provide information within the area of assignment.
• On-call for emergency / disaster situations including winter snow operations.
• Proficiently remove snow and ice from streets, curbs, gutters, and parking areas utilizing specialized equipment; remove foreign materials from roadways, ditches, culverts, and creek beds.
• Ensure that all work is performed according to applicable safety regulations, rules, policies, plans and specifications; ensure public safety as it pertains to the construction and rehabilitation of County properties; erect and maintain temporary traffic controls, barricades, and warning signs properly at assigned job sites as needed.
• Participate in the activities and services of other County Departments and Divisions.

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Supervisory responsibilities include :

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