Highway Worker Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Description Are you looking for a hands-on career that makes a real impact on your community. Rusk County is seeking a dedicated and hardworking individual to join our Highway Department team. As a Highway Worker, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and improving our county's roads, ensuring safe and reliable transportation for residents and visitors alike.

This position offers a dynamic work environment with responsibilities ranging from roadway repairs and snow removal to operating heavy equipment and performing facility maintenance. If you take pride in physical work, enjoy working outdoors in all seasons, and are committed to public safety, we encourage you to apply and help keep Rusk County moving. Examples of Duties Perform physical labor tasks such as hand shoveling material, placing and repairing culverts, raking topsoil, and cutting trees and brush.

Operate heavy equipment or various highway construction and maintenance activities. Erect signs, shovel snow, and perform trash pickup, ditch cleaning, and culvert maintenance. Perform winter road maintenance by driving dump trucks equipped with snow plows, wings, and spreaders to ensure safe highway conditions.

Operate and maintain heavy equipment, ensuring functionality during construction and maintenance projects. Perform minor repairs and preventative maintenance on equipment operated. Maintain detailed logs of equipment usage, labor, and materials.

Complete daily project timesheets and fuel/oil log reports. Drive heavy dump trucks to haul materials for highway construction and maintenance projects. Assist with maintenance, repair, construction, remodeling, and cleaning of departmental facilities, including shops, pits, and storage yards.

Adhere to all safety protocols and procedures to ensure personal and public safety. Maintain and utilize a valid Class A Wisconsin Commercial Driver's License (CDL) - preferably with Tanker Endorsements. Read and interpret survey grade stakes to ensure accurate construction and maintenance outcomes.

Responsible for personal safety at work and common-sense application of safety standards. Typical Qualifications Minimum formal education required is high school graduation. Must possess a valid Wisconsin Driver's License and must obtain a Class A Wisconsin Commercial Driver's License (CDL), preferably with Tanker Endorsements, within the introductory period.

Vocational training in heavy equipment operations and mechanics or 2 to 3 years of experience in the same. Must be able to apply understanding of rules, regulations, and guidelines in performance of job duties. Requires the ability to understand and follow instructions.

High to very high physical strength in order to perform heavy manual labor. Supplemental Information Physical Requirements This job entails significant physical demands typically found in heavy industry or construction work, and with significant exposure to workplace hazards. Very frequent lifting, moving, bending, twisting, Work Environment Position will require use of specialized clothing or use of common personal protective equipment.

Environmental conditions will frequently impact physical comfort. EOE / ADA Statement Rusk County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rusk County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Selection Guidelines Formal application, rating of education and experience; oral interview and reference check; job related tests may be required. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.