Maintenance & Repair Worker - NDOT

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is seeking an entry-level Maintenance & Repair Worker - NDOT to join the Roads Division. The role includes maintaining streets, signs, bridges and related structures, performing laboring tasks and using hand and power tools, with varying shifts and on-call duties for emergencies.

Applicants should have an eighth-grade education and be prepared to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• Eighth Grade Education and experience in construction, laboring, maintenance or related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintains public right-of-ways, bridges, traffic signs, and control devices, and/or related structures.
• Operates various hand and power tools.
• Prepares sub-grade for paving, mixing, placing, and finishing concrete and asphalt pavement.
• Repairs roads, bridges, sidewalk and related structures.
• Cleans and maintains tools and equipment.
• Installs and maintains guardrails, traffic signs, and control devices.
• Patches concrete and asphalt pavement.
• Conducts preventative maintenance inspections.
• Operates, tows, or transports equipment or commercial motor vehicles.
• Operates chain saws, weed eaters or perform other potentially dangerous functions requiring skill and dexterity.
• Cleans, sweeps, flushes, removes debris from streets and right-of-ways.
• Removes all litter from the ground as required.
• Salts and shovels snow and ice along public rights-of-way and public property during inclement weather.
• Assists during Special Events

Skills

CDL (Class B+)

Education

Eighth Grade Education

Job description

Position Description

The Maintenance & Repair Worker - NDOT is an entry-level position in the Roads Division of the Nashville Department of Transportation (NDOT). Employee works as a member of a maintenance or construction crew performing a wide variety of laboring and semi-skilled duties associated with the maintenance, construction, repair, cleaning and upkeep of county streets, roads and public rights-of-way. Work schedules may be morning, afternoon or evening shifts and could also consist of weekends and holidays.

Various shifts will require the employee to work an irregular schedule, including most evenings, occasional overtime.

This position is on call 24 hours and is required to respond during declared emergencies or severe weather activities.

The Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure delivers a range of services, and the nearly 400 employees work around the clock to ensure a multimodal system that offers choice and better connects neighborhoods, residents, businesses and visitors to the place that they need and want to go to in a safe manner. These employees are responsible for over 2,200 miles of public roadways and rights-of-way, over 6,000 streets, over 300 bridges, 835 traffic signals and over 1,200 miles of bike/sidewalk lanes and much more. Big events in Nashville consist of CMA Festival, Stanley Cup Finals, Titans games, and any number of special events. These require big preparation and big clean-up and the Nashville Department of Transportation employees are up for the challenge.

Typical Duties

• Maintains public right-of-ways, bridges, traffic signs, and control devices, and/or related structures.
• Operates various hand and power tools.
• Prepares sub-grade for paving, mixing, placing, and finishing concrete and asphalt pavement.
• Repairs roads, bridges, sidewalk and related structures.
• Cleans and maintains tools and equipment.
• Installs and maintains guardrails, traffic signs, and control devices.
• Patches concrete and asphalt pavement.
• Conducts preventative maintenance inspections.
• Operates, tows, or transports equipment or commercial motor vehicles.
• Operates chain saws, weed eaters or perform other potentially dangerous functions requiring skill and dexterity.
• Cleans, sweeps, flushes, removes debris from streets and right-of-ways.
• Removes all litter from the ground as required.
• Salts and shovels snow and ice along public rights-of-way and public property during inclement weather.
• Assists during Special Events

Minimum Qualifications

Eighth Grade Education and experience in construction, laboring, maintenance or related field.

License Required

Valid Driver License

Preferred Experience, Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Class "B" or Higher Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

Benefits for Full-time, Civil Service positions

• 10 Vacation Days per year (increasing after 5 years of service)
• 1 Sick Day per month
• 12 Paid Holidays per year

Benefits for Public Safety - Sworn and Civilian positions

• 20 vacation days per year
• 3 Personal days per year
• 1 Sick Day per month
• 12 paid holidays per year

Benefits for Part-time, Non Civil Service positions

Visit HR and Benefits webpages for more information.

Benefits for Full-time, Non Civil Service positions

Contact hiring department for benefits information.

Benefits for Seasonal/Temporary positions

No benefits offered.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

Religious Accommodations

Metro Nashville Government respects the religious beliefs and practices of all employees and will make, on request, an accommodation for such observances when a reasonable accommodation is available that does not create an undue hardship on business operations.

ADA Accommodation Contact

Requests for ADA or other protected accommodations for the recruitment process should be directed to Human Resources at 615-862-6640.

Foreign Accreditation Encouragement

Candidates with accreditations earned in a foreign institute are encouraged to apply.

Metro Ordinance Residency Requirement

Note: Per Metro Ordinance No. SO94-1078. All employees of the Metropolitan Government shall be residents of the State of Tennessee or become residents of the state within six (6) months of employment as a prerequisite to employment with the Metropolitan Government.

Substitution Policy

For this specific position, substitution will not be considered.