Truck Driver Equipment Operator
Job Description
Lucrative Chance
Position: Truck Driver Equipment Operator
Company: Town of New Hampton
Company: Town of New Hampton
Job Brief
Overview the town of new hampton, nh (pop.
Salary Detail
$22 – $25 an hour
Experience
Work Successes is required
Job Detail
- Assembles materials, and equipment necessary to complete projects.
- Serves as equipment operator, worker/laborer in diversified projects involving repairs of roads. bridges. sidewalks. building maintenance. roadside landscaping. curbing. culvert and catch basin laying, setting and maintenance. May be required to work on projects with other departments or surrounding Towns.
- Required to do winter operations. snow removal, plowing. salting, sanding. Maintains the assigned plow route in an effective way.
- Prepares equipment for winter storms.
- Maintains an effective preventive maintenance schedule for the equipment.
- Inspects vehicles and equipment and recognizes the need for repair.
- Maintains clean equipment and vehicles.
- Operates all equipment and trucks, effectively, as necessary, including chain saws, and hand tools.
- Makes maintenance repairs. welds and modifies equipment. fabricates new parts as necessary, or as directed. installs accessories to the vehicles. paints. installs and repairs snowplowing equipment. Replaces tools to their proper place when finished.
- Purchases, under direction of the Public Works Director or Highway Foreman, materials for maintenance and repair.
- Keeps accurate records of hours worked and projects on your timecard.
- Reads, understands, and uses policies and procedures of the Highway Department.
- Monitors roadway conditions for tree limbs, litter, debris, etc., removes items as seen.
- Keeps the garage, storage area, break room area swept and free of debris, and shares in the cleaning and sanitizing of the bathroom area.
- Reads and understands all operating and safety manuals for the equipment.
- This position requires availability for work during winter storms, adverse weather conditions, flooding or any type of disaster. Must respond to callouts as necessary.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Qualifications
- Valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) with a clean driving record.
- Thorough knowledge of the maintenance requirements, work hazards, safety practices and traffic laws relating to heavy equipment operation.
- Knowledgeable of applicable work hazards and safety practices related to road construction.
- Ability to perform work requiring good physical condition.
- Ability to understand and follow, and give instructions both orally and in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluating situations and in making decisions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective and harmonious working relationships with other employees, departments, supervisors and the public.
- Interested and qualified persons can obtain an application and a at the Town Office, 6 Pinnacle Hill Road, New Hampton 03256 or on the website: http://www.new-hampton.nh.us/Pages/Index/229020/latest-news
- Applications should be sent to the New Hampton Town Office, 6 Pinnacle Hill Road, New Hampton 03256 or can be emailed to townadmin@new-hampton.nh.us.
- The Town of New Hampton is an Equal Opportunity Employer
- The Town of New Hampton will accept applications until this position is filled.
- Job Type: Full-time
- Pay: $22 – $25 per hour
- Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
- Work Location: In person
