Road Maintenance Worker Trainee (Sign Installer) (Travis County Employees Only)

Job Summary

Are you looking for a career that deals with traffic SIGNS? This position performs road construction and maintenance work specific to sign installation and maintenance and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic on streets, roads, pedestrian ways, bikeways, or other public roads. This position works independently with specific knowledge to maintain proper and visible roadway signs, as outlined in the Texas Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. In addition, this position installs and maintains asphalt markings, legends, and striping. This position may assist with the fabrication of road signs and barricades, and performs traffic control within road construction work zones.

This position provides top-notch benefits including paid vacation and sick leave, parental leave, outstanding health, vision, and dental insurance, an on-site health clinic for you and your dependents, a generous retirement plan, and much more.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Duties assigned are primarily training or entry level, this is the first in a series of four (4) road maintenance related job classifications within the Maintenance job family. This classification is distinguished by performing general road maintenance work, drainage system maintenance work, mowing grass, removing brush and debris from rights-of-way, traffic control sign installation and maintenance and asphalt markings, legends and striping, and performing general traffic control at work site. This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Trains on the installation and maintenance of traffic control signs, asphalt markings, and striping in compliance with the state, federal and local laws, codes, regulations, and procedures. Assists in fabricating road signs and barricades for traffic control in road construction areas. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Trains in general road maintenance labor associated with tasks required to repair roadways and right of-ways, including mixing and pouring concrete, sealing cracks, and patching roads, and cleaning drains and ditches. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Trains in operating vehicles and equipment associated with roadway and right-of-way maintenance, including pickup trucks, tractors, slope mower, mini-excavator, small compactor, woodchipper, skid steer, forklift, lift truck, hydro mulcher, dump trucks, knuckle boom, tank trucks, loaders/backhoes, and rollers. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Trains in removing trash, erects fences and barricades, installs culverts, repairs, and erects signs, places hot or cold asphalt mix, repairs driveway approaches and applies dust control emulsion to roadways. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Under close supervision in providing assistance, as directed, during emergency situations, such as floods, severe weather, and accidents.

• Trains in performing general traffic control at the job site to ensure a safe working environment. Places and gathers traffic control signs and barricades within construction work zones and directs traffic within zone. Observes safety precautions and follows safety rules and regulations. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Trains in preventative vehicle and equipment minor maintenance and repairs. Checks oil, water, fuel, services tires, makes appropriate adjustments prior to leaving the job site. Maintains mileage and service record on vehicles driven. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Under close supervision in cutting and removing brush, mows grass and weed eats along roadside, and removes safety or health hazards, including dead animal removal and disposal from rights-of-way.

• Trains in assisting with indigent burials and cemetery grounds maintenance, as required. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Trains in maintaining accurate daily record of daily activities including time keeping, materials utilized, equipment deployed and other job-related job site issues, inputs data into computer software. Duties will be performed upon successful completion of training.

• Attends meetings, conferences, or other educational classes and participates in training offered by the County and applies information to work assignment.

• Communicates with employees at all levels and the public to receive and relay factual information and to facilitate public relations.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:

High School diploma or GED;

OR,

Three (3) months of general labor experience;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:

Valid Texas Driver's License.

Preferred:

• Six (6) months of general labor experience.

• Work Zone Flagger Training certificate and/ or Work Zone Traffic Control Instruction certificate or related type certificate.

Knowledge of:

• Policies, practices, procedures, and methods of assigned function.

• Applicable safety practices and regulations.

• Texas Motor Vehicle Code and other codes, laws and statutes relating to assigned function.

• Light equipment and tools used in road maintenance.

• Traffic control signs, sign construction and installation, asphalt striping, markings, and legends in compliance with state, federal and local laws, codes, regulations and procedures.

• Proper implementation and maintenance of Traffic Control plans as outlined in the Texas Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

• Operation and maintenance characteristics of basic hand and power tool

• Computer knowledge to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and a variety of software packages.

Skill in:

• Operating a variety of road maintenance light equipment safely.

• Operating grounds maintenance equipment safely.

• Operating hand tools.

• Traffic control sign construction, installation, and maintenance.

• Working with others, including working as a team member.

• Both verbal and written communication, including conveying and following instructions and providing information to the public.

• Maintaining important files and records.

Ability to:

• Safely and correctly apply road construction and maintenance techniques.

• Safely and correctly drive light road maintenance and construction vehicles and equipment.

• Understand and follow instructions and communicate effectively, as required.

• Work independently and efficiently.

• Reason and make sound judgments and decisions.

• Understand and follow instructions and communicate effectively, as required.

• Manage time well and meet timelines.

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, representatives of outside agencies, and the general public.

Work Environment & Other Information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 60 pounds, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate motorized equipment and general hand power tools. Subject to standing, sitting, walking, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching, twisting, balancing, repetitive motion, driving, client/customer contact, and squatting to perform the essential functions. Requires use of personal protective devices such as hard hats, safety vests, boots masks, goggles, gloves, and other appropriate personal protection equipment. Subject to contact with mechanical hazards, chemical hazards, fume/odor hazards, toxic waste hazards, electrical hazards, explosive hazards, biological hazards, noise, vibration, fumes, foul odor, dirt, dust, mist, gases, and poor ventilation, and moving large set of construction parts, tools, or machinery.

Position requires fieldwork with exposure to traffic hazard, public work development sites and other construction site hazards including climbing / walking over rough and uneven terrain. Works outdoors in all types of weather including excessive heat and cold temperatures.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtimeeligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.