Roadside & Highway Maintenance Technician I

Arkansas-Department-of-Transportation-2; Ashdown (AR); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

The Arkansas Department of Transportation in Ashdown, AR is seeking a Maintenance Aide I to operate a single-axle truck and tractor with mowing and highway maintenance duties. Work includes mowing, tree trimming, litter pickup, flagging, and assisting with work zones.

Applicants must have a valid driver’s license; CDL with tanker 'N' endorsement is required within 180 days, and the written portion within 90 days. A pre-employment drug/alcohol test will be conducted.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals and make entries on reports and records.
• Experience operating a truck, tractor or heavy equipment preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Applicants must pass the CDL written portion within 90 days and the driving portion within 180 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Maintain control of grass and weeds by mowing using large tractors and gang mowers frequently.
• Perform landscape maintenance and tree cutting on the highway right-of-ways and at facilities using industrial weed-eaters, brush hooks, chainsaws, pole saws, limb saws and other small power equipment frequently.
• Operate single-axle dump truck hauling highway construction or maintenance materials frequently.
• Use power equipment as well as small hand tools to make repairs to highways.
• Load, unload, and stack bags of salt, sand, cement, chemicals, etc. frequently.
• Pick up litter frequently.
• Flag traffic frequently.
• Assist crewmembers in setting up, moving and taking down signs and cones for work zones.
• Respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, seven days a week occasionally.
• Work during ice and snow removal operations occasionally.
• Perform regular servicing and preventative maintenance on assigned equipment.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Job description

The Arkansas Department of Transportation in Ashdown, AR is seeking a Maintenance Aide I to operate a single-axle truck and tractor with mowing and highway maintenance duties. Work includes mowing, tree trimming, litter pickup, flagging, and assisting with work zones.

Applicants must have a valid driver’s license; CDL with tanker 'N' endorsement is required within 180 days, and the written portion within 90 days. A pre-employment drug/alcohol test will be conducted.