Road Maintenance Worker

Come join our team today! Steady employment, consistent schedule, excellent benefits, great teammates, advancement opportunities.

Whatcom County Public Works is recruiting for the Road Maintenance Worker position. This position works in the Maintenance & Operations division at the Central Shop, 901 West Smith Road, Bellingham.

Road Maintenance Workers work on a variety of crews helping ensure the safety of citizens by performing maintenance of roadways, and road structures including, bridges and ferry docks. Crew assignments may also include cleaning and maintaining ditches and culverts to ensure proper stormwater drainage systems or performing roadside vegetation maintenance, including removal of hazardous trees and mowing and performing other labor intensive duties, and flagging.

Key duties include:

• Providing traffic control sign placement and flagging to guide public safely through work zones.
• Digging ditches, raking asphalt, patching potholes, clearing brush and operating chainsaws.
• Providing essential roadway emergency services during snow, floods or other severe weather events.
• Operating a variety of equipment and machinery, including dump trucks, power sweepers and mowers.

Position works Monday-Thursday, 6:00 am - 4:30 pm. in the summer months. The rest of the year, the schedule is Monday - Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Supervisor: Road Crew Leader

Public Works Seniority Division: Central Shop

For more information please see the job description.

Requires two years of recent work experience in any one or combination of the following areas: construction, road maintenance, logging, landscaping, traffic control, vehicle and equipment maintenance or other related field that directly involves the skills required to operate equipment, use hand and power tools, and perform manual labor common to road maintenance and construction.

Must possess a certified Washington State Flagging and Traffic Control Card at time of hire.

Must have a driving record that meets County standards.

Must have or be willing to obtain a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL).

We can hire you without a CDL, and will provide training to obtain your CDL.

Must pass federally mandated Department of Transportation Commercial Driver's License (CDL) random drug and alcohol tests.

Must be eligible to cross between the United States and Canada.

Whatcom County offers excellent benefits at no cost to employees, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees AND their families
• Generous paid leave provisions, including vacation, sick leave, and 12 paid holidays per year
• Eligibility for a lifetime pension through the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), with joint contributions required from the employee and the County
• $50,000 Life Insurance coverage for employees
• Option to invest in a 457 Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) available for annual health care and/or dependent care expenses
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance and Personal Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Additional benefit information