SUMMARY:
Hauls material to job sites and makes sure to keep bringing materials at all times. Patches roads when necessary, flags traffic and work trucks and equipment, operates truck with snowplow and/or sand spreader. Operates various equipment as needed, repairs roads and performs rough carpentry work.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Operates and maintains heavy-duty trucks transporting road materials.
Operates a truck with a snowplow and/or sand spreader in snow and ice control operations.
Willing to operate all miscellaneous equipment- vibrating roller, vibrating pad foot, vibrating asphalt roller, grid roller, power broom, chip spreader, pull type ether asphalt distributor.
Willing to operate and maintain a tractor with attachments.
Willing to operate small motorized equipment such as chain saws, drills, jack hammers, saws, paving breakers, tampers, wood shredder and air compressor.
Performs as flag person, directing traffic.
Applies herbicides to highway right-of-way.
Repairs failures in the roadway, shoulders or bridge decks; repairs or replaces signs, posts, guardrails and fences.
Performs rough carpentry work, building and installing forms using lumber and small hand tools, for concrete bridge decks, bridge posts, curbs, wingwalls, and headwalls. Also builds fences and installs culverts.
Maintains valid Arkansas Class B CDL license.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty 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.
SAFETY/SECURITY SENSITIVE POSITION: This position is designated as safety/security sensitive and is subject to pre- employment, reasonable suspicion and random drug and alcohol screening
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Two to five years experience, High School Diploma or GED.
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Communicates on a daily basis with crew members, road overseer, and road foreman. Occasionally speaks with the general public.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms, use hands to handle or feel objects/controls and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close, distance, depth perception and peripheral vision.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the typical work environment is loud to very loud. Works in all types of weather and sometimes works early morning hours till late hours in the evening. All work is performed on/or adjacent to highways often containing high speed and/or heavy traffic.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS OVERVIEW:
Benefits are an important part of the overall compensation package. We are pleased to offer a comprehensive array of valuable benefits.
County Paid Insurance Benefits
Employee Medical
Basic life and ADD Insurance
Long‑term disability insurance
Access to voluntary benefits, including:
Medical (Spouse/Children)
Dental, and Vision coverage
Supplemental life insurance
Short‑term disability
Critical Illness coverage
Accident insurance
Hospital indemnity plans
View the Benefits Guide for more information
Retirement & Financial Security
Participation in the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS) pension program
Voluntary Nationwide Deferred Compensation 457(b) Retirement plan
Time Off & Work–Life Balance
11 Paid Holidays annually
Paid Sick Leave (up to 12 working days per year)
Paid Vacation Leave (up to 10 working days per year)
Paid Personal Day annually
County government for Benton County, the most populous county in Arkansas.