Maintenance Crew Leader - Chillicothe Maintenance Facility

Note for internal applicants: Successful candidates already at rates above the posted salary will be evaluated on an individual basis to determine final salary outcome.

The maintenance crew leader assigns and monitors the work of a crew and trains employees performing highway maintenance duties while also performing these same activities. Responsibilities are performed under moderate supervision.

• Leads crews during maintenance operations, including setting up work zones, mowing, patching, overlaying, grading, sealing, cleaning ditches, mud jacking, replacing concrete, repairing bridge decks, removing snow, maintaining signs and striping roadways.
• Operates highway maintenance equipment, including tractors, dozers, loaders, trucks, graders and snowplows.
• Oversees material usage in the field and may prepare and submit supply, inventory, material, and building reports; assists in maintaining employee records.
• Oversees routine maintenance of equipment, buildings and grounds.
• Inspects bridges and roadways to determine maintenance needs, work progress and results of completed work.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED/HiSET
• Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License with tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, and interstate status (either Excepted Interstate [EI] or Non-Excepted Interstate [NI]).
• Five years of experience performing roadway, roadside, bridge or sign maintenance or pavement marking responsibilities as described in the following examples of work.
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination.

• Job requires significant physical stamina and endurance, including the ability to move materials by hand, operate hand tools, and perform stationary flagging.
• Job requires exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and/or adverse or otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment, including risk of physical injury from carrying out duties in heavy traffic areas, on or near heavy equipment or machinery, and with hazardous chemicals or materials.
• Job may require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials.

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MoDOT offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. You will be part of maintaining the seventh largest highway system in the United States and work in a team environment that values safety, service, and stability.

If you have questions about this position please contact: NWHR.gov