Description
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Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
Equipment Operation:
- Performs routine mechanical inspection or “circle check” of vehicle, reports malfunctions or defects and maintains vehicle logbook.
- Operate single or tandem trucks with or without attachments, salt and sand spreader, snow plow equipment, 2- or 4-wheel drive front-end loader, tractor and attachments such as mower, front-mounted rotary broom, posthole auger and up to a 1-ton pickup truck.
- Operate small equipment and hand tools such as, but not limited to, chainsaw, truck jacks, air compressor and attachments, pressure washer, post hole auger, weed eaters, grinder, portable compactors, portable water pumps, portable hand sprayer, wood chipper.
- Provides general maintenance to equipment. Maintains vehicles and machinery in a neat
and tidy order.
- Cleans and fuels tools/equipment on a daily basis.
- Ensures safe, effective use and maintenance of any tools/equipment used.
- Operates tractor backhoe and front-end loader.
- May operate other equipment, as assigned.
Road Repair:
- Conducts general maintenance functions for road repairs such as patching for potholes, gravel spreading and filling in washouts.
- Replaces damaged road signs such as destination and stop signs in compliance with regulatory measurements.
- Installs, maintains, and removes fences, guard rails and posts; tightens loose guide rail cables.
- Repairs, sweeps, and washes Municipal bridges to comply with standard safety checks.
- Assists in road construction projects and paving preparation.
Road Maintenance:
- Performs annual spring clean up and maintenance such as sweeping roads and sidewalks and cleaning ditches and gutters.
- Clears debris from beaver dams blocking culverts to prevent potential flooding.
- Removes potential hazards from road and side of road by “brushing” and chipping obstructive trees and bushes.
- Digs ditches and clears weeds and brush.
- May perform winter control procedures which includes sanding, salting, snow removal.
- Maintains a daily dairy of work activities.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Grade 12 or equivalent.
- 2-years previous experience operating and maintaining road maintenance equipment and tandem dump trucks.
- Valid D Class driver’s license with “Z” endorsement with clean driver’s abstract.
- Ability to operate a variety of maintenance equipment.
- Working knowledge of requirements as per Book 7 – Ontario Traffic Manual.
- Knowledge of current legislation, infrastructure and public works policies and procedures as well as the Occupational Health & Safety Act.
Key Competencies:
- Ability to use initiative and judgment and to work with limited supervision once tasks have been assigned.
- Ability to work cooperatively and effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
- Ability to understand and execute oral and written instruction and maintain records as assigned.
- Safety Awareness: ability to understand and comply with the Municipal’s Safety Policy and Procedures.
Salary & Benefits
$32.20 per hour
Contact
Email: hr@trentlakes.ca
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20 Feb, 2026
