Roadway Maintenance Aide - CDL Required

Ultipro; Wynne (AR); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is seeking a Maintenance Worker to operate trucks and heavy equipment for highway maintenance and mowing operations. The role involves landscape work, equipment operation, and assisting with traffic control, with a CDL required and the ability to work in varying weather conditions.

Responsibilities include maintaining road right-of-ways, operating tractors, and performing manual tasks with power tools while following safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write and speak English sufficiently to converse with the public and understand signs.
• Experience operating a truck, tractor or heavy equipment preferred.
• Knowledge of basic math and ability to perform simple calculations.

Responsibilities

• Mow grass and weeds with large tractors and gang mowers.
• Landscape maintenance and tree cutting with weed-eaters, brush hooks, chainsaws and other tools.
• Operate a single-axle dump truck hauling materials for highway construction or maintenance.
• Use power tools and small hand tools to repair highways as needed.
• Load and unload bags of salt, sand, cement and chemicals; manage materials.
• Pick up litter and manage debris along roadways.
• Flag traffic and set up/ take down signs and cones for work zones.

Skills

Basic math

Computer skills

Follow oral instructions

Heavy equipment operation

Truck operation

Lifting 50 pounds

Education

English literacy

Truck/heavy equipment experience

Tools

Power tools

Small hand tools

Job description

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is seeking a Maintenance Worker to operate trucks and heavy equipment for highway maintenance and mowing operations. The role involves landscape work, equipment operation, and assisting with traffic control, with a CDL required and the ability to work in varying weather conditions.

Responsibilities include maintaining road right-of-ways, operating tractors, and performing manual tasks with power tools while following safety procedures.