South Midwest HERC

This is a full-time temporary, one-year appointment.

The incumbent performs skilled work in the operation of trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 32,001 pounds or more, specialized construction and maintenance equipment, and buses with capacity of fifteen or more passengers. Performs equipment maintenance duties and related work of both skilled and unskilled nature.

Duties:

• Operates buses and vans with a capacity of fifteen or more passengers to transport students, faculty, staff, and the general public to various locations and destinations both on and off campus.
• Operates truck-mounted snowplows during snow removal and cinder spreaders during cindering operations.
• Operates trucks hauling stone, slag, asphalt, earth or other materials and construction and maintenance equipment such as large snow plows, and snow blowers, graders, cinder spreaders, and large rollers on operation requiring the compaction of earth, stone, asphalt or stabilization materials.
• Operates trucks and light construction and maintenance equipment such as large grass and brush mowing machines, rollers, tractors, sprinklers, bulldozers, and front-end loaders and forklifts.
• Operates large, specialized, or heavy-duty equipment such as a backhoe and front-end loader.
• Assists automotive mechanic in making major repairs to equipment.
• Makes minor adjustments and repairs to equipment; performs preventative maintenance work on equipment; cleans and services equipment; maintains equipment operation records.
• Performs manual work on assigned projects when not operating equipment; loads, sets up and removes various kinds of equipment utilized in classrooms, picnics, conferences, offices and other University functions.
• Participates in education workshops and training seminars as requested or mandated by Pennsylvania law.
• Practices safety measures to prevent accidents and injuries, and to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
• The incumbent may be required to receive training in, and perform, other trade related work. This trade related work may include assignments outside the Transportation Department for periods of up to four months.

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