Highway Maintenance Worker - Utica Shop
- Posted: August
7, 2024
- Full-Time
Utica Highway Shop
16193 County Road 18
Utica, MN 55979, USA
Job Details
Description
This position is located at the Utica Shop, 16193
County Road 18, Utica, MN 55979
Winona County is accepting applications for this
position until 4:00 p.m. September 4, 2024; however preference will be given to
those that apply by 4:00 p.m. August 21, 2024.
This position starts at $24.93/hour (DOQ) with
advancement up to $32.25/hour.
Characteristics of Class:
Work is performed under the general direction of the Highway Maintenance
Superintendent. This position requires some independence and judgment in the
absence of the Superintendent/Crew Leader (Highway). An employee in this
classification operates heavy and light equipment and uses manual labor in the
maintenance and repair of the County's highway, bridges and drainage systems.
This position is occasionally required to traverse rough and irregular terrain
by foot. This position does not have direct supervisory responsibility. This
position may provide some limited work direction to subordinate highway
maintenance workers. The Highway Maintenance Superintendent or Crew Leader
(Highway) provides assignments, direction and special instructions.
Examples of Duties:
Any one position may not include all the duties listed, nor do the examples
listed in their relative order of importance include all the duties which may
be found in positions of this class.
* Maintains and repairs county roads and bridges which includes performing one
or more of the following activities: installing and repairing culverts,
repairing road washouts, plowing snow, sanding/salting roads, digging trenches,
patching blacktop, brush cutting, hauling crushed rock, and installing concrete
pipes.
* Operates one or more of the following: motor grader, front-end loader,
backhoe, sign truck, crawler cat, tractor, bobcat, bulldozer, and be familiar
with their various capabilities.
* Maintains and operates portable power plant, screening plant, and stacking
conveyors.
* Performs duties in extreme weather and often in the dark to provide the
safest driving conditions for the traveling public.
* Represents the County in a positive, appropriate manner to the general
public.
* Maintains shop buildings and grounds. Routine service to vehicles and
equipment.
* May order, fabricate, repair, install, or adjust highway warning, information
and construction signs along the county highway system.
* May serve as Department Safety Officer.
* Maintains in-house and field inventories of all signs.
* May serve as the lead worker for annual or semi-annual physical inventory of
all materials and supplies.
* Any other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
This classification requires any combination of training and experience which
provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities.
For Pre-Employment:
* Must possess and maintain a valid Class B driver鈥檚 license and within 1 year
of hire obtain and maintain a Class A driver鈥檚 license with tanker endorsement.
* High School diploma or equivalent.
* Ability to pass initial and future random drug and alcohol tests.
* Some experience in heavy equipment operation, is desirable.
* Ability to operate vehicles during adverse weather conditions and to use
vision to identify hazardous situations.
* Ability to communicate effectively on the radio, telephone, verbally and in
writing.
* Ability to work safely and effectively under adverse working conditions.
* Knowledge of road signs.
* Knowledge of road construction and maintenance materials, is desirable.
* Highway work zone safety experience is desirable.
* Ability to report to the assigned workstation within thirty minutes from
notification in all weather extremes.