Truck Driver - Elvira

Job Description

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):

• • 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:

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.

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• Job Type: Full-Time
• Department: Secondary Roads
• Salary Range: $20.16-$25.21/hr DOE
• Posted: 5/13/25
• Expires: Posted until filled.