Roadway Maintenance Generalist — CDL

Working Title
:
Transportation Generalist/Transportation Associate – Deer Lake Truck Station

Job Class
:
Transportation Generalist/Transportation Associate

Agency
:
Transportation Dept

• Job
• Location:
  
  Effie
• Telework Eligible:
  No
• Full/Part Time:
  Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary:
  Unlimited
• Who May Apply:
  Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted: 07/03/2026
• Closing Date: 07/31/2026
• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit:
  Transportation Dept / Transportation-Dist 1-AFSCME
• Division/Unit:
  District 1B
  - Virginia Maintn / Border Subarea
• Work Shift/
  
  Work Hours:
  
  Day Shift
• Days of Work:
  Monday
  - Friday
• Travel Required:
  
  No
• Transportation Associate Salary Range: $23.57 - $24.98 hourly; $49,214 - $50,697 annually
• Transportation Generalist Salary Range: $25.19 - $31.60 hourly; $52,597 - $65,981 annually
• Classified Status:
  Classified
• Bargaining Unit/Union: 202 - Craft, Maintenance, Labor/AFSCME
• Work Area:
  Deer Lake Truck Station
• FLSA Status:
  Nonexempt
• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities:
  Yes

Below are examples of typical work for both the Transportation Associate and Transportation Generalist roles. The actual day-to-day work will be assigned based on projects or immediate needs.

• Maintain and reconstruct roadways, right-of-ways, roadway shoulders with gravel, bituminous, and concrete road surfaces; maintain traffic barriers; participate in bituminous road repair, culvert cleaning, and guardrail repair; maintain roadsides; install catch basins; place and remove Adopt-A-Highway bags; perform drainage and shoulder repair.
• Perform preventive maintenance on highway equipment and operate all tractor mowers and small rollers for maintaining roadways.
• Perform traffic control set-ups in high volume traffic in accordance with Temporary Traffic Zone Layouts field manual.
• Perform landscaping duties, including maintenance of trees, grass, shrubs, and brush on roadside—planting, watering, seeding, sodding, trimming and removal, including chipping of tree limbs and stump removal/grinding.

• Maintain roadways for snow and ice control: remove snow from roadways and shoulders; open and widen roadways of large accumulations of snow; remove snow from rights of way or yards; apply anti-icing and de-icing chemicals under slippery conditions; remove frozen ice and material from culverts; perform night or dawn patrols.
• Prepare and inspect winter equipment—maintain snowplow equipment, cutting edges and sanders; clean equipment post storm.
• Perform preseason snow route inspection and post storm cleanup including machine or hand sweeping of bridges, guardrails, sidewalks, crossovers, medians, ramps, and roadways.
• Maintain documentation on snow and ice data for accurate reporting of inventory and resource management.

Full‑time, year‑round position with seasonal schedules. Summer hours are Monday through Thursday 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (4‑10’s). Winter hours are Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hours may include overtime or various shifts depending on emergency situations.

Transportation Generalist Minimum Qualifications

• Exam Part 1: One (1) year of experience performing activities in snow and ice, soils, road surface maintenance, roadside maintenance, bridge maintenance, signs, or related activities; or education: successful completion of a Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance Program (at least 60 semester credits; or 90 quarter credits). Transcripts required for education substitution.
• License: Minimum a valid MN Commercial Driver’s License Class “B” with tanker endorsement and no air brake restriction. Ability to upgrade to a CDL Class A with tanker endorsement and no air brake restriction within 30 days of hire.
• 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; maintain routine written logs and simple records.

Transportation Associate Minimum Qualifications

• License:
  Must possess a Commercial Driver's Permit with no air brake restrictions. Tanker endorsement must be obtained by hire date. Employee will be trained and must…