Seasonal Highway Worker

Job Description

Job Duties:

Performs general laborer duties including cleaning vehicles, equipment, building and grounds, picking up trash within highway right of ways and mowing or weed trimming of landscape.
Performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled highway maintenance work and operates a variety of equipment in the construction, repair, maintenance and replacement of County infrastructure.
Operates County owned equipment and vehicles.
Operates powered equipment such as mowers, blowers, weed whackers, pavement routers, crack fill machines and other equipment as needed.
Assists with setting up traffic control and barricades, flags and directs public and live traffic for traffic control on various highways within work zones.
Performs manual labor in shoveling, landscaping, raking, brushing, tree removal and other activities as directed.
Completes and submits accurate time and labor records, equipment use and charges to assigned projects.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

The ability to work primarily outside in various degrees of temperature and weather and inclement weather conditions.
The ability to work within close proximity to heavy equipment, trucks, active highway traffic and other equipment.
Working with a variety of highway maintenance products including hot asphalt rubber sealants, asphalt pavement, gravel and other sealants.
Subject to high levels of noise for an extended period of time.
Subject to fumes or disagreeable odors.
Involved prolonged and frequent walking, standing, climbing, pushing, pulling lifting, carrying, shoveling, and other forms of manual labor is required.
Subject to working in wet, dirty, dusty, hot, humid, and/or cold conditions within high vehicle traffic areas.
Physical strength and agility sufficient to do strenuous laboring tasks under varying weather conditions. Ability to lift and move 50 pounds or more on a frequent basis.
Frequent contact with the public; must be able to effectively communicate verbally and demonstrate good customer relations.
Subject to frequently changing walking surfaces and varying topography.