Public Works - Seasonal

Performs general manual tasks on a seasonal temporary basis for road, engineering, fleet maintenance, parks and building facilities crews. Observes safety and traffic rules and laws.

a) Traffic control or "flagger" for road maintenance functions. Provides directions to motorist.

b) Laborer - Performs heavy manual labor, digging ditches, cleaning and installing culverts or drain tiles, removing obstacles from the roadway and adjacent area, hand loading and unloading all types of material, cutting of brush and small trees, feeds brush and tree limbs into a chipper. Performs simple manual work connected with asphalt patching or chip sealing of road ways, repairs guard rail, installs roadway signs and picks up litter along roadways.

c) Bridge repair - Simple manual work cleaning decks, cutting brush, hand placing rock in gabions and minor concrete work.

d) Building repair - Manual work in repair and minor maintenance of county buildings including janitorial work, painting, and yard maintenance.

e) Fleet maintenance - Performs simple duties such as washing, waxing and vacuum of various pieces of equipment. May work alongside a mechanic as a helper.

f) Engineering - Works with survey crew on road projects performing duties such as cutting brush, traffic control, rod holder, traffic counts and weighing of trucks.

g) Parks - Performs various park duties such as garbage collection, janitorial of restrooms, cutting of brush, mowing of grass, picnic table and fireplace maintenance, and sign maintenance.

h) Office - Performs various routine tasks associated with office operation including filing, sorting, data entry, copying etc.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/LICENSES/CERTIFICATES REQUIRED:

Graduation from a senior high school or GED. Valid Oregon driver's license with excellent driving record.

SPECIFIC JOB SKILLS:

Observes safety and traffic rules and regulations. Ability to comprehend and pass a "flaggers" certification course. Ability to receive and give directions. Ability to get along with public and fellow employees. Reliable, works on tasks without direct supervision. Maintains tools and equipment. Works in a safe and efficient manner. Operates small tools such as weed eaters, power saws and lawn mowers. Good physical condition with the strength and stamina to perform heavy manual labor. Extended periods of standing, lifting, carrying, digging in all kinds of weather and ground conditions.

JOB CONDITIONS:

Extended periods of heavy manual labor in all kinds of out-of-doors adverse weather, high noise levels, close proximity to machinery, high personal risk and hazards to workers.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands are typical of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ADA COMPLIANCE:

Physical capability to handle high mobility demands and complex personal interactions.

a. Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert light to moderate physical effort in light to moderate work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate to heavy weight (20-50 pounds).

b. Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.

c. Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

Lincoln County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.