Highway Maintenance Worker

Position Overview

The Nevada Department of Transportation is recruiting to fill the Highway Maintenance Worker 4 position in Carson City, NV. This is a safety‑sensitive position that requires maintaining roads and associated appurtenances on all state roadway systems within the crew’s boundary. It is essential to have fully‑staffed crews for regular maintenance and flagging operations. This is a lead worker position who acts as a certified designated equipment operator, trains lower‑level staff, serves as a lead worker and as an assistant to the Highway Maintenance Supervisor I.

They review the work of other personnel, provide input into performance evaluations, and act as the Supervisor I when needed.

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• Act as designated certified operator for the certification of Highway Maintenance Worker I’s and II’s; demonstrate and oversee equipment operation and provide training in established safety policies and requirements.
• Operate equipment or backup vehicles to install long line, solid and skip lines and gore lines; measure and install various permanent and temporary pavement markings.
• Apply chip and flush seals to the construction of maintenance overlays, and cold milling and inlays with hot asphalt. Provide information for input into the Maintenance Management System; respond to customer service requests and prepare billable accident reports.
• Establish traffic controls using accepted methods to reroute traffic or control traffic speed and flow in highway maintenance areas, construction zones, and accident scenes.
• Mix salt and sand stockpiles; operate loaders to load salt and sand into trucks; apply anti‑icing chemicals; remove snow with medium and heavy dump trucks with snow plows, spreaders, and pre‑wetting equipment; operate motor graders; construct and maintain brine‑making facilities.
• Maintain radio contact with a base station, maintenance personnel and law enforcement agencies; use information provided by the Intelligent Transportation System and the District Operations Center; use the Incident Command System protocol and respond to emergencies outside normal working hours.
• Install, repair, and replace roadway signs and signposts; repair and replace bulbs, fixtures, and sensors on lighted sign structures; clean and replace overhead sign panels.
• Monitor contract compliance and quality control, including testing/materials and completed work performed by contractors.
• Maintain landscaped areas and the highway right‑of‑way; repair, widen or reconstruct tree wells; replace dead or damaged trees, flowers, shrubs, and ground cover; fertilize, mow, and re‑seed lawns.
• Remove roadway and roadside debris, excess dirt, vegetation, and other traffic hazards; remove dead animals and biohazards.
• Respond to accidents and fatalities and complete required forms and documentation.
• Plan and schedule maintenance activities, determine required equipment and materials, assign personnel, and complete required records.
• Assist the Highway Maintenance Supervisor I in laying out a variety of roadway or specialty maintenance work, organize equipment, materials, personnel, and procedures, and respond to emergencies.

Graduation from high school or equivalent education and one year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certified by the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to operate a variety of complex or specialized highway maintenance and construction equipment, including rotary snowplow, motor grader, crawler/tractor, backhoe/grade‑all, truck‑mounted asphalt distributor, chip spreader, cold planer, paint striper, vacuum sweeper, and culvert cleaner.

materials, methods and equipment commonly used in reconstructing, renovating or repairing highway roadbed, surface, shoulders, drainage facilities, and fixtures; pruning and watering techniques for landscaped areas; traffic paints and beads and retro‑reflectivity qualities of these materials; hazardous materials isolation zones as first responders to hazardous material spills;
Maintenance Management System Manual; dust control techniques; endangered species habitats, protection techniques and safe removal of non‑native species; environmental regulations that impact the method of work at job sites; incident command system and operational controls during emergency operations.

This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.