Highway Support Technician

Beltrami County is creating an eligibility list for a full-time, benefited Highway Support Technician. Primary duties include but are not limited to assigning employee time to the appropriate road or project, managing the bid process, overseeing the Adopt a Highway Program, inventory, customer service, correspondence, and acting as backup to the Highway Accountant.
 
Performs intermediate skilled administrative support work in general cost accounting and departmental administrative assistance and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the Highway Accountant.

Hiring salary range is $22.54 to $24.62 per hour with a full range of $22.54 to $28.54 per hour.Education and Experience
Minimum Requirements are: 

• Associate’s degree in accounting, clerical, business administration or a related field.
  OR
  A substitution of education and work experience may qualify: Four years of related work experience in clerical, accounting, business or a related field may be substituted for an Associate’s degree.

AND

• One year or more of clerical work experience, preferably including accounting.  
• Valid MN driver’s license. 

Job offer contingent upon successfully passing drug screening and background check.Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions
Prepares departmental payroll; proofs payroll entries for accuracy and compliance with contracts; verifies costs codes; posts time and inventory entries into cost accounting system; verify leave balances.
Performs administrative duties; prepares board agenda items and resolutions, letters, reports, and other correspondence; prints month-end reports; files construction paperwork; obtains signatures for supplemental agreements and change orders; answers telephone and responds to or directs questions received.
Submits Advertisements for Bid; tracks plan holders for bid opening; records bid tabulations; print bid abstracts for submission to funding entities; sets-up users for e-gram site to view plans and proposals.
Processes inventory withdrawal activity; codes withdrawals to correct account and inventory number; performs full inventory count annually
Reviews charge slips from maintenance crews for time, equipment, and inventory charged to other entities; codes and prepares for billing.
Manages fuel system accounts and users; adds or deletes authorized users from system; prepares reports of usage for billing, tax filings, and inventory reconciliation.
Schedules county motor pool vehicles; checks vehicle out to employees; tracks mileage; schedules vehicle maintenance; prepares reports.
Schedules and oversees Adopt-a-Highway volunteer groups; provides safety training materials, vests, and bags; schedules maintenance crew bag pick up upon completion.
Schedules quarterly random drug / alcohol tests required for DOT employees.
Manages County motor pool; schedules vehicle sign out; tracks mileage and prepares reports for County Auditor; schedules vehicle maintenance as needed.
Enters cash receipts to interface with County Auditor's finance system.
Tracks and issues permits for oversize/overweight vehicles; coordinates with law enforcement as necessary.
Administers various County programs such as Adopt-a-Highway, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of payroll and routine accounting policies, practices and procedures; thorough knowledge of departmental policy manual; general knowledge of bookkeeping terminology and methods; general knowledge of applicable software packages; general knowledge of office procedures, practices and equipment; some knowledge of highway maintenance and construction practices; ability to prepare complete and accurate reports from a variety of accounting data; ability to make arithmetical computations and post accounts; ability to operate a variety of office machines; ability to deal effectively with associates, vendors, and the public.

Physical Requirements

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands and fingers in repetitive motions, frequently requires reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and lifting and occasionally requires standing, walking and stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Ongoing job specific training.

Salary : $23 - $29