Maintenance Helper Ii

Position: MAINTENANCE HELPER II
Location: Yulee

Salary: $17.71 - $25.80 Hourly
Location : NASSAU COUNTY, FL
Job Type: FULL-TIME
Job Number:
Department: ROAD
Opening Date: 10/02/2025
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: 630

Description
Performs work in construction, repair and maintenance of County highways, roads and rights-of-way. This position will be required to meet minimum qualifications for Maintenance Operator Trainee and successfully complete Maintenance Operator I training program. Follows directions and reports to Equipment/Maintenance Operator I, Equipment/Maintenance Operator II, Foreman, Supervisor, Assistant Director and/or Director. Works a forty (40) hour week. May require weekend and overtime hours.

Examples of Duties

• Operates motorized equipment to include specialized machines, hand tools (shovels, rakes, axes, posthole diggers and saws) and a variety of power tools (chain saws, weed trimmers, concrete saws, packers, pneumatic drills and jackhammers).
• Emplaces, removes and/or cleans culverts and drains in drainage systems.
• Clears roadways and drainage structures of debris displaced by road graders during maintenance operations.
• Cleans drain inlets and ditches; patches holes and repairs eroded pavement.
• Removes trash, debris, brush and other obstacles from roadways (to include animal carcasses).
• Assists in performing rough carpentry work associated with the construction and maintenance of wood and concrete bridges and fabrication of forms for concrete drainage systems.
• Operates concrete mixing machines, hydro-seeder and hay blowers.
• Operates farm tractors, side-arm mowers, street sweepers, compaction rollers, front end loaders and bucket/lift trucks.
• Assists in removal and installation of drainage pipes; digs and hand fills ditches. 1
• Loads and unloads trucks; spreads sand and gravel, lays sod and distributes gravel materials.
• Performs a variety of ground maintenance work; prunes and trims trees and shrubbery, cuts and trims grass with power and hand equipment.
• Removes trees and limbs from rights-of-way.
• Performs road construction tasks such as breaking pavement, removing and placing rip-rap material; filling and placing sandbags; mixes, spreads, places, levels and rough finishes concrete.
• Performs site preparation, places, levels and compacts asphalt materials.
• Performs routine duties necessary to assure safety.
• Completes all written documentation related to the job function.
• Flags and directs traffic during road maintenance and construction.
• Cleans and assists in servicing equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

(These major job duties are not a complete statement of all job duties required of the job. Employees will be required to perform such other related job duties as may be assigned or required.)

Typical Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or General Education Equivalency Diploma.

Licenses, Certifications or Registrations

• Possession of a valid State Driver's License.
• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age upon hire.
• Must pass written Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class A exam within six (6) months of hire.
• Must obtain valid CDL, Class A License without restrictions for air brakes and with a tanker endorsement within eighteen (18) months of hire.
• Must maintain a FDOT Flagger Training Certificate within six (6) months of hire.

Supplemental Information

• Knowledge of safe use of hand and power tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions associated with operation of maintenance equipment.
• Knowledge of traffic laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to moving and/or driving maintenance equipment over roadways.
• Knowledge and skill of operating assigned equipment.
• Ability to perform job duties despite hazardous conditions in the workplace.
• Knowledge and skill in the use and care of tools, equipment and materials used in the workplace.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS:

• Stooping:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing:
  On ladders, on steps or on the ground for sustained periods of time.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, at times for long distances.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. Lifting 100 lbs.
• Grasping:
  Picking, punching, manipulating small objects in confined spaces.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is performed in various locations, both indoors and outdoors. Exposure to heat, dust, odors, fumes, cold and wet adverse climatic conditions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applications will continue to be received until the listed closing date or the position is filled, whichever is earliest. Submission of an…