at Butler County Courthouse in El Dorado, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Road or Landfill Supervisor, the Light Equipment Operator I performs semi-skilled to skilled work mowing road ditches, weed eating, tree and brush removal, trash and debris collection, and occasionally performing maintenance of equipment. The employee in this position operates a variety of light equipment requiring some degree of skill in performing a variety of job assignments. This employee performs tasks related to road and bridge maintenance.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, Hours Vary; Location of assignment determined by management
Duration: April - October; Start and end date of seasonal assignment determined by management
Examples of Work (Essential Functions):
Primary Duties:
- Operates light equipment such as a tractor, rotary mower, weed eater, chain saw and other light equipment;
- Performs all maintenance on tractor and rotary mower
Secondary duties:
- Cleans and paints structures;
- Constructs footings, piers and wings;
- Patches road and bridge surfaces using cold or hot mix;
- Performs road and bridge maintenance work such as mowing road ditches, installing and maintaining culverts and filling washouts and installing guardrail, cutting brush, tree trimming, and removing debris;
- Performs light maintenance and servicing of work in connection with the operations of related equipment, perform daily inspection of equipment;
- Cleans or lubricates vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment;
- Performs unskilled manual work as assigned;
- Rebuilds roads and bridges;
- Repairs and replaces wood, concrete and steel decks;
- Replaces structural steel, back walls, guardrails and nail ties;
- Spreads dirt, cover, gravel, sand, rock and asphalt, haul material and supplies to job sites;
- Uses tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, chainsaws, drills, weed eaters, wrenches, shovels and rakes;
- Sets out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic, flags motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead, perform work according to work zone safety guidelines;
- Operates equipment while paying close attention to public traffic, conditions, drivers;
- Sorts and segregates waste such as wood, brush, construction debris, rock, white goods, house hold hazardous waste;
- Installs and repairs traffic signs, signals, barricades, closes roads when appropriate;
- Performs other duties as deemed necessary or as required
Abilities, Knowledge, Skills:
- Ability to operate a truck, tractor, small machinery, roller, loader and other related equipment;
- Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties;
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, maps, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals;
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence;
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization;
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume;
- Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry;
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form;
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations;
- Ability to convey and receive detailed or important instructions and information to and from other workers and the general public;
- Knowledge of equipment maintenance;
- Knowledge of safety operations or equipment.
