Maintenance Worker - Highway

Washington County (MN); Northfield (MN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington County (MN) is seeking a Maintenance Worker to perform skilled maintenance for Public Works, ensuring safety for residents and visitors.

The role involves road and highway maintenance, snow and ice control, drainage work, sign and traffic control, and operation of heavy equipment.

Requires CDL and ability to work in varied weather; 40 hours weekly, 7:00 am–3:30 pm.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and 3+ years in highway/park maintenance with motorized equipment.
• Must have a valid Class B CDL with Air Brake; plan to obtain Class A CDL with 5th wheel, tanker, manual within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Perform snow and ice control to county standards including plowing and de-icing materials.
• Operate vehicles and heavy equipment safely and efficiently.
• Document time spent on projects and materials used.
• Provide direction to temporary employees and clear/maintain public lands.
• Remove debris and excess material from culverts and ditches.
• Conduct parks, roads and signs maintenance as part of highway, parks, and traffic tasks.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Road/park maintenance

Safety compliance

Team coordination

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

CDL (Class B) with Air Brake

CDL (Class A) with 5th wheel/Tanker/Manual

Job description

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.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

• Experience building, widening, or resurfacing roads and trails, including grading, patching, shouldering, and placing bituminous or concrete pavement
• Experience operating heavy equipment used in roadway maintenance — tandem dump truck with wing and plow, road grader, loader, backhoe, dozer, or shoulder machine
• Experience with drainage maintenance, including ditching, culvert replacement, and clearing debris from culverts and ditches
• Experience setting up work zone traffic control in conformance with the MMUTCD
• Current Class A CDL with tanker endorsement, 5th wheel, and manual transmission
• Experience in snow and ice control operations including plowing and applying anti-icing and deicing materials

SELECTION TECHNIQUE

Your training and experience will be rated based on the required application material submitted and the top-scoring candidates will be forwarded to the hiring department for further consideration.

HOURS / DAYS

7:00 am - 3:30pm / Monday – Friday / 40 hours per week. Work, schedules (hours and days) are subject to change based on department needs.

ANTICIPATED PAY RATE

$27.31 - $32.69 Hourly

E-Verify Participation

Washington County participates in the federal E-Verify program. This means that Washington County will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Washington County is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS and/or the SSA before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers may not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants and may not limit or influence the choice of documents you present for use on the Form I-9.

E- Verify Participation Poster

Right to work Poster

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, or equivalent experience.

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.

CORE COMPETENCIES, JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL JOB PERFORMANCE

Core Competencies outline essential business and professional traits necessary to perform this job.

• Support and prioritize a welcoming and respectful workplace that fosters diversity and encourages contributions from all individuals.
• Provide inclusive and equitable service to all members of the community with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate support for the County’s diversity, equity and inclusion program.
• Promotes a culture of continuous quality improvement in the workplace.
• Demonstrates knowledge of, or ability to learn, quality/continuous improvement.
• 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.
• Ability to identify potential hazards and correct situations.

1. 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.
2. Operate vehicles, heavy equipment, hand and power equipment, and tractor-mounted implements in a safe and efficient manner.
3. Document time spent on projects, equipment, roads, park, or facility. Accurately documents materials used.
4. Provides works direction to temporary employees. Clear and grub brush and trees from public lands.
5. Removes debris and excess material from culverts and ditches.
6. Conduct activities to include sodding, spraying weeds, fertilizing, planting, pruning, seeding, mowing, chipping, trimming, and other similar activities.
7. 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.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential functions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

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.
• Maintain up-to-date and adequate inventory of signs and materials in the shop and installed or utilized in the field using current department sign inventory software, record work orders completed, and determinesupplies needed.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work 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 a 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 the area of assignment. This work environment also includes the need to distinguish between colors based on work assignments. 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.

This job description is intended to describe the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty being performed by people assigned to this classification. The list of responsibilities is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The County retains the discretion to add or change the contents of this job description at any time.