Highway Maintainer - Macomb Team Section #412/Mcdonough County - Ipr#46547

Job Responsibilities

25%

1. Performs a variety of tasks related to the maintenance, repair and upkeep of roads, bridges and other related structures and features.

• Operates CDL licensed vehicles including maintenance trucks, pavement marking equipment, tractors, mowing machines, snowplows, salt spreaders, as well as other equipment including compressors, jack hammers, generators and other equipment.
• Washes, greases and conducts minor repairs and preventive maintenance activities of these vehicles and equipment.

25%

2. Performs labor relating to maintenance of roadways.

• Fills, fires and operates asphalt kettles.
• Cleans and repairs bridges.
• Spreads salt, sand, gravel and asphalt.
• Fills in shoulder ruts.
• Responds to emergency weather situations, as instructed verbally or in writing, to inspect roadways and remove hazardous material/obstacles, some weighing up to 50 pounds, from roadways and drainage areas.
• Directs and controls traffic during road maintenance operations.
• Repairs, replaces and patches concrete, bituminous and other roadway surfaces.
• Loads and unloads trucks.
• Fills pavement cracks and joints.

20%

3. During snow and ice conditions, assists in snow and ice control.

• Operates snowplows, spreads salt and sand.
• Plows and removes snow.

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10%

4. Performs labor relating to the maintenance of roadside and right-of-way.

• Chips, seals and cleans bridges.
• Cuts grass, weeds and brush.
• Digs post holes, sets or pulls posts.
• Cleans and paints bridge bearings.
• Repairs and cleans culverts, drains, storm sewers, ditches and other drainage facilities.
• Paints curbs.
• Cleans, repairs and erects signs.
• Plants, trims and fertilizes trees and shrubbery.
• Repairs guardrails and fence.

5%

5. Performs routine housekeeping duties at headquarters.

• Cleans, maintains stockpile of materials.
• Performs other tasks associated with the general care of headquarters.

5%

6. Removes and disposes of trash, dead animals and other debris along highways.

5%

7. Maintains on the job records.

5%

8. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of those enumerated above.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Minimum Qualifications

1. Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four years of high school.
2. Requires possession of a Class "A" CDL with appropriate endorsements, to include X or N and no airbrake restrictions.
3. Requires one year driving experience immediately preceding appointment free of incidents which could result in license suspension or revocation.
4. For seasonal employees only, possession of a Class B CDL with appropriate endorsements, to include X or N and no airbrake restrictions, is acceptable for a period of two years. At the beginning of the third year from the initial hire date, a seasonal employee must possess a Class A CDL.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Prefer experience operating snowplows.
2. Prefer experience maintaining roadways.
3. Prefer experience with maintaining roadsides.

Conditions of Employment

1. Requires successful completion of a background investigation.
2. Requires the ability to perform arduous labor.
3. Requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
4. Requires the ability to work in confined spaces, climb steep terrain, and wade in water.
5. Requires the ability to deal with poisonous plants, animals, insects, rodents, and snakes.
6. Requires the ability to perform outdoor work in a variety of conditions including, but not limited to, hot, cold, wet, windy, muddy, active constructions sites, and roadways open to traffic.
7. Requires the ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
8. Requires the ability to maintain productive working relationships.
9. Occasionally, the department is required to respond to emergencies outside normal work hours. As a result, negotiated rate employees are required to work reasonable amounts of overtime when necessary.
10. Any bargaining unit employee who may be required to engage in a call out shall respond to the call as quickly as practicable but in no situation can the response time exceed 45 minutes.

Position Marketing Statement

The Illinois Department of Transportation seeks to hire a Highway Maintainer to perform a variety of tasks related to the maintenance, repair and upkeep of roads, bridges and other related structures and features.