Road & Bridge Maintenance Intern - Bear Creek

Position Description

Working At Harris County Precinct 4:

You will be surrounded by team members who bring “heart, hustle, and higher standards” to work each day. These leaders advance opportunity and justice as they deliver services to and advocate for the residents of Harris County. The team you will be joining is innovative, dynamic, and forward-looking.

What you will do for Harris County Precinct 4:

Precinct 4 Forward Internship Program ( P4FIP) , is an 9-week paid summer internship for students with a passion for serving others.

Harris County Precinct 4 is seeking a Road Maintenance Intern. This position follows instructions and performs various manual tasks crucial to maintaining and repairing Precinct 4 roads, bridges, and easements.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Cleans ditches and culverts of brush, trash, and rubbish.
• Trims overhanging branches and bushes.
• Patches potholes with asphalt and repairs concrete sidewalks.
• Picks up trash along roadways and rights-of-way.
• Uses shovels, rakes, weed eaters, and other equipment.
  
  
  

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx

If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net

Requirements

Internship Requirements:

• Applicants m ust have completed at least one (1) year of high school education.
• Must have a valid ID.
• Needs reliable transportation to and from work.
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be honest and trustworthy.
• Punctuality is important.
• Exhibits strong work ethic.
• Respectful of all living beings, places, and things.
• Flexibility in their time and in prioritizing projects.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands and fingers,
• The intern, frequently, is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance.
• They must also talk or hear.
• This position must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee frequently works in outside weather conditions and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  
  

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.

Preferences

Location/Residency:

• Resident of Harris County Precinct 4 ( preferred )
  
  
  

General Information

Position Type, Salary and Typical Hours of Work:

• Regular | Internship
• Harris County employees and interns receive a competitive salary.
  
  
  

Work Location:

• The position is based out of our Bear Creek Road & Bridge department
  
  
  

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands, the employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance and talk or hear.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee frequently works in outside weather conditions and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  
  

Featured Benefits:

Harris County employees receive a competitive salary plus medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost to the employee after the first two months of full-time continued employment. Vacation, sick-time, and floating holidays allow our employees to recharge and balance work and personal time. Mandatory participation in our retirement program allows employees to save for retirement. Various other benefits and discounts lead to the satisfaction and engagement of our employees.

HARRIS COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx

If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net.

Employment is contingent upon passing a background check and drug screen.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.