Highway Maintenance Worker

Position Summary

The Nevada Department of Transportation is hiring a Highway Maintenance Worker 4 to work in Tonopah and surrounding areas. The role will be used to fill multiple positions in several locations, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Beatty, Blue Jay, Big Smoky, Mina, and Montgomery Pass. Under the supervision of a Highway Maintenance Supervisor I, the incumbent will function as the lead person of a roadway crew and assume all supervisory responsibilities in the supervisor’s absence.

• Installation and repair of signs, roadside maintenance, summer betterment projects, snow removal, and anti-icing/de-icing.
• Respond to emergency traffic control situations, both natural and man‑made, including debris removal, accident response, and other unplanned events that require an immediate public‑safety response.
• Plan and schedule maintenance activities, determine required equipment and materials, assign personnel, and complete required records.
• Interpret standards related to EAMS standard plans, hazardous materials, traffic control, and equipment repair; conduct or oversee sampling and testing of materials such as salt, sand, and aggregate.
• Act as assistant supervisor: assign and review lower‑level personnel’s work, provide input into performance evaluations, assist with roadway or specialty maintenance work layout, organize equipment, materials, personnel and procedures, and respond to emergencies.
• Operate and perform preventive maintenance and minor repair on light, medium and heavy‑duty highway maintenance and construction equipment such as rotary snowplow, motor grader, crawler tractor, backhoe‑grade‑all, truck‑mounted asphalt distributor, chip spreader, cold planer, paint stripper, vacuum sweeper, and culvert cleaner.
• Act as certified operator for certification of Highway Maintenance Worker I’s and II’s; demonstrate and oversee equipment operation and provide training in safety policies.
• Operate equipment or backup vehicles to install long line, solid and skip lines, and gore lines; measure and install various permanent and temporary pavement markings.
• Apply chip and flash seals and perform maintenance overlays including cold milling and inlays with hot asphalt.
• Establish traffic controls to reroute traffic or control traffic speed and flow in maintenance areas, construction zones and accident scenes.
• Mix salt and sand stockpiles; operate loaders to load salt and sand into trucks; apply anti‑icing chemicals; remove snow with medium and heavy dump trucks equipped with snow plows, spreaders and pre‑wetting equipment; operate motor graders; construct and maintain brine‑making facilities.
• Maintain radio contact with a base station, maintenance personnel and law enforcement agencies; use Intelligent Transportation System data and the District Operations Center; use Incident Command System protocol and respond to emergencies outside normal working hours.
• Install, repair and replace roadway signs and signposts; repair and replace bulbs, fixtures and sensors on lighted sign structures; clean and replace overhead sign panels.
• Monitor contract compliance and quality control for testing/materials and completed work performed by contractors.
• Maintain landscaped areas and the highway right‑of‑way; repair, widen or reconstruct tree wells; replace dead or damaged trees, flowers, shrubs and ground cover; fertilize, mow and re‑seed lawns.
• Remove roadway and roadside debris, excess dirt, vegetation and other traffic hazards; remove dead animals and biohazards.
• Respond to accidents and fatalities and complete required forms and documentation.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker III in Nevada State service or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certification to operate various complex or specialized highway maintenance and construction equipment (rotary snowplow, motor grader, crawler tractor, backhoe‑grade‑all, truck‑mounted asphalt distributor, chip spreader, cold planer, paint stripper, vacuum sweeper, culvert cleaner).
• Knowledge, skills and abilities gained from a previous level; able to…