Highway Maintenance Worker II - Heavy Equipment Operator

Performs skilled manual labor and operates heavy equipment such as backhoe, front end loader, and motor grader in a variety of activities associated with the construction, repair and preservation of roads and bridges on the state highway system. Examples include grading, setting forms, pouring/finishing concrete for curbs, gutters, sidewalks and driveways.

Performs work on shoulders, ditches, drainage structures, pavement markings, etc. Performs a variety of vegetation management activities using equipment such as complex mowers and powered hand tools. Coordinates the placement of traffic control devices to properly set up a maintenance work zone according to the SCDOT Work Zone Traffic...