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Grader Operator
Summary
Laclede County Road and Bridge is hiring for a full-time Grader Operator.
Responsibilities
Special Working Conditions/Job Characteristics: Job requires significant physical stamina and
endurance, including the ability to move materials by hand, operate large and small hand tools. And
perform stationary flagging. Job requires outdoor work that involves exposure to physical hazards,
health and safety risks, and/or adverse otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment,
including risk of physical injury from carrying out duties in heavy traffic areas, on or near heavy
equipment and machinery, and with hazardous chemicals or materials. Job may require overtime and
nighttime work. Requires significant repetitive lifting and bending activities. Job requires fuel and road
maintenance data collection.
Examples of Work:
• Operates vehicles to transport employees, equipment, machinery and/or materials, or to warn
oncoming traffic, plow snow and spread ice control materials; mows right of way using tractor
mower and hand tools; operates auger, trencher, backhoe, motor grader, track loader, mini
excavator, forklift, loader and various trucks (e.g. dump, aerial boom, bucket, and platform).
• Maintains county roadway systems, including filling roadway joints and crack and patching
potholes; flagging and directing traffic; setting up signs, cones, arrow boards, and other traffic
control devices; loading, unloading, spreading, and hauling materials and supplies; cutting and
clearing brush; removing trash and debris from roadsides; cleaning and clearing ditches.
• Maintains, cleans, and repairs county facilities, including repairing and replacing road signs and
guardrails; cleaning curbs and gutters; painting buildings an equipment; and servicing
equipment and machinery.
• May repair bridge decks (full and partial) and drains, and clean bridge bents/caps at heights on
ladders or utilizing scaffolding.
• May install signs, including structural and large signs, inspect truss signs, pour concrete sign
footing, weld and cut steel sign posts, drive posts in ground with a post driver, and repair and
maintain break away and/or overlay signs; may weld, repair, and fabricate equipment and
implements as needed.
• May operate rollers (glue and tamper), propane torches, shot/turbo blaster, walk behind grinder
and other hand tools.
• May perform roadside duties, including mowing and spraying; planting grass seed, tress,
flowers, or shrubbery; pruning and removal of trees; chipping brush and removing debris.
• May Cleans and performs routine maintenance on vehicles, equipment, buildings and grounds.
• May deliver fuel to machinery on the county roadways, and replace cutting edges on motor
graders.
• May perform repair and maintenance work on all county equipment.
• Perform other responsibilities as required or assigned.
Laclede County Road and Bridge Department promotes an equal opportunity workplace
Experience Requirements
Minimum Required Qualifications: Valid Class B Commercial Driver's License with no air brake
restrictions.
Benefits
Skill Sets
Behavioral Traits
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