What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Operator II position at Hays County?
Summary
Under close supervision, performs a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled road maintenance and construction duties for Hays County.
- 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.
- Two years general road maintenance and construction experience preferred, or any equivalent combination of experience and training.
- 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.
Salary : $40,063 - $41,265
