Description
The duties that the incumbent of the vacancy will be expected to perform. Duties Description A Bridge Repair Assistant performs a variety of semiskilled maintenance and repair activities, in a combination of trades associated with bridge repair and maintenance. The following are only examples of the type of work performed and should not be considered an all-inclusive list of the activities and assignments, which can be found in the Highway Maintenance Operational Guidelines. - Cuts steel plates and bars, using acetylene cutting equipment, according to layout, design and instructions and grinds edge of material to base metal to provide necessary base for welding. - Manufactures wooden building forms for concrete work according to directions. - Operates concrete mixers and makes proper mixture according to use, e.g., patching deck holes or replacing deteriorated concrete on structural members. - Sets up sand blasting equipment, tends equipment during operation and adds sand as necessary. - Using hand tools, scrapes scaling and deteriorated paint from structural steel and paints steel with primer and proper overcoat. - Cleans and seals deck joints by removing old filler with hand or power tools and pouring heated tar into joints from tar pots. - Operates a variety of light highway equipment such as dump trucks, patching machines, rollers, etc. used in bridge repair and maintenance operations.Bridge operators are required to report to bridge tower and operate movable bridges. Use of marine VHF radio to communicate to boat captains. Bridge operators must be able to work alone and work without direct supervision. Must be available to work a shift that would include weekends &/or evenings. Additional duties will be discussed at interview.Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department's response to regional and statewide emergency situations.
Additional comments regarding the vacancy. Additional Comments Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.The starting salary for the Bridge Repair Assistant Trainee 1 is $57,465. This amount is comprised of the base salary of $46,759 with an additional geographic pay differential of $10,706, specific to this title and location.The starting salary for the Bridge Repair Assistant Trainee 2 is $59,475. This amount is comprised of the base salary of $48,963 with an additional geographic pay differential of $10,512, specific to this title and location.The starting salary for the Bridge Repair Assistant is $62,641. This amount is comprised of the base salary of $52,413 with an additional geographic pay differential of $10,228, specific to this title and location.There is also an additional location pay differential of $4,000, specific to these titles and location.
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