Heavy Equipment Operator Trainee # 26-4-1

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LEAVENWORTH COUNTY JOB OPENING

VACANCY #26-4-1

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Posted 4-1-26

POSITION: Heavy Equipment Operator Trainee, Public Works, Leavenworth,

KS

SALARY: \$24.45/hour (Full Time Benefits Eligible)

County Employees Only: May submit their application to the Human

Resources Department, 1st

Floor Room 104, in the County Courthouse, via email to

hr@leavenworthcounty.gov , or via fax to

\(913\) 684-1028.

General Public: May apply at the Leavenworth Workforce Center 1901

Spruce Street, Leavenworth,

Kansas or EMAIL applications to hr@leavenworthcounty.gov or fax the

application to (913) 684-1028.

Application may be found on the Leavenworth County website at

www.leavenworthcounty.gov under

Human Resources.

This position closes when filled.

Leavenworth County Job Description

TITLE: Heavy Equipment Operator Trainee WORKING TITLE: Trainee Operator

DEPARTMENT: Public Works DIVISION: Road & Bridge

PAY LEVEL: Level C Step 13 EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT: N

SUPERVISOR: Road & Bridge Superintendent SUPERVISES: NA

LOCATION: Leavenworth County Shop, 23690 187th Street, Leavenworth, KS

66048

RESIDENCY POLICY

Residency is defined as the place where ones primary residence is

located. The boundaries

for Leavenworth County employees incorporate adjacent counties to

include: Wyandotte,

Johnson, Douglas, Jefferson, and Atchison Counties in Kansas and Platte

County, Missouri.

Certain departments within the County may have more stringent

requirements for residency

such as the Sheriffs Department and Emergency Medical Services. Any

exception to this

residency requirement must be specifically approved by the BOCC.

Duties Summary

While road construction and maintenance are being accomplished, performs

flagging duties,

allowing one line of traffic to proceed while stopping another.

Communications with other

workers by operating a two-way radio; must stand for long periods of

time in various types of

weather; must ensure signs are maintained and ready daily. Serves as a

Heavy Equipment

Operator Trainee without general skills and with technical limitations

established by the

Director of Public Works under direct supervision of crewman supervisor.

Provides general

skills and non-technical capabilities in the area of laborer and

operator trainee for various

public works daily operations, maintenance, construction, and duties as

assigned appropriate

to the skill and technical level of an apprentice with 0-1 year of any

laborer or operator

Experience. Expected Light Duty Heavy Equipment Skills Typical Include

snow plow, dump

truck, loader, tractor/trailer, small broom, roller, and bobcat/skid

steer, boom mowers.

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Percentage Of Time Accountabilities

40% 1. Flagging and/or mowing will be a component of this job.

Operator of light duty heavy construction equipment (i.e. dump

truck, loader, tractor/trailer, small broom, roller, and

bobcat/skidsteer), boom mower tractors for various public works

daily operation, maintenance, and construction projects.

40% 2. Laborer utilizing various hand tools (i.e. shovel, jack hammer,

crack sealer, chain saw, batch mixer, general housekeeping,

SWPPP) for various public works daily operations, maintenance,

and construction activities as assigned.

10% 3. Storm and Winter Watch on-call status.

10% 4. Safety attendant, traffic management, and equipment inspection.

MINIMUM SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE (\*Required prior to employment)

1\. Ability to gain kn owledge of general Public Works roadway

maintenance and

construction activities.

2\. Ability to gain knowledge of safety procedures and protocols for

general labor tasks,

heavy equipment operations, and proper loading, transporting and

unloading of

materials associated with road maintenance.

3\. Ability to gain knowledge of basic mechanical operations to analyze

any breakdown or

failure of equipment operation to report to supervisor or mechanics.\*

4\. Ability to gain knowledge of basic storm water prevention plans,

best management

practices, reporting associated with the duties as assigned to include

but not limited to

general housekeeping and trash collection, silt fences, seeding, and

work area

restoration.

5\. Ability to gain skill in operation of light duty heavy equipment to

perform Public Works

activities.\*

6\. Skill in use of hand tools such as chain saws, rakes, hammers, jack

hammers, cutting

torches, sand blaster, bridge jacks, power augers, and compactors.\*