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Truck Driver- Elwood Shed
Under general supervision, performs a variety of highway maintenance and construction duties relating to operations of the Secondary Roads department. Primarily performs manual labor and operates heavy trucks. The Truck Driver will lead by example the behaviors and work ethic becoming of Clinton County.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Represent Clinton County and perform duties in a professional, responsible, and trustworthy manner.
- Maintains a positive working relationship with Secondary Roads staff, other agencies and departments and the general public.
- Provides customer service that is courteous and responsive to both public and other agencies and departments by email, phone, or in person.
- Must maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to complete work by deadlines, which can change at the last minute and maintain professionalism.
- Must have proficient organizational skills and able to prioritize.
- Safely and efficiently operate heavy trucks utilized in road maintenance and construction projects. May occasionally operate an end-loader and other equipment as necessary.
- Operate a motor grader truck, loader, dozer and snowblower for snow and ice removal.
- Perform manual labor necessary to conduct maintenance and construction projects including, but not limited to: patching roads, pipe installation, mowing and clearing right-of-ways, spreading rock, digging and cleaning ditches, shoulder construction and maintenance, crack routing, crack sealing, bridge and culvert repair/construction and erecting and replacing road signs.
- Perform regular inspections of equipment to ensure safety and operability including, but not limited to: heavy truck, rollers, skid steer, excavator, end-loader, concrete saw, chain saw, wood chipper, tractor and mower.
- Perform preventive maintenance on assigned equipment on a regular basis. Perform routine maintenance on assigned equipment as necessary.
- Perform other job-related duties as necessary or assigned.
Minimum Qualifications Requirements - (Education and Experience):
Education: High School diploma or GED required.
Work Experience: One-year experience in the operation of a heavy truck required. One (1) year experience in road and bridge construction and maintenance desired.
Minimum Qualifications - (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):
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- Ability to utilize office equipment and operate smart phone for communication.
- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple responsibilities and completing priorities by being flexible to meet demands.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with co-workers, other agencies and departments as well as general public.
- Detail oriented in presentation of documents, reports, lists and correspondence.
- Ability to interact with a variety of people, some in emotionally stressful situations.
- Ability to adhere to policy and maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to uphold a positive image of the Clinton County Secondary Roads Department.
- Possess effective communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to maintain a valid Commercial Driver’s License and possess a satisfactory driving record. (Verified)
- Ability to utilize effective verbal, written, and listening communication skills.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with foremen, co-workers and all levels of county staff and general public.
Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to add and subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Work Environment:
Performs duties outdoors and is routinely exposed to varied weather conditions. Routine exposure to chemicals, engine exhaust, noise and hazards associated with traffic.
Physical Demands:
- Standing or being stationary – Approximately less than 1/3 of on-the-job time.
- Walking or traversing – Approximately less than 1/3 of on-the-job time.
- Sitting or being stationary – Approximately greater than 1/3 of on-the-job time.
- Use of hands to finger, handle or feel or otherwise operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, or position items– Approximately greater than 2/3 of on-the-job time.
- Reaching with hands and arms or otherwise secure objects at a distance – Approximately less than 1/3 of on-the-job time.
- Stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl or otherwise position ones self to move – Approximately less than 1/3 of on-the-job time.
- Weight lifted/force exerted – Occasionally requires lifting objects up to 150 pounds.
- Vision – Most tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals.
- Talking/Hearing or otherwise communicate, detect, converse with, discern, convey, express oneself, exchange information – Approximately greater than 2/3 of on-the-job time.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License is required.
Supplemental Information:
- Clinton County is an EEO employer and will engage in the interactive process where necessary to determine if a reasonable accommodation can be implemented to permit any person to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Department: Secondary Roads
- Salary Range: $20.16-$25.21/hr DOE
- Posted: 7/1/25
- Expires: 7/22/25
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