Rockwall County Seeks Road and Bridge Crew Operators for Open Positions

Rockwall County posted openings on its Road and Bridge crew on March 9, seeking experienced heavy equipment operators to fill Motor Grader Operator and Operator A/Operator B positions. The county is actively recruiting candidates who can bring both technical skill and safety-minded experience to the department's infrastructure work across county roads, bridges, and drainage systems.

The Motor Grader Operator role centers on the skilled operation of heavy construction equipment to maintain, repair, and construct county roads, bridges, drainage systems, and rights-of-way. Responsibilities include laying and patching asphalt, grading, maintaining street signs, hauling materials, and assisting in all phases of road and bridge maintenance. The county's posting notes the role "requires a high level of skill and safety awareness, which should be acquired through extensive experience in operating heavy equipment." Candidates for that position must successfully pass a pre-employment drug test and a background check before joining the crew.

The Operator A and Operator B positions focus on road right-of-way maintenance and ensuring the quality of ditch drainage across the county. Those jobs involve operating bulldozers, graders, asphalt paving equipment, and backhoes, along with hauling road materials for tasks such as installing culverts, grading drainage ditches, servicing street signs, trimming trees, mowing, and erosion control. The county specifies that operator level will be determined based on each applicant's qualifications, leaving room for candidates with varying levels of experience to be considered.

All Road and Bridge crew members work 10-hour shifts Monday through Thursday, a schedule that gives the department a compressed four-day workweek.

Salary, benefits, and the number of open positions were not included in the county's announcement, though the posting directs prospective applicants to the Rockwall County Employment Page for full job details, application procedures, and benefits information.