Job Information
Noble County Engineer's Office/Highway Department Highway Worker in Caldwell, Ohio
CLASSIFICATION : HIGHWAY WORKER I
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: (These duties are illustrative only. Incumbents may perform some or all of the duties or other job-related duties as assigned).
Flags & directs on-going vehicular traffic through highway maintenance & construction sites, sets up & maintains traffic control structures (e.g., barricades, cones, pavement markings, electrical warning devices), uses hand tools to perform road repairs (e.g. repairs road shoulders, culverts & berms, patches pot holes, smoothes tar poured into cracks, does minor guardrail repair, rough painting, shovels snow, spreads salt)
Performs general building, grounds & equipment maintenance and/or custodial work (e.g. mows lawn; trims shrubs; sweeps floors; washes windows; removes trash; rakes leaves; shovels sidewalks; paints structures; cleans, paints & refuels equipment).
Performs general maintenance & minor repairs of equipment (e.g. fueling, cleaning, minor adjustments); completes daily work records & logs; operates MARCS radios; answers telephone; drives truck with snow plow & spreader attachments to perform snow & ice control duties.
MAJOR WORKER CHARACTERISTICS:
Knowledge of highway maintenance & traffic control safety practices. Skill in operation of hand tools, operation of motorized snow equipment. Ability to recognize unusual or threatening conditions & take appropriate action; read simple sentences; cooperate with co-workers on group projects; demonstrate strength to lift 50-100 pounds.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT:
Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction; reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary.
Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
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