Heavy Equipment Operator II #25-6-4

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LEAVENWORTH COUNTY JOB POSTING

VACANCY #25-6-4

TITLE: Heavy Equipment Operator II WORKING TITLE: Heavy Equipment

Operator II

DEPARTMENT: Public Works DIVISION: Road & Bridge

PAY LEVEL: Level 10 \$21.95-\$25.22 EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT: N

SUPERVISOR: Road & Bridge Superintendent SUPERVISES: NA

LOCATION: Leavenworth County Shop, 23690 187th Street, Leavenworth, KS

66048

County Employees Only: May apply at the Human Resources Department, 1st

Floor, Suite 104, in

the County Courthouse.

General Public: May apply at the Leavenworth Workforce Center, 515 Limit

Street,

Leavenworth, Kansas, EMAIL applications to ... or

fax the

application to .... Application may be found on the

Leavenworth County website

at www.leavenworthcounty.gov under Departments / Human Resources / Apply

Here

\*\*\*POSITION CLOSES WHEN FILLED\*\*\*

RESIDENCY POLICY

Residency is defined as the place where ones primary residence is

located. The boundaries

for Leavenworth County employees incorporate adjacent counties to

include: Wyandotte,

Johnson, Douglas, Jefferson, and Atchison Counties in Kansas and Platte

County, Missouri.

Certain departments within the County may have more stringent

requirements for residency

such as the Sheriffs Department and Emergency Medical Services. Any

exception to this

residency requirement must be specifically approved by the BOCC.

(Revised 04/21/05)

DUTIES SUMMARY

Serves as a Heavy Equipment Operator with broad specialized skills and

technical limitations

established by the Director of Public Works under general supervision of

crewman

supervisor. Provides specialized skills and technical capabilities in

the area of laborer and

operator for various public works daily operations, maintenance,

construction, and duties as

assigned appropriate to the skill and technical level of a specialized

operator with 2-5 years of

road maintenance experience. Expected light duty heavy equipment skills

typical include

snow plow, dump truck, loader, tractor/trailer, small broom, roller, and

bobcat/skid steer.

Expected heavy duty heavy equipment skills typical include backhoe,

grader, scraper, and

general knowledge of paving equipment to assist in oil/chip distribution

and asphalt

installation activities.

PERCENTAGE OF TIME ACCOUNTABILITIES

10% 1. Operator of light duty heavy equipment (i.e. dump truck, loader,

tractor/trailer, small broom, roller, and bobcat/skidsteer) for various

public works daily operation, maintenance, and construction

projects.

50% 2. Operator of heavy-duty heavy equipment (i.e. backhoe, grader,

scraper, and general assistance in paving operations) for various



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public works daily operation, maintenance, and construction

projects.

20% 3. Laborer utilizing various hand tools (i.e. shovel, jack hammer,

crack sealer, chain saw, batch mixer, general housekeeping,

SWPPP) for various public works daily operations, maintenance,

and construction activities as assigned.

10% 4. Storm and Winter Watch on-call status.

10% 5. Safety attendant, traffic management, and equipment inspection.

MINIMUM SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE (\*Required prior to employment)

1\. Knowledge of general Public Works roadway maintenance and

construction activities.\*

2\. Knowledge of safety procedures and protocols for general labor

tasks, heavy

equipment operations, and proper loading, transporting and unloading of

materials

associated with road maintenance.\*

3\. Knowledge of basic mechanical operations to analyze any breakdown or

failure of

equipment operation to report to supervisor or mechanics.

4\. Knowledge of basic storm water prevent ion plans, best management

practices,

reporting associated with the duties as assigned to include but not

limited to general

housekeeping and trash collection, silt fences, seeding, and work area

restoration.\*

5\. Skill in operation of light duty heavy equipment to perform Public

Works activities.\*

6\. Skill in use of hand tools such as chain saws, rakes, hammers, jack

hammers, cutting

torches, sand blaster, bridge jacks, power augers, and compactors.\*

7\. Skill in reading engineering exhibits, specifications and standards

in addition to

understanding verbal directions for public works operations related to

road

maintenance and construction activities.\*

8\. Skill of proper flagging/traffic control through work zones.

9\. Skill in operation of heavy duty heavy equipment to perform Public

Works Activities.\*

10\. Knowledge of proper methods for mixing, storage, and disposal of

potential t