Maintenance Crew Leader - Springfield Signing & Striping

State of Missouri; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading public agency as a Maintenance Crew Leader, responsible for overseeing highway maintenance operations. You will lead a team, operate heavy machinery, and ensure the safety and maintenance of roadways. This role offers excellent benefits, including a pension plan and health insurance coverage.

Benefits

Defined Pension Plan

Generous Leave and Holiday Time

Health Insurance Coverage

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in roadway, roadside, bridge or sign maintenance.
• Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License with tanker endorsement.

Responsibilities

• Lead crews during maintenance operations and oversee material usage.
• Operate highway maintenance equipment and inspect bridges and roadways.

Skills

Leadership

Physical Stamina

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED/HiSET

Tools

Highway Maintenance Equipment

Job description

Waiver of minimum requirements may be considered. Substitutions may be allowed.

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: Signing & Striping Facility, 2455 N. Mayfair Avenue, Springfield, MO

If selected for further consideration, you will be contacted to schedule an interview for Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

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.

1. Lead 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.
2. Operate highway maintenance equipment, including tractors, dozers, loaders, trucks, graders and snowplows.
3. Oversee material usage in the field and may prepare and submit supply, inventory, material, and building reports; assist in maintaining employee records.
4. Oversee routine maintenance of equipment, buildings and grounds.
5. Inspect bridges and roadways to determine maintenance needs, work progress and results of completed work.

Special Working Conditions:

1. Job requires significant physical stamina and endurance, including the ability to move materials by hand, operate hand tools, and perform stationary flagging.
2. 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.
3. Job may require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials.

• 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.

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. Visit our CAREERS page to explore all we have to offer. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for MoDOT, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found HERE.

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. CLICK HERE to view our mission, values, and tangible results. If you embrace these values, we welcome your application.

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