Highway Department Equipment Operator - Vigo County, IN - Terre Haute, IN

Examples of Duties:
Perfoms road maintenance tasks and operates various pieces of heavy equipment; patches road surface with asphalt and operates roller to smooth asphalt; lays rip-rap stone; spreads oil on chip and seal roadways; flags traffic; installs and replaces guardrails; grades gravel roads; digs ditches; installs driveway pipes and road drainage pipes; operates broom to clean work site and roads.

Loads trucks with various material; hauls materials to and from work sites; hauls rock from stone quarries to work site; hauls dirt and debris from work site; hauls salt and sand to stock pile.

Clears ice and snow from County roads; plows snow off roads; spreads sand and salt on slick roads.

Repairs County road signs; assists with installing new signs or assignments.

Clears landscape, brush and tree limbs from County right-of-way; mows and clears brush from roadside; trims overhanging brush along roads, cuts down trees along roadside.

Clears dead animals and debris from the roadways.

Performs routine maintenance of County trucks and heavy equipment; changes or repairs tires; washes trucks.

Assists coworkers as needed.

Performs other related essential duties as required.

Typical Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED; supplemented by three to five relevant work experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Special Requirement:
An Indiana Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) is required.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to operate a variety of department equipment, tools, and instruments including trucks, pickups, loaders, pavers, graders, backhoes, dozers, mechanics’ tools, chain saws, jack hammers, various hand tools, mowers, etc; ability to coordinate hands and eyes in using equipment; ability to operate motor vehicles.


• Ability to exert physical effort in moderate to heavy work involving lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling; ability to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl; ability to climb and balance; tasks require visual perception and discrimination.

Supplemental Information:
Ability to comprehend and correctly use a variety of informational documents including daily field reports, load tickets, daily work orders, maps, and other reports and records.

Ability to comprehend a variety of reference ooks and manuals including equipment operation manuals.

Ability to prepare daily field reports and other job related documents using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.

Ability to explain, demonstrate and clarify to others within well-established policies, procedures and standards, as well as the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests.

Ability to use and interpret road maintenance terminology and language.

Ability to accurately record and deliver information, meet deadlines, and maintan confidentiality of restricted information.

Ability to make judgments in absence of management, use common sense, and utilize the principles of rational systems in the performance of tasks.

Ability to work under moderately stressful conditions, to respond immediately to crisis situations, and to balalnce priorities within and between offices/departments.

Ability to maintain personal composure and tactfully handle difficult situations and interpret questions correctly; ability to behave in a friendly, understanding, helpful, and professional manner with coworkers, supervisors, and the general public.

Abiity to communicte effectively with immediate supervisor, coworkers, and the general public verbally and in writing.

Ability to work effectively outdoors being exposed to weather extremes; ability to protect self and others when working in and around machinery; toxic agents/chemicals, loud noises, electrical current, strong odors, smoke, traffic, etc.