Maintenance Worker

Maintenance Worker

The Maintenance Worker provides a variety of skilled maintenance work to support Public Works to ensure the safety and security of County residents and visitors.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent AND three years of full-time work experience in highway/road or parks maintenance that included the operation of various types of motorized equipment. Requires possession of a current and valid Class "B" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with Air Brake designation. Must obtain and maintain a Class "A" CDL with 5th wheel Tractor Trailer, Manual Transmission, and Tanker Vehicle endorsement, within six months of employment, at the employee's expense.

Core competencies, job specific knowledge, skills, and abilities required for successful job performance include:

• Promote a diverse, culturally competent, and respectful workplace;
• Demonstrates knowledge of the operation of heavy diesel and gas-powered construction equipment;
• Demonstrates knowledge of road construction and maintenance practices;
• Demonstrates knowledge of snow and ice control practices;
• Demonstrates knowledge of park maintenance activities;
• Demonstrates knowledge of the supplies, materials, and techniques used in general building and grounds maintenance work;
• Demonstrates skill in the methods, materials, and equipment used in sign fabrication, sign installation, pavement messages, highway striping, and traffic control signal maintenance;
• Demonstrates knowledge of related computer software;
• Ability to set up to read grades and stakes;
• Ability to comprehend the information contained in equipment, procedural and safety material;
• Ability to use the mechanical skill in the safe operation of equipment;
• Ability to safely use and care for hand and power tools;
• Ability to apply carpentry skills in the performance of various infrastructure maintenance tasks;
• Ability to uphold safe working conditions and procedures and follow County and departmental policies and procedures; and
• Ability to identify potential hazards and correct situations.

Duties and Responsibilities

General:

• Perform snow and ice control to county standards to include plowing snow and applying liquid anti-icing and deicing agents, salt and/or sand and removal of snow.
• Operate vehicles, heavy equipment, hand and power equipment and tractor mounted implements in a safe and efficient manner.
• Document time spent on particular projects, equipment, roads, park, or facility. Accurately documents materials used.
• Provides works direction to temporary employees. Clear and grub brush and trees from public lands. Removes debris and excess material from culverts and ditches. Conduct activities to include sodding, spraying weeds, fertilizing, planting, pruning, seeding, mowing, chipping, trimming and other similar activities.
• Repair and conduct minor maintenance of equipment and facilities to include; sharpening blades, lubricating equipment and motors, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, hydraulic, minor welding and torch use.
• Perform other duties as apparent or assigned.

Highway:

• Build and/or widen roads and trails, road grading, cut slopes or landscaping, patching, place bituminous and concrete pavements, shouldering, ditching, culvert replacement, street and/or trail sweeping, animal carcass removal and mowing.
• Load and/or haul materials such as salt, sand and salt mixtures, gravel, asphalt, debris, etc.
• Complete and proper set up of work zone traffic control measures, in conformance with the MMUTCD, for all operations performed within the highway corridor.

Parks:

• Maintain County park buildings and facilities in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition;
• Install, repair and maintain irrigation systems;
• Maintain landscape and apply appropriate pesticides and fungicides;
• Inspect and maintain grounds and facilities (County pool, playgrounds and park trails, etc.);
• Create and renew trail system through safe prairie burn practices;
• Conduct beach maintenance (removal and placement of buoys, water treatment, raking, repair and placement of guard stands, etc.);
• Perform park facilities plumbing maintenance and repair.

Traffic:

• Repair, salvage, install and replace highway signs including traffic control signs, Adopt-A-Highway signs, construction detour signs, and informational signs.
• Create and design sign faces with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software;
• Construct sign faces and decals for sign and vehicle uses;
• Fabricate traffic and other signs using pressure sensitive methods;
• Perform highway striping and messaging operations, pavement sweeping, paint preparation and loading, striping truck operation, and warning vehicle operation;
• Locate and stake sign location placement; and
• Maintain up-to-date and adequate inventory of signs and materials in shop, and installed or utilized in the field using current department sign inventory software. Record work orders completed; determine supplies needed.

Work environment is physical in nature including working in all weather conditions, lifting and carrying up to 65 pounds on an occasional basis. Exposures may include, but are not limited to: various chemical agents, fuels, blacktop/diesel/gasoline fumes, temperature extremes, high-speed and heavy traffic conditions, above and below ground utility hazards, confined space and in rare instances body fluids. Duties include being able to perform the following movements on a frequent to continual basis: bending, turning/twisting, kneeling, squatting, lifting, climbing, reaching out, reaching up, grasping, pinching, wrist turning and finger manipulation. Equipment includes but is not limited to: telephone, 2-way radio, small hand and power tools and equipment, cement and blacktop tools and equipment, tandem and single-axle dump truck with wing and plow, one-ton trucks, skid loader with attachments, various rollers, road graders, dozer, backhoe, front-end loader, shoulder machines, forklift, boom truck, sweepers, cement and asphalt saws, cement mixers, welders/torches, mowers flail and boom arm, chipper, cranes, vacuum excavator, tack oil trailers, trailers, boats, snowmobiles, water pump, hydraulic equipment, chain saw, weed whips, computer and other equipment related to area of assignment. This work environment also includes the need to distinguish between colors based on work assignment. Work involves various schedules including evenings, weekends, holidays and/or irregular/extended shifts. Additional physical/mental requirements may not be listed above, but are inherent in performing the positions essential functions.