Beltrami County is creating an eligibility list for two Highway Maintenance Worker II or Maintenance Worker III positions. The current opening is for two full-time, benefited positions assigned to work at the Bemidji Shop. Responsibilities include heavy equipment operation, heavy truck driving, snow plowing, and related road work.
Performs skilled trades work repairing and maintaining streets, culverts, shoulders, and related facilities, operating heavy equipment, performing snow removal and ice control activities, sweeping and patching streets, performing a variety of maintenance and repair tasks, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the Highway Maintenance Supervisor.
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Maintenance Worker II: Preferred hiring range $24.61 to $26.88 per hour with a full range of $24.61 to $31.17 per hour.
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Maintenance Worker III: Preferred hiring range is $29.30 to $32.02 per hour with a full range of $29.30 to $37.12 per hour.
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Placement depends on factors such as qualifications, internal equity, market conditions, and applicable policy guidelines.
Education and Experience
Minimum requirements are:
Maintenance Worker II: Salary Range $24.61-$31.17
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High School Diploma or GED.
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Three years or more of related work experience in heavy equipment operation or road construction.
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Valid MN Commercial Driver's License with Class A endorsement.
Maintenance Worker III: Salary Range $29.30-$37.12
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High School Diploma or GED.
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Six years or more of related experience in heavy equipment operation or road construction.
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Valid MN Commercial Driver's License with Class A endorsement.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Maintenance Worker II:
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Maintains and repairs roads, culverts, and right-of-ways; seals cracks, patches roads, cleans, repairs, and replaces culverts; clears right-of-ways of brush; repairs shoulders, bridges, and guardrails.
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Clears snow with snow plow; salts and sands roads.
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Drives truck to haul road construction and repair material, such as gravel, rock, dirt, black top, and asphalt.
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Operates road construction equipment such as grader, dozer, mower, backhoe, bobcat, front-end loader, wood loader, roller packer, telehandler, street sweeper, boom mower, water truck, and lowboy.
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Inspects vehicle and grounds maintenance equipment; maintains and repairs as needed.
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Updates and maintains timesheets, equipment inspection reports, inventories, and explosive reports.
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Assists with engineering operations as necessary.
Maintenance Worker III:
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Maintains and repairs roads, culverts, and right-of-ways; rebuilds sections of roads; seals cracks, patches roads, cleans, repairs, and replaces culverts; clears right-of-ways of brush; repairs shoulders, bridges, and guardrails.
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Clears snow with snow plow; salts and sands roads.
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Drives truck to haul road construction and repair material, such as gravel, rock, dirt, black top, and asphalt.
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Operates road construction equipment such as grader, dozer, mower, backhoe, bobcat, front-end loader, wood loader, roller packer, telehandler, street sweeper, boom mower, water truck, and lowboy.
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Inspects vehicle and grounds maintenance equipment; maintains and repairs as needed.
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Updates and maintains timesheets, equipment inspection reports, and inventories.
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Paints directional symbols on roadways.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough knowledge of machinery and equipment used in performance of duties assigned; thorough knowledge of occupational hazards and safety procedures of the work; thorough knowledge of county road names and geography; ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions; ability to perform manual labor for extended periods, often under unfavorable weather conditions; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates.
Physical Requirements
This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, using hands and fingers, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions, frequently requires walking, sitting and speaking or hearing and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm’s length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to outdoor weather conditions, frequently requires exposure to vibration and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock, poisonous plants and insects; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, heavy traffic).
