Highway Maintenance Worker - Panaca

Job Overview

The Nevada Department of Transportation is recruiting for a Highway Maintenance Worker 2 located in Panaca, NV. Incumbent is responsible for performing routine maintenance duties, including keeping pavement surfaces, shoulders, clear zones, and associated roadways in good repair; winter maintenance, including snowplow operation and anti‑icing activities; summer betterment projects; and assistance in emergency operations. These positions may require working in inclement weather.

This is a trainee level position that may progress to the next level upon meeting the minimum qualifications, satisfactory performance, and the approval of the appointing authority.

• Operate and perform preventive maintenance and minor repair on a variety of light, medium and heavy‑duty highway maintenance and construction equipment such as a rotary snowplow, motor grader, crawler/tractor, backhoe/grade‑all, truck‑mounted asphalt distributor, chip spreader, cold planer, paint striper, vacuum sweeper, and culvert cleaner.
• Act as designated certified operator for certification of Highway Maintenance Worker I’s and II’s; demonstrate and oversee equipment operation and provide training in established safety policies and requirements.
• Install long‑line, solid and skip lines and gore lines; measure and install various permanent and temporary pavement markings.
• Apply chip and flush seals to maintenance overlays and perform cold milling and inlays with hot asphalt; provide information for input into the Maintenance Management System, respond to customer service requests, and prepare billable accident reports.
• Establish traffic controls using accepted methods to reroute traffic or control traffic speed and flow in highway 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 information from the Intelligent Transportation System and the District Operations Center; use the 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 including 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.
• Under general supervision, incumbents perform the duties described in the series concept at the journey level; positions in this class are distinguished by the complexities involved in operating and training others in the use of specialized or complex highway maintenance and construction equipment as determined by NDOT.

Graduation from high school or equivalent education and one year of experience following certification in the operation of complex or specialized highway maintenance and construction equipment, as designated by NDOT; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Candidate should be able to demonstrate competent operation of the equipment listed in the responsibilities and maintain the ability to train others.

Detailed knowledge of: traffic control and routing through highway maintenance and construction zones; snow removal and anti‑icing techniques, materials, and equipment; proper drainage and erosion control methods.

Working knowledge of: materials, methods and equipment…