Career-Ladder Maintenance Technician (Roads & Facilities)

State of Missouri; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Missouri’s Department of Transportation (MoDOT) in Kansas City, MO, is seeking a maintenance worker at various career levels. The role involves routine duties to maintain state roadways and facilities under supervision, with opportunities for advancement through a CAREER-LADDER path.

You will perform traffic control, road and sign maintenance, and operate a range of equipment including plows, loaders, and trucks.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED/HiSET must be completed.
• Valid Driver's License required.
• CDL exam: pass written portion before hire; tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, interstate status within 60 days.

Responsibilities

• Maintains state highway systems, including filling roadway joints and cracks and patching potholes; flagging and directing traffic; setting up signs, cones, arrow boards, and other traffic control devices; loading, unloading, spreading, and hauling materials and supplies; cutting and clearing brush; removing trash and debris from roadsides; cleaning and clearing ditches.
• Maintains, cleans, and repairs state highway facilities, including repairing and replacing road signs and guardrails; cleaning curbs and gutters; painting buildings and equipment; servicing equipment and machinery.
• Operates vehicles to transport employees, equipment, machinery and/or materials, or to warn oncoming traffic, plow snow and spread ice control materials; mows right of way using tractor mower and hand tools; operates auger, trencher, backhoe, forklift, and various trucks.
• May repair bridge decks (full and partial) and drains, and clean bridge bents/caps at heights on ladders or utilizing scaffolding.
• May install signs, including structural and large signs at overhead positions, inspect truss signs, pour concrete sign footings, weld and cut steel sign posts, and repair and maintain break away and/or overlay signs.

Skills

Stamina

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED/HiSET

Job description

State of Missouri’s Department of Transportation (MoDOT) in Kansas City, MO, is seeking a maintenance worker at various career levels. The role involves routine duties to maintain state roadways and facilities under supervision, with opportunities for advancement through a CAREER-LADDER path.

You will perform traffic control, road and sign maintenance, and operate a range of equipment including plows, loaders, and trucks.