Roadway Maintenance Technician — Career Ladder

State-of-Missour; Saint Robert (MO); On-site; USD 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Paid leave and holidays

Health insurance coverage

Educational assistance

Job summary

MoDOT is hiring for a maintenance worker to perform routine tasks maintaining state highways and facilities, under direct supervision. The role offers opportunities to start at entry or grow to higher levels as skills develop, via a CAREER-LADDER track.

The position involves physical work outdoors, traffic control, and operation of multiple heavy vehicles and equipment. CDL-related prerequisites and medical/fitness exams apply, with potential overtime and night shifts.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED/HiSET required.
• Valid Driver's License required.
• Passing grade on the written portion of the commercial driver's license (CDL) exam is required prior to hire date. Must pass the driving portion of the CDL exam with tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions (Class A or B), and interstate status (EI or NI) within 60 days after being hired into this position.
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination.

Responsibilities

• Maintains state highway systems, including filling roadway joints and cracks and patching potholes; flagging and directing traffic; setting up signs, cones, arrow boards, and other traffic control devices; loading, unloading, spreading, and hauling materials and supplies; cutting and clearing brush; removing trash and debris from roadsides; cleaning and clearing ditches.
• Maintains, cleans, and repairs state highway facilities, including repairing and replacing road signs and guardrails; cleaning curbs and gutters; painting buildings and equipment; and servicing equipment and machinery.
• Operates vehicles to transport employees, equipment, machinery and/or materials, or to warn oncoming traffic, plow snow and spread ice control materials; mows right of way using tractor mower and hand tools; operates auger, trencher, backhoe, forklift, and various trucks (e.g., dump, aerial boom, bucket, and platform).
• May repair bridge decks (full and partial) and drains, and clean bridge bents/caps at heights on ladders or utilizing scaffolding.
• May install signs, including structural and large signs at overhead positions, inspect truss signs, pour concrete sign footings, weld and cut steel sign posts, and repair and maintain break away and/or overlay signs.

Education

High School Diploma or GED/HiSET

Valid Driver's License

CDL exam (written) pass prior to hire; tanker endorsement; no air brake restrictions; interstate status within 60 days

Job description

MoDOT is hiring for a maintenance worker to perform routine tasks maintaining state highways and facilities, under direct supervision. The role offers opportunities to start at entry or grow to higher levels as skills develop, via a CAREER-LADDER track.

The position involves physical work outdoors, traffic control, and operation of multiple heavy vehicles and equipment. CDL-related prerequisites and medical/fitness exams apply, with potential overtime and night shifts.