OPERATOR; Light, Medium, Heavy - Dept. of Transportation

Position Summary

The Jackson County Dept. of Transportation has immediate openings for repair, maintenance and construction operations of roads and rights-of-way. See details below for equipment operations expected based on assignment as a "Light, Medium or, Heavy" Duty Operator. Summer hours Mon-Thu, 6 am to 4 pm;
Winter hours Mon-Fri 7 am to 3 pm. Easily apply by entering your contact information and uploading your resume.

• Performs road maintenance duties, including facility, grounds maintenance, minor tool, equipment, and vehicle repair and cab cleaning.
• Performs routine and emergency road maintenance, which may include snow plowing, salting, grading, patching, ditching, and other tasks as needed.
• Remains available and able to respond to a variety of weather conditions or emergency situations such as flooding, snowstorms, or road hazards.
• Performs the following manual labor tasks: digs trenches with shovel to locate utilities, installs tile lines and catch basins, places straw matting, silt fences, and other soil erosion control items; shovels and lifts hot or cold patch off of trucks into potholes; serves as part of a crew to install, maintain and repair road signs, delineator posts and buttons, guardrail, right of way fencing, etc.;
  
  serves as a traffic regulator on road projects or crews.
• Completes daily pre- and post-inspections and documentation on equipment, vehicles, etc. to ensure proper maintenance, fueling, and safe working order. Troubleshoots and performs minor repairs or general maintenance to resolve technical equipment or job-related issues in the field, informing supervisor of major repairs or concerns.
• Adheres to safety practices, policies, and traffic regulations while operating equipment, vehicles, etc.
• Keeps vehicles, equipment, work areas, and buildings clean, orderly, and stored with necessary tools, materials, fluid levels, and supplies. Complies with proper safety protocols and proper tool usage.
• Maintains accurate logs and reports on equipment and road conditions. May utilize computerized software programs tailored to the department. Records materials, parts, supplies used, time, and equipment expended for each work project.
• Maintains proper license, endorsements, permits, or regulatory requirements for designated job classification and equipment or vehicle trained to operate.
• May be assigned as a group "crew" leader overseeing road operations and projects. When assigned this role, serves as the lead for the crew fostering teamwork and professionalism by providing direction, support, mentoring, and clear goals for work activities to other crew members. Promotes a clean, organized, safe, and professional work environment by enforcing protocols and compliance measures on-site. Communicates regularly with the superintendent regarding any project changes, personnel issues, or on-site disruptions.
  
  Documents and gathers project information, completes reports, and shares any other necessary on-site activities that are pertinent to the Superintendent.
• May be assigned to mentor and assist with on-the-job training for lower-level operators.
• Operates and uses construction and maintenance vehicles, equipment, and tools specific to the designated job classification levels (light, medium, heavy). Once properly trained and authorized, must be able to load, fill, haul material, unload, operate, secure, and transport designated machines. Able to operate controls, valves, levers, hand wheels, throttles, move pedals, and guide machines. Able to calculate material and maintain records as required.
  
  Must be able to remove, install, or replace blades and/or parts when required. Understands the required maintenance intervals for equipment/vehicles and notifies fleet maintenance accordingly.

• Asphalt Recycler
• Cement Spreader
• Dump Truck/Snowplows
• Front Bucket of Backhoe
• Front End Loader
• Rollers (5 ton & under)
• Self-Propelled Broom
• Spray Patcher
• Telehandler/Forklift
• Variety of other equipment such as chain saw, stump cutter, chipper, concrete saw, air compressor, hammer, shovel

• Backhoe
• Chip Spreader
• Distributor
• Doubles/Gravel Train
• Dozer
• Flowboy
• Force-Feed Loader
• Hot A/C Tanker
• Jetter/Vactor
• Pups (pulled by Dump Trucks)
• Python Pothole Patcher
• Rollers (5 ton & over)
• Shoulder Machine
• Skid Steer
• Street Sweeper
• Swing Arm Mower
• Water Tanker

• 5 Person Paving Crew
• Asphalt Mill
• Bucket Truck/Man Lift
• Cold Milling Machine/Recycler
• Excavator
• Gradall
• Hydradig
• Lowboy
• Motor Grader

International Union of Operating Engineers Local
324, Job Classifications1‑3. Placement of job classification status will be dependent on work experience, qualifications, and training level.

High school diploma or equivalent; minimum of one year of college, specialized training or vocational training in road…