HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORKER 2

State of Nevada (NV); Winnemucca (NV); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nevada Department of Transportation is recruiting for Winter Season Highway Maintenance Worker II positions in District II including Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Orovada, and Quinn River. These on-site roles involve winter and summer maintenance, snowplow operation, anti-icing, and emergency response as part of a statewide staffing effort.

Incumbents will operate a variety of construction and maintenance equipment, assist in traffic control, and perform related duties as needed.

Qualifications

• One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance.
• Operate and maintain a variety of light, medium and heavy equipment listed in the job duties.
• Act as designated certified operator for HW I and II certification and training.
• Install pavement markings and signage per standards.
• Knowledge of winter operations including snow/anti-icing and brine handling.
• Familiarity with Maintenance Management System and safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Operate, inspect, and perform preventive maintenance on highway maintenance and construction equipment.
• Maintain road surfaces, shoulders, ditches, and drainage to prevent erosion.
• Respond to emergencies and implement traffic controls in work zones.
• Apply seal coats, perform milling and inlays, and manage pavement markings.
• Load and apply anti-icing materials and manage snow removal operations.
• Monitor and document work, and ensure contract compliance and quality control.

Skills

Highway maintenance

Equipment operation

Safety training

Traffic control

Maintenance system

Emergency response

Tools

Rotary snowplow

Motor grader

Backhoe

Chip spreader

Cold planer

Paint striper

Culvert cleaner

Dump trucks with plows

Sign installation equipment

Job description

The Nevada Department of Transportation is recruiting to fill the Highway Maintenance Worker 2 positions in District II Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Orovada, and Quinn River for the Winter Season. This recruitment will be used to fill multiple positions. Incumbent is responsible for performing routine maintenance duties, including keeping pavement surface, shoulders, clear zones, and associated roadways in good repair, winter maintenance, including snowplow operation and anti-icing activities, summer betterment projects, and assistance in emergency operations. These positions may require working in inclement weather. Please refer to the link https://youtu.be/V9QL_LHwY0c for an inside look at NDOT's maintenance crews. Copy and paste https://youtu.be/V9QL_LHwY0c into the navigation bar of your browser for an inside look at NDOT's maintenance crews. Link to CDL requirements Commercial Driver Licensing THESE POSITIONS WILL UTILIZED FOR WINTER/SUMMER SEASON EMPLOYMENT. NOT TO EXCEED 6 MONTHS. THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa. Please note that this position is on-site and does not offer remote work options. The Job Duties section listed in this announcement reflects the Statewide Class Specifications for all positions and does not fully correlate with the specific duties of this position.

Highway Maintenance Workers are certified by the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to operate a variety of complex or specialized highway maintenance and construction equipment to restore and maintain the integrity of roadway surfaces; maintain roadside slopes, shoulders, culverts, and ditches to restore drainage and prevent erosion; and repair or replace related roadway appurtenances such as guardrails, markers, guideposts, and fences.

• One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work; OR one year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker I in Nevada State service.
• Operate and perform preventive maintenance and minor repair on a variety of light, medium and heavy-duty highway maintenance, and construction equipment such as a rotary snowplow, motor grader, crawler/tractor, backhoe/grade-all, truck mounted asphalt distributor, chip spreader, cold planer, paint striper, vacuum sweeper, and culvert cleaner.
• Act as designated certified operator for certification of Highway Maintenance Worker I’s and II’s; demonstrate and oversee equipment operation and provide training in established safety policies and requirements.
• Operate equipment or backup vehicles to install long line, solid and skip lines and gore lines; measure and install various permanent and temporary pavement markings.
• Apply chip and flush seals to the construction of maintenance overlays, and cold milling and inlays with hot asphalt. Provide information for input into the Maintenance Management System; respond to customer service requests and prepare billable accident reports.
• Establish traffic controls using accepted methods to reroute traffic or control traffic speed and flow in highway maintenance areas, construction zones, and accident scenes.
• Mix salt and sand stockpiles; operate loaders to load salt and sand into trucks; apply anti-icing chemicals; remove snow with medium and heavy dump trucks with snow plows, spreaders, and pre-wetting equipment; operate motor graders; construct and maintain brine-making facilities.
• Maintain radio contact with a base station, maintenance personnel and law enforcement agencies; use information provided by the Intelligent Transportation System and the District Operations Center; use the Incident Command System protocol and respond to emergencies outside normal working hours.
• Install, repair, and replace roadway signs and signposts; repair and replace bulbs, fixtures, and sensors on lighted sign structures; clean and replace overhead sign panels.
• Monitor contract compliance and quality control including testing/materials and completed work performed by contractors.
• Maintain landscaped areas and the highway right-of-way; repair, widen or reconstruct tree wells; replace dead or damaged trees, flowers, shrubs, and ground cover; fertilize, mow, and re-seed lawns.
• Remove roadway and roadside debris, excess dirt, vegetation, and other traffic hazards; remove dead animals and biohazards.
• Respond to accidents and fatalities and complete required forms and documentation.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Under supervision, incumbents continue to receive training in performing the duties described in the series concept. This is the continuing trainee level, and incumbents may progress to the next level after one year of being certified as a fully trained operator of complex or specialized highway maintenance and construction equipment as designated by NDOT and with the approval of the appointing authority.

This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.

Working knowledge of: herbicide/insecticide application procedures and equipment.

General knowledge of: repairing highway roadbed, surface, shoulders, drainage facilities, and fixtures; materials, methods, and equipment used in routine highway maintenance activities; traffic control and routing through highway maintenance and construction zones; proper drainage and erosion control methods; snow removal and anti-icing techniques, materials and equipment; pruning and watering techniques for landscaped areas; traffic paints and beads and retro-reflectivity qualities of these systems; dust control techniques; endangered species habitats, protection techniques and safe removal of non-native species; environmental regulations that control the method of work at job sites; incident command system and operational controls used during emergency operations.

Ability to: safely operate and maintain a variety of hand and power tools associated with routine highway maintenance tasks; read and understand the Maintenance Management System Manual.