Transportation Worker II - 4 Openings! - #1401132

How to Apply
You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/tsewr5bf by May 2.
 
This posting is for 4 openings and your application will be considered for ALL of them!
 
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New Higher Pay: $31,688 - $55,453
 
The Challenge
We are hiring 4 experienced transportation workers to join our Durham County Maintenance team.
 
In this role, you will:
⦁    Perform maintenance tasks in preventive maintenance, repair, and construction of state-maintained roads and roadside feature.
⦁    Install traffic & erosion control devices.
⦁    Clear right of ways.
⦁    Perform roadway grading and machining of unpaved roads.
⦁    Lead pavement repair, pipe installation, and other drainage tasks.
⦁    Inspect contract work and monitor manual tasks.
⦁    Provide emergency response including traffic accident clean-up, snow and ice removal, and other emergencies.
⦁    Operate equipment, including bulldozers, excavators, backhoes, skid steers, tandem dump trucks, forklifts, front end loaders, tractor trailers, motor graders, rollers, and other heavy equipment.
⦁    Perform flagging operations to safely guide traffic through work zones.
⦁    Perform manual labor for time.
 
What You Bring
⦁    Knowledge of Intermediate Work Zone Safety and experience in the installation of traffic controls.
⦁    Experience in 1+  area: shoulder and ditch maintenance, pipe installation, or asphalt patching.
⦁    Experience in snow and ice removal operations.
⦁    Experience operating 1+ of equipment:  asphalt distributor, asphalt mixer, asphalt patcher, crack sealing machine, ditching machine, force feed loader, front end loader, asphalt maintainer, skid steer, street sweeper, tandem dump truck, tractor “A” boom mower, forklift.
⦁    Working knowledge of the principles involved in the operation and use of heavy equipment.
⦁    Ability to perform tasks and to follow verbal/written instructions as directed by your supervisor.
⦁    Operate chain saws, shovel, drive trucks, and perform litter pickup. 
⦁    Strength to lift 50 pounds.
⦁    Agility to climb, bend, climb steep and uneven terrain and ability to work in extreme temperatures.
⦁    Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle   
⦁    A Class A Commercial Driver's License with Tanker (N) endorsement. (Don't have it?  Still apply!  You can get it through our on-the-job training program within 360 days of hire.)
⦁    Safety toe shoes.
  
Notes
⦁    We may require work during non-traditional work hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.
⦁    We will conduct a pre-employment drug test and a background check of your previous employers for the past 3 years for drug/alcohol abuse.
 
Education & Experience
⦁    High school/GED diploma, and
⦁    3+ years of relevant experience; or
⦁    An equivalent combination of education and experience.
 
Questions?
Call me: Kathi Bowes at 919-536-6150.
 
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