Maintenance Worker: Signing and Striping

Job Location

3050 NE Independence Ave., Lee's Summit MO 64064

The maintenance worker performs routine, entry‑level duties related to the maintenance of the state's roadways and facilities. Responsibilities are performed under direct supervision.

MoDOT will bring candidates onto the team as entry‑level, intermediate, or senior level, based on your skills and experience. This opening is for one of our CAREER‑LADDER positions which offers the opportunity for career advancement without having to participate in the competitive selection interview process. As you continue to learn, acquire new skills, and gain experience, you can be promoted to a higher‑level position.

• Maintain state highway systems, including filling roadway joints and cracks, patching potholes, flagging and directing traffic, setting 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, cleaning curbs and gutters, painting buildings and equipment, and servicing 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.

• 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.

• Job requires significant physical stamina and endurance, including the ability to move materials by hand, operate hand tools, and perform stationary flagging.
• Job requires outdoor work that involves 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 overtime and nighttime work.
• Job may require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials.

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. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck.

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