Highway Crew Foreman

Summary:

This position supervises and performs skilled work of a varied nature involving the operation of many types of motorized equipment and performing physical labor in the construction, repair, clearing and maintaining of state and county highways, and local roads and right-of-ways.

Essential Functions of the Position:

-Provides leadership, motivation, and direction to work crews to ensure timely and quality work completion in a safe manner.
-Participates in the planning, sequencing, and scheduling of work with Highway Operations Manager and Highway Commissioner. Assists with securing the appropriate resources to do the work.
-Fills in for Highway Operations Manager as necessary and provides weekend on-call duties in winter months as scheduled.
-Documents work performed on a daily basis and reviews employees’ time, equipment, and material usage for accuracy.
-Operates multi-purpose equipment efficiently and safely including but not limited to plow/dump trucks, graders, tractors, front-end loaders, excavators, scrapers, and dozers in road maintenance.
-Operates and performs routine maintenance on plow trucks with sophisticated snow and ice removal features.
Conducts patching and sealing of road and bridge surface defects.
-Inspects, cleans, and maintains culverts and other water control features including removal of beaver dams and debris.
-Operate and maintain various tools used in normal highway and road maintenance.
-Cut and otherwise remove and/or control roadside vegetation.
-Monitor highways, roads and right of ways and report problem areas to supervisors.
-Perform routine cleaning and maintenance of vehicles and equipment.
-Maintains an effective work relationship with employees, DOT officials, governmental officials, supervisor, and subordinates.
-Understand, promote, execute and adhere to the department’s safety program.
-Perform other duties as apparent or assigned.

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competency Requirements:

-Integrity/Honesty – Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
-Customer Service and Community Relations – Anticipates and strives to meet the needs of both internal and external stakeholders (employees, contracted staff, residents, families, and other internal and external clientele). Delivers high-quality services; is committed to continuous improvement. Communicates/Interacts with members of the public and other key stakeholders in a way that elicits positive response and participation, which on occasion, may include interaction either one-on-one or with several stakeholders at one time to present information and/or represent the facility’s interests.
-Accountability – Assumes responsibility for successfully accomplishing work objectives and delivering results; setting high standards of performance for self and others
-Judgment and Decision Making – Makes sound decisions; bases decisions on fact rather than emotion; analyzes problems skillfully; uses logic to reach solutions.
-Self-Management – Organizes and plans for task accomplishment in a way that maximizes efficient performance; establishes and adjusts priorities to ensure timely completion of assigned work/fulfill responsibilities.
Initiative and Creativity – Plans work and carries out tasks without detailed instructions; makes constructive suggestions; prepares for problems or opportunities in advance; undertakes additional responsibilities; responds to situations as they arise with minimal supervision; creates novel solutions to problems; evaluates new technology as potential solutions to existing problems.
-Problem Solving – Anticipates problems; sees how a problem and its solution will affect other areas of operation; gathers information before making decisions; weighs alternatives against objectives and arrives at reasonable decisions; adapts well to changing priorities, deadlines and directions; works to eliminate all processes which do not add value; is willing to take action, even under pressure, criticism or tight deadlines; takes informed risks; recognizes and accurately evaluates the signs of a problem; analyzes current procedures for possible improvements; notifies supervisor of problems in a timely manner.
-Written and Verbal Communication Skills and Mathematical and Reading Comprehension – Recognizes or uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling; ability to comprehend written communications to follow directions, compute related mathematical concepts; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a brief, clear, and organized manner.
-Flexibility – Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.

Education and/or Experience:

High School graduate or equivalent with a working knowledge of highway maintenance procedures and experience operating heavy equipment. A valid Wisconsin driver’s license and Commercial drivers license class A, B, C, and N.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Proficiency in the operation of heavy construction equipment, construction means and methods, basic surveying techniques, snow and ice removal operations, traffic control measures, and erosion control best management practices.

Must be able to operate in a safe and efficient manner a variety of hand tools including but not limited to hammers, wrenches, chainsaws, saws, sanders, shovel, brooms and routers.

Working knowledge of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

Knowledge of hazards and the safety precautions related to street and highway maintenance and construction.

Ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information.
Ability to communicate and interact with individuals from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

Ability to work in extreme weather and in unpleasant conditions.

Knowledge of and willingness to follow all safety rules and procedures.

Ability to prepare and maintain accurate and complete records and reports.

Ability to work unusual hours for plowing snow and clearing ice as well as responding to cleanup efforts associated with summer storms on short notice.

Physical Demands:

Physical demands of this position vary from day to day and are highly dependent on the particular function being fulfilled on that day. As defined by the US Department of Labor the work would be classified as “Medium”.

Ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds on an occasional basis and 10 to 25 pounds frequently, or an amount greater than negligible and up to 10 pounds constantly,
Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, climb, balance, stoop, bend/twist, reach, crouch, crawl, and kneel when needed,
Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time in any weather condition while performing oversight on projects.

Work Environment:

The employee may work near moving mechanical parts, precarious places, and may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. This exposure may cause some discomfort and presents a risk of injury. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally moderate.

To Apply:

Download the required Burnett County employment application and email to Human Resources at Stacy.Gaffney@BurnettCountyWI.gov or call 715-349-2181, ext. 2135.

https://www.burnettcountywi.gov/68/Recruitment

Deadline Note: Applications Reviewed as Received – Open Until Filled