Light Equipment Operator

Additional $2.00/hr for CDL certification is available.

Job Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Road Superintendent or designee, the Light Equipment Operator performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled duties associated with the operation of trucks, light and occasionally medium equipment in the repair, maintenance and construction of County roads, bridges and rights-of-way.

Essential Functions

• Operates a variety of light equipment, such as light tractor to pull mower, broom, and posthole digger, pickup truck for transporting equipment, signs and posts;
• Repairs and installs traffic signs and posts;
• Monitors condition of assigned equipment to assure care, service, lubrication and repairs;
• Services, maintains and makes mechanical adjustments and minor repairs on equipment such as checking and servicing fuel, oil and coolant levels, lubrication, tire pressure and changes, and general appearance;
• Constructs and repairs fences, puts up and takes down safety signs and performs other hand labor;
• Flags traffic passing near, in, or around work zones;
• Cleans or prepares construction sites to eliminate possible hazards;
• Signals equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, or adjustment of machinery, equipment, or materials;
• Loads, unloads, or identifies building materials, machinery, or tools, distributing them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans or specifications;
• May spray stumps, remove trash, work in shop painting, cleaning, and repairing tires;
• May install culverts;
• Assists in sanding/re-facing/repairing signs;
• Hauls/loads snow and ice control materials;
• Plows snow and spreads ice control materials;
• Loads/unloads spreaders;
• Takes after-hour calls for tree/sign issues;
• Paints interior and exterior of department buildings;
• Burns brush piles and observes and controls the fire spread;
• Mows along black tops and gravel roads;
• Performs traffic counts;
• Maintains and repairs guardrails and mailboxes;
• Repairs barricades;
• Trims brush around existing signs along rights-of-way.

Secondary Functions

• Performs other related duties as required.

Supervisory Functions

• None.

Minimum Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Knowledge Of

• Safety standards and practices;
• Rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to area of assignment;
• Materials, tools, equipment, safety hazards and precautions common to the assigned area of responsibility;
• Work zone safety, traffic control and flagging;
• Traffic laws, ordinances and rules involved in equipment operation;
• Safe, efficient operation of assigned equipment;
• Road layouts and routes.

Skill In

• Operating assigned equipment safely, effectively and efficiently;
• Training others to use equipment effectively and efficiently.

Ability To

• Read, analyze, and interpret common safety manuals and instructions;
• Respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers;
• Operate equipment for extended periods of time during difficult weather conditions;
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals;
• Maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments, officials and the public;
• Receive, understand and carry out oral and written instruction;
• Prepare routine reports and record information about projects and assignments;
• Be called out and work weekends.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

• Must possess a valid driver's license at time of hire;
• Obtain and maintain valid Kansas Commercial driver's license within six (6) months of hire.

Required Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or G.E.D.;
• six months to twelve months related experience or training;
• or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Education and/or Experience

• Associate's degree in Heavy Equipment Operation, Construction Science or related field from two year-college or technical school;
• or one year to two years related experience and/or training;
• or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear;
• The employee is frequently required to walk;
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl or smell;
• The employee must regularly required to lift and/or move, push or pull up to 25 pounds and occasionally required to lift and/or move, push or pull up to 50 pounds without assistance and up to 100 pounds or more with assistance;
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• To moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places;
• To outside weather conditions;
• To fumes or airborne particles;
• Exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and explosives.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.86 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $2 - $17