Highway Maintenance Person

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CLASSIFICATION

TITLE:


Highway Maintenance Person

SALARY:
$43,712.50 - $56,538.46

DEPARTMENT:
Roads

Opening Date:
01/09/2026

Closing Date:
When Position is Filled

LOCATION: Various Service Centers

FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt - overtime pursuant to Collective Bargaining Agreement or Human Resources and Labor Relations Policy

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP: Just cause subject to probationary period

GENERAL

SUMMARY:



Under direction, assists with road maintenance projects; performs manual labor including patching holes, flagging traffic, loading materials, filling pavement joints, chipping concrete, sweeping, digging, cutting trees, brushing, and bridge planks; operates heavy equipment, installs road signs and guardrails.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs manual labor to assist in completing road maintenance projects.

Operates various pieces of maintenance equipment including but not limited to riding mowers, grass whips, power tools, heavy and light duty trucks, backhoes, loaders, jack hammers, and chain saws.

Completes roadside landscaping maintenance, such as cutting grass, clearing weeds and brush, and trimming trees.

Prepares work areas by setting out signs, cones and flags to divert traffic.

Directs motorist traffic through areas undergoing road construction or road maintenance.

Clears debris from catch basins, ditches and other drain structures.

Installs and repairs guardrails.

Operates a snow plow truck with an underbody blade, front plow and salt spreader insert for winter maintenance.

Cleans, repairs and performs preventative maintenance to assigned vehicle or equipment.

Assists in performing minor building maintenance tasks at assigned Service Center.

Required to participate in call rotation as directed.

Required to participate in random drug and alcohol screens.

Works mandatory overtime as directed, including weekends and holidays.

Operates an automobile to perform assigned job functions.

Performs related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

Education and Experience:

• Possession of a high school diploma or a certificate of successful completion of the General Educational Development Test (GED)

Preferred

Education and Experience:

• A minimum of one (1) year of road construction or road maintenance experience

Required Licenses or

Certifications:

• Possession of a valid Michigan driver's license and an operable insured automobile for authorized travel
• Possess and maintain a Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with air brake endorsements

Preferred Licenses or

Certifications:

• Possess and maintain a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with air brake endorsements

COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF

JOB DUTIES:



Knowledge of:

• How to operate heavy equipment such as a bucket truck, front loader and patch truck
• Materials needed to complete assignments
• Safety regulations
• Flagging rules and regulations when setting up signs and flags to divert traffic through a construction site

Skill in:

• Operating a snowplow truck with an underbody blade, front plow and salt spreader
• Reading maps and utilizing a Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Interpersonal skills necessary to develop and maintain effective and appropriate working relationships
• Vehicle loading safety and material handling, tie down and securing procedures
• Prioritizing and reviewing work assignments

Ability to:

• Operate a motor vehicle and other related maintenance equipment
• Document and maintain information such as daily work reports and equipment inspections
• Effectively speak, write and understand the English language
• Speak and understand a language other than English, is preferred
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with elected officials,
• Administrators, Department Heads, staff, union officials and the public
• Conduct oneself with tact and courtesy

WORK ENVIRONMENT/

CONDITIONS:



The work environment and exposures described here are representative of those an…