Maybe one of the county's road crew employees could fill in. 

Not the guy that steps in the shovel to break the ground. And not the guy that lifts the shovel out. And not the guy that empties the shovel. Maybe the guy that hands the empty shovel back to the guy in the hole that hands the empty shovel to the guy that steps on it. 

Or maybe the guy that points at where to shovel. 

Or any of each of their two supervisors.