Temporary Highway Maintenance Worker​/Snow & Ice (Metro Area) - Transportation Generalist

Telework Eligible:
No

• Education/License Verification

• Job
• Location:
  
  Twin Cities Area
• Telework Eligible:
  No
• Full/Part Time:
  Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary:
  Temporary
• Who May Apply:
  Open to all qualified job seekers
• Date Posted: 07/29/2026
• Closing Date: 08/14/2026
• Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit:
  Transportation Dept/ DOT-Metro-Central Office-AFSCME
• Division/Unit:
  Metro Field Maintenance
• Work Shift/
  
  Work Hours:
  
  Day Shift 7:00am to 3:30pm / Night Shift 7:00pm to 5:30am
• Days of Work:
  Days:
  Monday - Friday / Nights:
  Monday evening-Friday morning
• 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
• Work Area:
  Chaska, Eden Prairie, Golden Valley Traffic Control/Graffiti, Jordan, Mendota Nights, Oakdale Traffic Services and Plymouth
• FLSA Status:
  Nonexempt
• Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities:
  Yes

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation does not sponsor applicants for work visas or Optional Practical Training Extensions for STEM Students. Individuals must be legally authorized to work in the US at the start of employment.

maintains and reconstructs roadways; maintains traffic barriers; participates in bituminous road repair culvert cleaning; guardrail repair; and maintains roadsides. In addition, this position will perform preventive maintenance on highway equipment; operate tractor mowers and small rollers; remove objects from roadways; set up traffic controls in high volume traffic and work associated with accidents, spill cleanup, rut repair, dead deer, etc. Additional duties include but are not limited to:

• Performing landscaping duties on roadside (chipping of tree limbs, stump removal/grinding)
• Conducting rest area maintenance to wayside rests and scale areas (building and grounds maintenance, vegetation control, and parking surface repairs)
• Driving and operating a variety of heavy equipment to perform snow and ice duties, maintaining roadways for snow and ice control which includes: removing snow from roadways and shoulders; applying anti-icing and de‑icing chemicals on stretches of highway under slippery conditions; removing frozen ice and materials from culverts; performing night or dawn patrols; preparing and inspecting winter equipment, such as snowplow equipment, and cutting edges and sanders.

The shift differential for employees working on assigned shifts which begin before 6:00 A.M. or which end at or after 6:00 P.M. shall be two dollars and twenty‑five cents ($2.25) per hour for all hours worked before 6:00 A.M. or after 6:00 P.M. on that shift. Such shift differential shall be in addition to the employee's regular rate of pay and shall be included in all payroll calculations but shall not apply during periods of paid leave.

An employee who requests and is approved by their supervisor to work before 6 A.M. or after 6 P.M. shall not be eligible for the shift differential.

Maintenance employees working night shifts of durations lasting three (3) months or more, covered by this agreement, shall receive Night Premium Pay of $2.00/hour for all shifts which start between 7:00 P.M. and 12:00 A.M. This will apply to all hours for the scheduled straight time shift. Such premium pay shall be in addition to the…