Highway Worker Truck Driver

Summary/Objective

Maintains Brown County Highway System by removing snow, and repairing roads (gravel and pavement) and bridges to ensure the safety and comfort of the traveling public. Operates a variety of equipment and performs all types of related construction and maintenance work as necessary. Represents the County with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff and the public.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Performs maintenance activities and duties for County roadways and bridges, including but not limited to: ditching, patching, grading, general construction, concrete work, signage, tree trimming, mowing, spraying, and other maintenance activities as required.
• Use hand tools in maintaining roads, drainage, and in controlling vegetation.
• Operate equipment including but not limited to trucks, sander, chipper, mowers, rollers, water wagons, snow plows, rotary brooms, rock spreader boxes, loaders, and dump trucks.
• Contribute to road maintenance by setting out traffic control signs and flag traffic; chip asphalt or other surfaces for patching; patching holes using a cold mix or hot mix; repairing roadway shoulders with rocks and shovel; operating loader to load patching materials onto the truck; rake rock to even surface of roadway; compact sealing and patch material by operating a roller or use a rotary broom to clean repaired road surfaces.
• Clear County roads of hazards during the winter season which may include: hooking plow attachments to trucks; operating power sanders or anti-icing equipment when roadways are icy and repairing and installing chains.
• Maintain and repair roadway drainage systems including clearing culverts, catch basins, and unplugging pipes using shovels, pry bars, rakes, or other tools;
  Clean culvert or pipe ends, hand place riprap around culvert ends; position new pipes in trenches and act as pipe layer; clean ditches using shovels or trucks and remove materials and debris cleared from ditches and culverts.
• Control roadside vegetation by: cutting vegetation above and beside the roadway to improve vehicular visibility using chainsaws, pole saws, trucks, chippers, and other tools; using trucks to haul away brush and other debris; seeking the permission of property owners to trim vegetation encroaching on County right of way and impeding visibility and replace, repair and install mailboxes, fences, signs or other fixtures damaged or moved during work performance.
• Properly operate any tandem axle dump truck, as well as any other medium-sized equipment.
• Do general maintenance work as directed.
• Follow orders and complete work assignments with minimum supervision.
• Communicate with other employees.
• Safely use and operate tools and equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.