Job Description

Job Posting End Date:

December 31, 2026

ARE YOU A CURRENT COUNTY OF KAUA'I EMPLOYEE?

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IF YES, DO NOT APPLY HERE! IF YOU APPLY ON THIS WEBSITE YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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This posting is for External Candidates only.

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Current County of Kaua'i employees, must apply on the

Internal Career Site by clicking on this link

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Job Title:

Equipment Operator I

Salary Range:

N/A

Position Salary:

5,054.00 USD Monthly

Location:

Department of Public Works Roads - Hanapepe Baseyard

Civil Service or Non Civil Servic

e:

Civil Service

Job Summary:

Operates and maintains two (2) or more types of light motorized equipment as a primary work assignment in the construction, repair of highways, buildings, parks, and other adjacent areas; may perform manual tasks in connection with general construction and maintenance work; and performs other related duties as required.

Examples of Duties:

Examples of Duties: ( The following are examples of duties and are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in this class. The omission of specific duties statements does not preclude management from assigning such duties if such duties are a logical assignment for the position ).


Operates truck to haul rock, gravel, dirt, debris, and other materials and supplies used in the construction, repair and maintenance of roadways, buildings, parks, and adjacent areas; Operates rollers to compact aggregates, dirt, and other materials; Operates sweeper cubic yard to sweep rubbish and trash in parking lot and adjacent areas; Stockpiles and loads dirt, gravel and sand cinders, crushed rock, and other materials onto truck; Operates a forklift to move supplies and materials or to load and unload supplies from a truck; Operates a diesel-powered rubber wheeled tractor with a sickle bar, boom, and flail mower attachment to trim bushes along roadways and highways; Furnishes equipment with fuel, oil, water, and air; Services and makes minor adjustments to equipment such as repairing spark plugs and adjusting clutches and brakes; Cuts grass and weeds, digs ditches, cleans dirt and debris from highways after storms; Spreads asphaltic concrete and rock in repairing pavement; may oversee the work of laborers performing manual tasks; May occasionally operate other types of motorized equipment representative of this class and/or lower classes as required; and Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Training and Experience:


A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from high school; and


one and one half (1 ) years of work experience in the operation of equipment applicable to positions in this class or certification by a county trainer of the ability to satisfactorily operate equipment applicable to positions in this class. Applicants will be required to demonstrate such competency by satisfactorily passing a performance examination.

Applicants must be

certified by the county trainer on the following equipmen

t or have

one and one half (1 ) years of work experience in the operation of

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Roller and the Rubber Wheel Tractor with Boom and Flail Attachment (Bushwhacker).

License Requirement:


Possession a valid Commercial Driver's License (Type B) and a current State of Hawaii DOT examination certificate.


Tests:


Applicants will be required to qualify on an appropriate examination.


The examination will consist of a qualifying performance evaluation.


Please note exams are held ONLY on Kaua'i. We do NOT conduct testing in other jurisdictions. When attending the qualifying performance exam, please be prompt. There will be no admittance if you are late. No spectators are allowed at testing site(s). The performance examination has been tentatively scheduled for the week of 1/19/2026.

Work Shift/ Schedule:

7 days/week operation; shift work (United States of America)

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of the County of Kaua?i that there shall be no discrimination in employment pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as amended, and the Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapters 368 and 378 .



Except for bona fide occupational or other legal requirements, no individual employed by the County, or applying for employment with the County, shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy or reproductive health decisions, arrest and court record, assignment of child support, national guard participation, Veteran status, credit history, domestic/sexual violence victim status, or any other basis covered by state or federal laws governing non-discrimination