Master Bridge Construction Specialist na Okaloosa County, FL

About the Department

Drives and operates heavy-duty trucks and equipment in the hauling or distribution of materials, the transportation of equipment and in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure.

Position Duties

• Operates and maintains heavy trucks, tools, and equipment (e.g., dump trucks, flat-beds, loaders, grinders, chain saws, piling hammers, bull dozers, etc.). • Completes maintenance, restoration, or construction of roadways, drainage systems, or disposal sites. • Installs all types of culverts on county roadways. • Read and interpret blueprints, construction plans, and as-built drawings. • Builds sea walls, which includes driving wood pilings to hold sea wall up, shooting to grade and keeping sea wall in line. • Installs guardrails at the end of bridges and beside highways to DOT specifications. • Builds and repairs bridges; replacing wheel guards, wood guide rails, pilings, caps, and decking stringers. • Operates cranes to for the maintenance and construction of concrete bridges, concrete light poles, concrete drain boxes and air conditioning units on buildings. • Forms, pours, and finishes concrete in the construction of sidewalks, curbing, and driveways. • Assists with traffic control. • Transports equipment to work sites. • Operates all equipment in a safe manner around surface and subsurface utility lines to include power lines, gas lines, phone lines, water and sewer lines, and fiber lines • Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education, Training, and Experience: High school diploma or GED; supplemented by four (4) years progressively responsible experience in the operation of heavy and complex trucks and equipment, to include experience in bridge or road construction and maintenance; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Licenses and/or Certifications: Requires a valid class “A” commercial driver license with no “O” or “E” restrictions. Requires OSHA compliant Trenching and OSHA compliant HazMat Certification within twelve (12) months of hire.

Other Qualifications

Physical Requirements: Must be able to operate heavy and complex trucks and equipment. Requires the ability to exert in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, or 25 to 100 pounds of force frequently, or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Must be able to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps and the like, using feet and legs or hands and arms. Must be able to work for sustained periods of exposure to outside atmospheric conditions. Requires the ability to traverse irregular or uneven terrain, or erratically moving surfaces. Physical demands are in excess of sedentary work. Language Ability: Requires the ability to communicate effectively in English, including the ability to convey, record and exchange information; requires the ability to explain procedures and to give, receive and follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to read and interpret a variety of moderately complex technical data, policy and procedure manuals, codes, professional journals. Requires the ability to prepare forms and reports using prescribed formats, and adhering to all rules of grammar, spelling, diction and punctuation. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical and/or professional languages used within the parameters of the job and with a broad array of individuals from various professional backgrounds. Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; to interpret a variety of technical instructions in written, mathematical or diagrammatic form; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision; to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation. Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide; calculate decimals and percentages. Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergencies or tight deadlines. Requires the ability to exercise consistent tact and courtesy when in frequent contact with various professionals, county staff, and the general public.