Construction Operator II

Job Title

Road Maintenance and Construction Worker

Under close supervision, performs a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled road maintenance and construction duties for Hays County.

• Performs a variety of semi-skilled road maintenance and construction duties such as moving, loading, and hauling materials and debris.
• Installing traffic control signs.
• Cutting and installing culvert pipes.
• Building forms, tying steel, pouring and finishing concrete.
• Paving roads.
• Removing asphalt or concrete.
• Operating water trucks spraying and dumping water.
• Preparing subgrade material.
• Sanding roads.
• Staking job sites.
• Oversee mowing crews.
• May perform a variety of unskilled road maintenance and construction duties such as clearing brush, trimming branches, operating a chipper, setting up road signs and barricades, flagging and directing traffic, filling potholes, cleaning offices, rest rooms, and equipment yard, removing trash from roads/parks, mowing rights-of-way, applying herbicides, performing routine equipment maintenance (such as checking and filling fluids), and shoveling/spreading dirt and asphalt.
• Performs tire service duties on various types of equipment and vehicles, within the mechanic shop.
• Operates equipment such as rollers, dump trucks, tandem trucks, water trucks, broom trucks, pick-up trucks, backhoes, loaders, and tractor mowers.
• May transfer equipment between locations.
• May assist other County departments with labor tasks.
• May keep fuel logs or other records.
• Follows established safety procedures and guidelines.
• Assists in training and providing guidance to others.
• Other duties as assigned.

Two years general road maintenance and construction experience preferred, or any equivalent combination of experience and training.

• Class "B" Commercial Texas Driver's License or three years of road maintenance or heavy equipment operation experience required.
• Employees must provide and wear lace up safety boots, as described in the Hays County Safety Boot Policy for Road and Bridge.