Maintenance Worker - Highway

Maintenance Worker

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.

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.

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.

• 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…