About This Role
This entry-level maintenance worker position involves routine duties related to maintaining the state's roadways and facilities, performed under direct supervision. The role offers a career ladder with opportunities for advancement based on skills and experience.
Responsibilities
- Maintain state highway systems, including filling roadway joints and cracks and patching potholes
- Flag and direct traffic; set up signs, cones, arrow boards, and other traffic control devices
- Load, unload, spread, and haul materials and supplies
- Cut and clear brush; remove trash and debris from roadsides; clean and clear ditches
- Maintain, clean, and repair state highway facilities, including repairing and replacing road signs and guardrails
- Clean curbs and gutters; paint buildings and equipment; service equipment and machinery
- Operate vehicles to transport employees, equipment, machinery and/or materials, or to warn oncoming traffic
- Plow snow and spread ice control materials
- Mow right of way using tractor mower and hand tools
- Operate 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
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED/HiSET
- Valid Driver's License
- A 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 B), and interstate status (either Excepted Interstate [EI] or Non-Excepted Interstate [NI]) within 60 days after being hired into this position
- Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination
Benefits
- Defined pension plan
- Generous amounts of leave and holiday time
- Eligibility for health insurance coverage
Important Details
- Schedule: May require overtime and nighttime work
- Other conditions: Ability to respond to emergency situations within a reasonable time period; may require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials
About the Company
MoDOT plays a key role in maintaining the seventh largest highway system in the United States. The organization values team players who are open-minded and work well with others to accomplish goals and fulfill its mission of safety, service, and stability.
