Road Maintenance Worker-Kingman

Mohave County Public Works – Roads Division

We are located at 3715 Sunshine Drive, Kingman, AZ.

To construct and maintain county roads accepted by the Mohave County Board of Supervisors as county highways, regularly maintained roads, or tertiary maintained roads, and to provide a safe and economical transportation system for the citizens of Mohave County.

Mohave County Roads Division maintains 1,247.92 miles of gravel roads and 851.24 miles of paved road. Road maintenance starts in Kingman, AZ and goes all the way up to the Northern Arizona Strip.

• Paid Time Off (PTO): 6.5 hours accrued bi-weekly (32+ hour employees only), 39 hours of PTO front loaded, regular accrual starts on 7th pay period.
• Opportunities for growth and development within Mohave County.
• Low‑cost, high‑value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents.
• Enrollment in Arizona State Retirement System, contribution rate 12.00%.
• 11 Paid Holidays.
• Perform work with a greater purpose.

Regular full‑time schedule of four (4) ten‑hour shifts per week.

• Monday‑Thursday 5:00 am – 3:30 pm (summer hours)
• Monday‑Thursday 6:00 am – 4:30 pm (winter hours)

Occasional overtime for callouts due to assisting Sheriff’s Office with traffic closures and weather‑related events. Travel is occasional to assist crews in other areas of Mohave County. County will cover room costs and per diem if a situation requires overnight stay(s). Work requires traveling throughout the county while operating a county vehicle in adverse traffic conditions, weather, terrain, and altitudes ranging from 541 feet to approximately 8,500 feet.

Work outdoors performing moderate to strenuous manual labor in varying weather conditions, including strong winds, extreme heat and extreme cold temperatures. Involves exposure to exhaust and chemical fumes, oil, grease, hazardous materials, and loud noises from equipment.

The ability to frequently move and/or lift 25 lbs up to 100 lbs or more while operating heavy equipment. This position requires an equal amount of time spent standing, walking, sitting, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, twisting, bending, climbing ladders, and confined spaces.

• Pothole repair
• Crack sealing
• Chip sealing
• Shoulder maintenance
• Construction maintenance
• Dirt road grading
• Soil stabilization
• Sweeping
• Culvert and cattle guard cleanup
• Guardrail repair
• Right‑of‑way weed control
• Snow removal
• Work is subject to varying job site assignments and may be subject to call back, overtime, and irregular schedules including completion of work assignments on weekends and holidays.
• Performs a variety of road maintenance and repair tasks such as operating jackhammer, drilling holes in rocks, shoveling cold mix asphalt cake, raking chips, chip sealing, asphalt patching, oiling, sweeping, trimming trees, weeding, mowing, removing debris, installing cattle guards, placing barricades and cones, flagging traffic, and crack sealing.
• Utilizes hand and power tools such as jackhammer, compressors, drills, chain saw, mower, shovel, rake, and weed eater.
• Operates and services light to medium equipment used in maintenance and repair of roads, including medium‑tandem axle truck, all front‑end loaders, all rollers, all sweepers, water truck, light single‑axle truck, sweeper, rubber tire roller, jack hammer, hand tools, and other related light equipment.
• May receive additional training on operating and servicing heavy equipment used in maintenance and repair of roads.
• May be periodically assigned to operate and service heavy equipment upon attaining and demonstrating ability.
• May receive training on equipment such as backhoe, screening plant, paddle wheel finish scraper, dozer, blade, chip spreader, tractor/trailer, remote blades, water truck, motor grader, bituminous distributor, laydown machine, or other related heavy equipment.
• Adheres to safety procedures in work areas and in performance of work assignments.
• Cleans, maintains, and services required equipment and tools used during performance of work assignments.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• OR an…