Highway Maintainer

**HIGHWAY MAINTAINER - TOWANDA YARD - MCLEAN COUNTY - IPR#47156**

**Agency**: Department of Transportation
**Closing Date/Time**:06/26/2024
**Salary**: Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/24) $6,649 Monthly, Full Range: $6,649 - $8,306 Monthly

**Job Type**: Salaried
**County**: McLean
**Number of Vacancies**: 2
**Plan/BU**: NR916 Teamters

**A CLASS "A" CDL WITH "N" OR "X" ENDORSEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB POSTING**

**A**gency Mission Statement**

The Illinois Department of Transportation is seeking to Highway Maintainers.

The IDOT team works diligently to provide safe, cost-effective transportation for Illinois in ways that enhance quality of life, promote economic prosperity and protect our environment. We are problem solvers and leaders, constantly searching for innovations and improvements in support of our commitment to providing the best multimodal transportation system for Illinois.

Our team fosters a culture of inclusivity. We value diversity and hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards as we work together for a common purpose. Team members frequently collaborate with colleagues and others outside the department to best meet customer needs.

The department offers extensive training and career advancement opportunities. Employees also receive a robust benefit package including:

- Monday-Friday work schedule
- Health, Life, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Pension Plan
- (10) Weeks paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program and other pre-tax benefit programs (Medical/Daycare)
- Employees earn (12) paid Sick Days annually.
- New Employees earn (10) paid Vacation Days their first year of service and can earn up to (25) paid Vacation Days annually.
- Employees earn (3) paid Personal Days annually.
- (13-14) paid holidays annually (based on start date)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program and/or mental health resources

**Responsibilities**:
25%
- 1. Operates CDL Class A licensed vehicles.- Operates maintenance trucks, pavement marking equipment, tractors, mowing machines, snowplows, salt spreaders, compressors, jack hammers, generators and other equipment.
- Washes, greases and conducts minor repairs and preventive maintenance activities of these vehicles and equipment.

25%
- 2. Performs labor relating to maintenance of roadways.- Repairs, replaces and patches concrete, bituminous and other roadway surfaces.
- Loads and unloads trucks.
- Spreads salt, sand, gravel and asphalt.
- Fills in shoulder ruts.
- Cleans and repairs bridges.
- Fills, fires and operates asphalt kettles.
- Fills pavement cracks and joints.
- Directs and controls traffic during road maintenance operations.
- Responds to emergency weather situations, as instructed verbally or in writing, to inspect roadways and remove hazardous material/obstacles, some weighing up to 50 pounds, from roadways and drainage areas.

20%

During snow and ice conditions, assists in snow and ice control.
- Operates snowplows, spreads salt and sand.
- Plows and removes snow.

10%
- 4. Performs labor relating to the maintenance of roadside and right-of-way.- Cuts grass, weeds and brush.
- Repairs and cleans culverts, drains, storm sewers, ditches and other drainage facilities.
- Cleans, repairs and erects signs.
- Digs post holes, sets or pulls posts.
- Repairs guardrails and fence.
- Chips, seals and cleans bridges.
- Cleans and paints bridge bearings.
- Paints curbs.
- Plants, trims and fertilizes trees and shrubbery.

**Job Responsibilities Continued**:
5%
- 5. Performs routine housekeeping duties at headquarters.- Cleans, maintains stockpile of materials.
- Performs other tasks associated with the general care of headquarters.

5%

6. Removes and disposes of trash, dead animals and other debris along highways.

5%

7. Maintains on the job records.

5%

Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of those enumerated above.

**Knowledge, Skills, and Responsibilities**:
Minimum Requirements

1. Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four years of high school.
2. Requires possession of a Class "A" CDL with appropriate endorsements, to include X or N and no airbrake restrictions.
3. For seasonal employees only, possession of a Class B CDL with appropriate endorsements, to include X or N and no airbrake restrictions, is acceptable for a period of two years. At the beginning of the third year from the initial hire date, a seasonal employee must possess a Class A CDL.

**Conditions of Employment**:
1. The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

2. Requires one year driving experience immediately preceding appointment free of incidents which could result in license suspension or revocation.

3. Requires successful completion of a pre-employment background investigation, a pre-employment physical examination, a pre-employment drug and alcohol