Road Maintenance Worker I (Cemetery)

Salary : $45,898.78 - $50,753.46 Annually
Location : Austin, TX
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 23-08833
Department: TNR (Trans & Natrl Resrc)
Opening Date: 12/07/2023
Closing Date: Continuous
Job Summary
Are you looking for career opportunities that provide top-notch benefits including paid vacation and sick leave, parental leave, outstanding health, vision, and dental insurance, a free health clinic for you and your dependents, a generous retirement plan, and much more? Then bring your talents to Travis County!
This position is assigned at the Travis County indigent cemetery and performs functions such as digging graves using a backhoe, mini excavator, and hand tools as well as replacing sod and cleanup sites in preparation for burial services and setting up a lowering device. This position also prepares the outdoor areas for funerals including placing chairs and handling the casket. This position is also responsible for the maintaining two cemetery grounds including such tasks as trimming trees; weed eating around structures; and removing dead, or faded flowers, leaves, and other debris from graves and fences. Will also need to assist with the enforcement of the cemetery rules and guidelines.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
This is the first in a series of two Road Maintenance-related job classifications within the Maintenance job family. This classification is distinguished by performing general Road Maintenance work, drainage system maintenance work, mowing grass, removing brush and debris from rights-of-way and performing general traffic control at work site. This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists with indigent burials and cemetery grounds maintenance, as required.
• Cuts and removes brush, mows grass and weed eats along roadside, and removes safety or health hazards, including dead animal removal and disposal from rights-of-way. Performs general Road Maintenance labor associated with tasks required to repair roadways and rights-of-way, including mixing and pouring concrete, sealing cracks and patching roads, and cleaning drains and ditches.
• Removes trash, erects fences and barricades, installs culverts, repairs, and erects signs, places hot or cold asphalt mix, repairs driveway approaches and applies dust control emulsion to roadways.
• Communicates with employees at all levels and the public to receive and relay factual information and to facilitate public relations.
• Performs preventative vehicle and equipment minor maintenance and repairs. Checks oil, water, fuel, services tire, makes appropriate adjustments prior to leaving the job site. Maintains mileage and service record on vehicles driven.
• Maintains accurate daily record of daily activities including time keeping, materials utilized, equipment deployed and other job-related job site issues, inputs data into computer software.
• Attends meetings, conferences, or other educational classes and participates in training offered by the County and applies information to work assignment.
• Installs and maintains traffic control signs and asphalt markings and striping in compliance with the state, federal and local laws, codes, regulations, and procedures. Assists in fabricating road signs and barricades for traffic control in road construction
• Installs, erects, and processes materials associated with roadway and right-of-way maintenance.
• Provides assistance, as directed, during emergency situations, such as floods, severe weather and accidents.
• Performs general traffic control at the job site to ensure a safe working environment. Places and gathers traffic control signs and barricades within construction work zones and directs traffic within zone. Observes safety precautions and follows safety rules and regulations.
• Operates vehicles and equipment associated with roadway and right-of-way maintenance, including but not limited to pickup trucks, tractors, slope mower, mini-excavator, small compactor, woodchipper, skid steer, forklift, lift/bucket truck, hydro mulcher, dump trucks, knuckle boom, tank trucks, loaders/backhoes and rollers.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements
Education and Experience:
One (1) year of construction and general maintenance experience including landscaping work or traffic control device fabrication and sign installation and maintenance;
OR,
Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.
Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Valid Texas Driver's License.
Valid Texas Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
Preferred:
High School diploma or G.E.D.
Class A Texas Commercial Driver's License.
Tank Vehicle (N) Endorsement.
Work Zone Flagger Training certificate and/ or Work Zone Traffic Control Instruction certificate or related type certificate.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:

• Policies, practices, procedures, and methods of assigned function.
• Applicable safety practices and regulations.
• Texas Motor Vehicle Code and other codes, laws and statutes relating to assigned function.
• Light equipment and tools used in Road Maintenance.
• Traffic control signs, sign construction and installation, asphalt striping, markings, and legends in compliance with state, federal and local laws, codes, regulations, and procedures.
• Proper implementation and maintenance of Traffic Control plans as outlined in the Texas Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• Operation and maintenance characteristics of basic hand and power tool
• Computer knowledge to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and a variety of software packages.

Skill in:

• Operating a variety of Road Maintenance light equipment safely.
• Operating grounds maintenance equipment safely.
• Operating hand tools.
• Traffic control sign construction, installation, and maintenance.
• Working with others, including working as a team member.
• Both verbal and written communication, including conveying and following instructions and providing information to the public.
• Maintains important files and records.

Ability to:

• Safely and correctly apply road construction and maintenance techniques.
• Safely and correctly drive light Road Maintenance and construction vehicles and equipment.
• Understand and follow instructions and communicate effectively, as required.
• Work independently and efficiently.
• Reason and make sound judgments and decisions.
• Understand and follow instructions and communicate effectively, as required.
• Manage time well and meet timelines.
• Monitor project progress and develop related reports.
• Train and advise others.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, representatives of outside agencies, and the general public.

Work Environment & Other Information
Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 50 pounds, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity. Subject to standing, sitting, walking, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching, twisting, balancing, repetitive motion, driving, client/customer contact, and squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to extreme temperatures, outside elements, noise, vibration, contact with dust, fumes and hazardous chemicals, foul odors, animal and human fecal matter, insects and rodents.
Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.
This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.
Work Hours: 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM; Monday through Friday.
Location: 6011 Blue Bluff Rd Austin TX 78724
Department: TNR (Trans & Natrl Resrc)
Commercial Driver's License and Drug Test Required.
Benefits
Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time and personal holidays, not to mention an industry competitive salary structure and a friendly, stable work environment.
FY2023 Travis County Benefit Guide
In this valuable you will find benefit summaries, eligibility requirements, costs, contact numbers and addresses as well as other general information on the benefits available to Travis County Employees and Retirees.
Credit Union
Employees may join the Travis County Credit Union which offers low-interest loans, savings plans through payroll deduction, safe deposit boxes and other benefits.
Deferred Compensation
Employees may enroll in a tax- free sheltered investment plan through payroll deduction.
Direct Deposit
Employees may sign up for direct bank deposit.
Employee Assistance Program
Travis County provides a confidential counseling and referral service free of charge to county employees and their family.
Employee Organizations
Membership in the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union is available through payroll deduction.
Employee Health & Wellness Clinic
Employees may access the clinic for a variety of wellness program and health care services with no co-pay, no deductible and no co-insurance costs.
Holidays
An average of eleven paid holidays are designated by the Travis County Commissioners Court at the beginning of each fiscal year.
Longevity
Longevity pay is paid for each year completed after three years of continuous service. Peace Officers in a law enforcement activity, whose job requires state peace officer certification, receive pay after one year of certification.
Parking
A limited number of assigned parking spaces are available to employees in the Courthouse Complex.
Personal Holidays
Regular, full-time employees are eligible for up to three paid personal holidays each calendar year. Part-time employees shall be granted personal holidays on a prorated basis. New employees earn personal holidays for the calendar year in which he/she begins employment, based on the month in which employment begins:
January - March
3 personal holidays
April - June
2 personal holidays
July - September
1 personal holiday
October - December
None
New employees are eligible to take personal holidays after 90 days of employment.
Retirement
Travis County is a member of the Texas County & District Retirement System with mandatory participation by certain classes of employees. Matching of two hundred twenty-five (225%) and a seven percent (7%) of the gross salary is deducted each pay period. An employee is fully vested after eight years of service. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.
Sick Leave
Regular employees earn sick leave at a rate of eight hours per month with unlimited accrual during employment. Part-time employees earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis.
Parental Leave
Each Full-time Paid Parental Leave Eligible (PPL) Employee is entitled to a total of 320 hours of Paid Parental Leave in a 12 month period. Paid Parental Leave for Part-time PPL Eligible Employees is prorated based on the number of hours that they are regularly scheduled to work.
Tuition Refund
Certain classes of full-time employees may receive reimbursement for fees associated with pre-approved, job related course work completed satisfactorily.
Vacation
Based on years of county service, regular, full-time employees earn vacation time at the following rates:
0 to 5 years
4.0 hours per pay period
6 to 10 years
4.5 hours per pay period
11 to 15 years
5.0 hours per pay period
16 to 20 years
5.5 hours per pay period
21 plus years
6.0 hours per pay period
Part-time employees earn vacation leave on a pro-rated basis.
Workers' Compensation
The county provides all employees workers' compensation coverage with benefits in accordance with state statute, if the employee sustains an injury out of, or in the course of work.
01
How many years of experience do you have in road construction and maintenance or relevant experience?

• None
• Less than 1 year
• 1 year
• 2 to 3 years
• 4 to 5 years
• 6 years or more

02
Do you hold a valid Class B or Class A Texas Commercial Driver's License (CDL)?

• Yes
• No

03
Do you have one or more of the following endorsements on your license? Check all that apply.

• Tank Vehicle (N)
• Hazardous Materials (H)
• Combination of N and H (X)
• None

04
Are you able to lift or carry up to 50 pounds?

• Yes
• No

05
Are you willing to work outside in extreme temperatures on a daily basis?

• Yes
• No

06
Do you have a structural Pest Control Board License for Weed Control, or Lawn and Ornament?

• Yes
• No

07
Check the box next to each type of equipment with which you have experience. Check all that apply:

• Lawn Mower (including ride-on)
• Tractor with mowing deck
• Skid steer loader
• Dump truck
• Weedeater
• ...