Maintenance Crew Leader - Festus

State-of-Missour; Crystal City (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MoDOT is seeking a Maintenance Crew Leader at the Festus Maintenance Facility to supervise crews, set up work zones, and oversee highway maintenance operations. You will train team members, monitor performance, and ensure safety and quality while working under moderate supervision.

Responsibilities include operating tractors, dozers, loaders, trucks, and snowplows; inspecting bridges and roadways; maintaining equipment and records; and managing material usage and reports.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• CDL with tanker endorsement and interstate status.
• Five years of roadway/bridge maintenance experience.
• Medical-physical examination required.

Responsibilities

• Leads crews during maintenance operations, including setting up work zones and applying road work tasks.
• Operates maintenance equipment such as tractors, dozers, loaders, and snowplows.
• Oversees material usage and may prepare reports; assists in maintaining employee records.
• Inspects bridges and roadways to assess maintenance needs and progress.
• Oversees routine maintenance of equipment, buildings, and grounds.

Skills

Crew leadership

Safety compliance

Equipment operation

Road maintenance knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Posting closes 09/18/2026

Note for internal applicants: Successful candidates already at rates above the posted salary will be evaluated on an individual basis to determine final salary outcome.

Job Location: Festus Maintenance Facility - 1000 Airport Road, Festus, MO 63028

Why you’ll love this position:

The maintenance crew leader assigns and monitors the work of a crew and trains employees performing highway maintenance duties while also performing these same activities. Responsibilities are performed under moderate supervision.

What you’ll do:

• Leads crews during maintenance operations, including setting up work zones, mowing, patching, overlaying, grading, sealing, cleaning ditches, mudjacking, replacing concrete, repairing bridge decks, removing snow, maintaining signs and striping roadways.
• Operates highway maintenance equipment, including tractors, dozers, loaders, trucks, graders and snowplows.
• Oversees material usage in the field and may prepare and submit supply, inventory, material, and building reports; assists in maintaining employee records.
• Oversees routine maintenance of equipment, buildings and grounds.
• Inspects bridges and roadways to determine maintenance needs, work progress and results of completed work.

All you need for success:

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED/HiSET
• Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License with tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, and interstate status (either Excepted Interstate [EI] or Non-Excepted Interstate [NI]).
• Five years of experience performing roadway, roadside, bridge or sign maintenance or pavement marking responsibilities as described in the following examples of work.
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination.

Special Working Conditions:

• Job requires significant physical stamina and endurance, including the ability to move materials by hand, operate hand tools, and perform stationary flagging.
• Job requires exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and/or adverse or otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment, including risk of physical injury from carrying out duties in heavy traffic areas, on or near heavy equipment or machinery, and with hazardous chemicals or materials.
• Job may require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials.

Preferred Qualifications:

• None

More reasons to love this position:

MoDOT offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage.

At MoDOT you will play a key role in maintaining the seventh largest highway system in the United States. We value team players who are open-minded and work well with others to accomplish goals and fulfill our mission of safety, service, and stability. We see the growth of our team members as an investment, both in MoDOT's future and yours. If you're looking for diverse opportunities, challenging work, and a flexible environment, we want to talk to you about joining our winning team. MoDOT operates on shared values and your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values. If you embrace these values, we welcome your application.

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