Highway Maintenance Worker - Transportation Generalist - Mankato Truck Station

Highway Maintenance Worker
- Transportation Generalist
- Mankato Truck Station (3 Vacancies)

Job Class: Transportation Generalist
Agency: Transportation Dept

• Job : 95036
• Location
  :
  Mankato
• Full/Part Time
  :
  Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary
  :
  Unlimited
• Who May Apply
  :
  Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted
  : 06/23/2026
• Closing Date
  : 07/06/2026
• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit
  :
  Transportation Dept / Transportation-Dist 7-AFSCME
• Work Shift/Work Hours
  :
  Day Shift
• Days of Work
  :
  Monday - Friday
• Travel Required
  :
  No
• Salary Range
  : $25.19 - $31.60 / hourly; $52,597 - $65,981 / annually
• Classified Status
  :
  Classified
• Bargaining Unit/Union
  : 202 - Craft, Maintenance, Labor/AFSCME

Examples of work for this specific vacancy include but are not limited to:

• Maintains and reconstructs roadways, rights‑of‑way, roadway shoulders with gravel, bituminous, and concrete road surfaces; maintains traffic barriers; participates in bituminous road repair, culvert cleaning, and guardrail repair; maintains roadsides, installs catch basins, places and removes Adopt‑A‑Highway bags, performs drainage and shoulder repair.
• Performs preventive maintenance on highway equipment and operates all tractor mowers and small rollers for the purpose of maintaining roadways.
• Performs traffic control set‑ups in high‑volume traffic and ensures they are in accordance with the provisions of the Temporary Traffic Zone Layouts field manual, to ensure the safety of the employees and traveling public.
• Performs landscaping duties, including maintenance of trees, grass, shrubs, brush, etc. on roadside – planting, watering, seeding, sodding, trimming and removal. Includes chipping of tree limbs, stump removal/grinding.

• Maintains roadways for snow and ice control: removes snow from roadways and shoulders; opens and widens roadways of large accumulations of snow; removes snow from rights of way or yards; applies anti‑icing and de‑icing chemicals on stretches of highway under slippery conditions; removes frozen ice and material from culverts; and performs night or dawn patrols.
• Prepares and inspects winter equipment – maintains snowplow equipment, cutting edges and sanders; and cleans equipment post storm.
• Performs preseason snow route inspection and performs post‑storm cleanup including machine or hand sweeping on bridges, guardrails, sidewalks, crossovers, medians, ramps and roadways.
• Maintains documentation on snow and ice data for accurate reporting of inventory and resource management.

• A Valid Commercial Driver’s License (Class
  
  A) with tanker endorsement and no air‑brake restriction.
• One (1) year of experience performing activities in snow and ice, soils, road surface maintenance, roadside maintenance, bridge maintenance, signs, or related activities (roadway maintenance, driving commercial vehicles, commercial landscaping, operating heavy equipment, or farm experience).
• OR Successful completion of a Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance Program (of at least 60 semester credits; or 90 quarter credits) will substitute for one year of experience. (In order for education coursework to be considered in lieu of work experience you must submit a copy of your transcripts).
• AND Working knowledge of English sufficient to read, write, speak, and understand oral and written information; communicate with employees and the general public in‑person or via two‑way radio and other electronic devices; and to maintain routine written logs and simple records.
• Previous MnDOT experience working as a laborer, Transportation Associate, or Transportation Generalist.

• Successful candidate must pass past‑employer reference checks and criminal history checks, including SEMA4 Records Check, Criminal History Check, Employment Reference Check, and Driver’s License Check.
• Requires successful completion of a federal Department of Transportation pre‑employment drug test with a negative result, future random drug and alcohol testing, and registration in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
• Must hold a valid Commercial Driver’s…