Highway General Laborer - Eligibility List - Portage County
Stevens Point, WI
About the Job
ThePortage County Highway departmentcurrently has aGeneral Laborerposition opening. We will be posting this as an eligibility list for a current vacancy and forfuture vacancies as they occur.This position works 4 - 10 hour days during the Spring and Summer months! Who doesn't want a 3 day weekend duringspring and summer?!
Starting pay: $23.30/ hr
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for the performance of a variety of work of the manual nature related to the maintenance and construction of roads. Work may also extend into the operating of a variety of light and medium level equipment. Generally no supervision is given to other employees and direct supervision is received from a supervisor.
Essential functions of position includes;
- Perform manual road construction and maintenance tasks.
- Install and remove snow fence
- Replace guardrail, road patching
- Cut brush, tar cracks, use hand and small power tools
- Collect refuse from various roadways and other similar manual tasks.
- Operate light and medium duty equipment for plowing, sanding, salting as well as for the transporting of maintenance materials.
- Operate industrial tractors for roadside maintenance
- Drive quad and tri axle trucks engaged in the transportation of construction and maintenance materials.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent required.
- Commercial driver’s license (CDL) or ability to obtain one within 6 months of hire. Must have a safe driving record.
- Must be able to lift up to 70 pounds, and push/pull up to 85 pounds.
- Experience working physically demanding duties.
- Experience operating heavy equipment preferred.
- Must be available to be called to work seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day to handle emergency work conditions to provide safe and economic conditions.
- Knowledge of the capabilities, limitations and hazards in the operation of assigned equipment.
Portage County offers an AWESOME benefit package, which includes the following;
- Vacation - available on day one!
- Health insurance- your choice of two health plans- (Health Savings Account associated with a High Deductible Health Plan with aCounty contributionor a PPO Co-pay plan)
- Health insurance starting at$19.15 a paycheck!
- Wellness incentive plan offered with health insurance enrollment!Earn up to $600 per year!
- Flexible spending account
- Dental insurance
- State of Wisconsin Retirement Plan -County contribution of 6.9%!
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Life insurance- premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
- Long term disability insurance- premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
- EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) - paid by the County
- 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan
* 1st review of applications will begin on Thursday, October 17th.
Portage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer