Road Maintenance Worker I (Cemetery)
Travis County
Austin Texas
Salary: Neg Per Hour
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists with indigent burials and cemetery grounds maintenance, as required.
- Cuts and removes brush, mows
grass and weed eats along roadside, and removes safety or health hazards,
including dead animal removal and disposal from rights-of-way. Performs
general road maintenance labor associated with tasks required to repair
roadways and rights-of-way, including mixing and pouring concrete, sealing
cracks and patching roads, and cleaning drains and ditches.
- Removes 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.
- Communicates with employees at
all levels and the public to receive and relay factual information and to
facilitate public relations.
- Performs preventative vehicle
and equipment minor maintenance and repairs. Checks oil, water, fuel,
services tire, makes appropriate adjustments prior to leaving the job
site. Maintains mileage and service record on vehicles driven.
- Maintains 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.
- Attends meetings, conferences,
or other educational classes and participates in training offered by the
County and applies information to work assignment.
- Installs and maintains traffic
control signs and 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
- Installs, erects, and processes
materials associated with roadway and right-of-way maintenance.
- Provides assistance, as
directed, during emergency situations, such as floods, severe weather and
accidents.
- Performs 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.
- Operates vehicles and equipment
associated with roadway and right-of-way maintenance, including but not
limited to pickup trucks, tractors, slope mower, mini-excavator, small
compactor, woodchipper, skid steer, forklift, lift/bucket truck, hydro
mulcher, dump trucks, knuckle boom, tank trucks, loaders/backhoes and
rollers.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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.
- Maintains 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.
- Monitor project progress and
develop related reports.
- Train and advise others.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, representatives of outside agencies, and the general public.
Job Overview
Posted Date: 02 Jan 2024
Location: Austin Texas
Salary: Neg Per Hour
Company Information
The mission of Travis Central Appraisal District, in accordance with the Texas Constitution and the laws of the state, is to provide accurate appraisal of all property in Travis County at one hundred percent market value, equally and uniformly, in a professional, ethical, economical and courteous manner, working to ensure that each taxpayer pays only their fair share of the property tax burden.
Name: Travis County
Web: https://traviscad.org/