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

Under general supervision, the Equipment Operator operates various departmental heavy equipment to perform road maintenance and repair tasks as assigned.

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.
  

Vigo County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.