Highway Maintenance Worker ; HMWor Highway Technician , Hardin County: PN

Job Overview

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5th largest interstate system and the 2nd largest number of bridges. The selected candidate will be placed in the classification in which they meet minimum qualifications.

• Flags & directs ongoing vehicular traffic through highway maintenance & construction sites.
• Sets up & maintains traffic control structures (e.g., barricades, pot torches, cones, pavement markings, electrical warning devices).
• Uses hand tools to perform road repairs (e.g., repairs road shoulders, culverts & berms, patches potholes, smooths tar poured into cracks, performs minor guardrail repair & rough painting, shovels snow, spreads salt).
• Performs general building, grounds & equipment maintenance &/or custodial work (e.g., mows lawn; trims shrubs; sweeps floors; washes windows; removes trash; rakes leaves; shovels sidewalks; paints structures; cleans, paints & refuels equipment).
• Performs general maintenance & minor repairs of equipment (e.g., fueling, cleaning, minor adjustments); completes daily work records & logs; operates 2‑way radio; answers telephone; rides “shot‑gun” during snow & ice season; drives truck with snowplow & spreader attachments to perform snow & ice control duties.

• Knowledge of addition & subtraction; highway maintenance & traffic control safety practices.
• Skill in operation of hand tools and motorized snow equipment.
• Ability to recognize unusual or threatening conditions & take appropriate action.
• Read simple sentences; cooperate with co‑workers on group projects.
• Demonstrate strength to lift 50–100 pounds.

• Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction and in reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary.
• Or equivalent of the Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
• Must have a valid commercial driver’s license if involved in driving motorized snow & ice control equipment.
• In accordance with Section 124.11(B)(2) of Revised Code, this classification is unskilled labor and exempt from written examination.

Highway Maintenance

Transportation

• Active Learning
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication

HMW1 $ 21.48 or HT1 $ 22.29

Full-time

7:00 AM – 3:30 PM

District 1 Garage – Hardin County

United States of America – OHIO – Hardin County – Kenton

OCSEA

aubrey.mcdonaldo.gov

Jul 10, 2026