Grader Operator

Laclede County Road and Bridge is hiring for a full-time Grader Operator. 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 Minimum Required Qualifications: Valid Class B Commercial Driver's License with no air brake restrictions.