Construction Operator II
Hays County
Full-time
On-site
San Marcos, Texas, United States
$40,063 - $41,265 USD yearly
Description
- Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, include the responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics listed below. This list of responsibilities is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions in this class. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Summary
Under close supervision, performs a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled road maintenance and construction duties for Hays County. Responsibilities
- Performs a variety of semi-skilled road maintenance and construction duties such as moving, loading, and hauling materials and debris.
- Installing traffic control signs.
- Cutting and installing culvert pipes.
- Building forms, tying steel, pouring and finishing concrete.
- Paving roads.
- Removing asphalt or concrete.
- Operating water trucks spraying and dumping water.
- Preparing subgrade material.
- Sanding roads.
- Staking job sites.
- Oversee mowing crews.
- May perform a variety of unskilled road maintenance and construction duties such as clearing brush, trimming branches, operating a chipper, setting up road signs and barricades, flagging and directing traffic, filling potholes, cleaning offices, rest rooms, and equipment yard, removing trash from roads/parks, mowing rights-of-way, applying herbicides, performing routine equipment maintenance (such as checking and filling fluids), and shoveling/spreading dirt and asphalt.
- Performs tire service duties on various types of equipment and vehicles, within the mechanic shop.
- Operates equipment such as rollers, dump trucks, tandem trucks, water trucks, broom trucks, pick-up trucks, backhoes, loaders, and tractor mowers.
- May transfer equipment between locations.
- May assist other County departments with labor tasks.
- May keep fuel logs or other records.
- Follows established safety procedures and guidelines.
- Assists in training and providing guidance to others.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and/or Experience
- Two years general road maintenance and construction experience preferred, or any equivalent combination of experience and training.
Other Qualifications, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Class “B” Commercial Texas Driver’s License or three years of road maintenance or heavy equipment operation experience required.
- Employees must provide and wear lace up safety boots, as described in the Hays County Safety Boot Policy for Road and Bridge.