Highway Maintainer I

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF JOB

Under immediate supervision; performs work of routine difficulty in completing unskilled manual work, relating to basic highway maintenance functions as assigned; performs related work as required. This is routine work consisting of unskilled manual tasks. The duties require ability to do physical labor efficiently. Laborers work under the immediate supervision of higher-level positions that lay out the details of each specific assignment and constantly check the work in progress and upon completion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Loads and unloads stone, gravel, dirt, asphalt, timber and heavy mechanical equipment
• Cold patches streets by shoveling mix off truck, placing in hole and tamping
• Carrying or lifting lumber
• Sweeps streets, gutters and sidewalks by hand
• Shovels snow, gravel and dirt; mows lawns with hand power mower or riding mower
• Rakes leaves, cuts brush and pulls weeds
• Performs a variety of other heavy manual work in connection with the maintenance and construction of sidewalks, public recreation areas, streets, and drives truck to and from job
• Digs holes and sets posts
• Cleans, oils and greases equipment
• Helps with vegetation restoration
• Buildings and grounds maintenance
• Repairs and maintains roads
• Performs snow plowing operations
• Works as flagger when needed

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

General construction experience

REQUIRED EDUCATION

High School graduate or equivalent.

REQUIRED LICENSES

Valid Illinois Commercial Driver"s License (CDL) A or B

SKILLS

1. Some knowledge of the handling and care of tools involved in manual labor, including road maintenance work.

2. Some skill in performing manual labor; some skill in handling and caring for tools and other equipment; some skill in following simple oral instructions.

WORKING CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time, use hands to operate equipment and vehicles, reach with hands and arms, climb, and lift and carry up to 80 lbs.

SAFETY HAZARDS

The work environment for this position occasionally includes working near moving mechanical parts, in high or precarious places, in outside weather conditions, with hazardous materials, with fumes or airborne particles, and in cramped or confined spaces.