Maintenance Worker - Highway

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.

• 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

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.

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

$27.31 - $32.69 Hourly

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.

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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.

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.

• 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…