Roads Maintainer, Grader

2 weeks ago

Cambridge, Canada Region of Waterloo Full time

**Our Story**:
Committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations, the Region of Waterloo is an inclusive, thriving and sustainable region of connected rural and urban communities with global reach. Our mission is to serve, engage and inspire, by delivering quality services to a diverse population of 630,000+, while creating a healthy, collaborative environment of learning, respect and innovation.

This is a place where employees are valued and recognized for their talents and contributions to our success. Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We are looking for people like you to help make it happen.

**The Role**:
To perform general roads maintenance activities on Regional roads and roadsides, including winter snow and ice control duties and general summer roads maintenance, primarily operating trucks/vehicles such as loader, backhoe, and grader, and using hand tools and maintenance equipment on various maintenance activities.

**Duties/Responsibilities**:
Performs daily maintenance circle checks, in accordance with Regional specifications, before using equipment. Performs minor repairs or replacements of parts as required.

Completes checklist; advises supervisor or lead hand of any requirements for additional service/repair. Greases equipment and adds fluids such as oil or windshield washer fluid, as required. Checks wheel lugs and torques them as required. Cleans interior and exterior of equipment, as required.

Operates a loader for summer and winter operations, and other roadway maintenance.

Installs and removes snow fences, including pounding in stakes using hand held pounder or tractor mounted equipment. Operates truck or loader to transport fences to and from the job site, install or remove stakes.

Performs the felling and removal of trees and brush from Regional roadsides and properties. When certified, uses chainsaw to fell and work up trees. Operates loader to load tree parts on trucks; brush chipper to clean up tree branches and brush. Occasionally operates bucket truck to remove trees.

Operates road grader, with windrow elimination attachment, for fine grading of gravel shoulders to maintain shoulders in safe condition; grader using mouldboard for fine grading of ditches to eliminate drainage problems; road grader, with a gravel retrieve attachment, to retrieve gravel from the grass boulevards.

Operates road grader, equipped with a plow and wing, during winter operations for plowing and winging back of roads and shoulders as well as for scraping ice from the roadway (during ice storms or from vehicular traffic). Also operates grader for clearing and moving back snow drifts, to bring out snow from boulevards when doing snow removal, and for drainage cleaning during winter thaws.

During winter season, operates tandem axle trucks for plowing, salting, and sanding operations. Operates combination plow/wing units and computerized material spreading unit (Dickie John, Compu-spread, or Epoke). Acts as backup for regular snow plow operator, as required.

Performs snow and ice control activities, including snow and ice removal from sides of roads or drainage areas, using hand tools, maintenance equipment, and other vehicles and equipment covered under this classification, such as backhoes, loaders, graders, and snowplow/dump truck.

Completes reports documenting roads patrolled, road conditions, hazardous conditions, or maintenance requirements, as required.

Performs the installation of culverts, including the construction of gabion walls and stream liners, restoration of trenches, and landscaping.

When properly certified and trained, uses oxygen-acetylene torches to cut metal on culverts and storm sewer components. Also uses torches to cut other metal components, such as bolts, when changing blades on snow-plow.

Performs all general roads maintenance activities on Regional roads and roadsides as required, such as crack sealing, hot/cold patching, dead animal and debris removal, guide rail/cable maintenance, and drainage maintenance.

Performs the maintenance and cleaning of bridge decks and structural components.

Occasionally assists with concrete repairs to bridges, curbs/gutters, sidewalks, and catch-basins/manholes, including removal and replacement of same.

Performs surveys related to roadway construction, as required.

Performs traffic control duties, as required, around worksites for safety of self and rest of work crew.

Occasionally patrols Regional roads, as directed, to identify hazardous situations or maintenance needs which may require immediate attention and/or general maintenance needs and requirements on the Regional road system.

Performs backup for Roads Equipment Operator (Heavy) as required.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required**:
Ability to read and understand policy, procedural and instructive material such as safety notices, equipment operation

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