HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORKER 2 - UNDERFILL

About the role

The Nevada Department of Transportation is hiring for a Highway Maintenance Worker 2 located in Glendale, Nevada. This recruitment will be used to fill multiple positions. The incumbent is responsible for performing routine maintenance duties, including keeping pavement surface, 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Demonstrate and oversee equipment operation and provide training in established safety policies and requirements.
• 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 flush seals to the construction of maintenance overlays, and 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 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 provided by 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work;
• One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker I in Nevada State service.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:

• Working knowledge of: herbicide/insecticide application procedures and equipment.
• General knowledge of: repairing highway roadbed, surface, shoulders, drainage facilities, and fixtures; materials, methods, and equipment used in routine highway maintenance activities; traffic control and routing through highway maintenance and construction zones; proper drainage and erosion control methods; snow removal and anti-icing techniques, materials and equipment; pruning and watering techniques for landscaped areas; traffic paints and beads and retro-reflectivity qualities of these systems; dust control techniques; endangered species habitats, protection techniques and safe removal of non-native species; environmental regulations that control the method of work at job sites; incident command system and operational controls used during emergency operations.

Skills

Ability to:

• Safely operate and maintain a variety of hand and power tools associated with routine highway maintenance tasks;
• Read and understand the Maintenance Management System Manual.

Benefits

Benefits Include:

• Health Insurance: Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance programs for employees and their dependents/family are offered through the Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP).
• Vacation: Accrual of three weeks of annual leave each year.
• Sick Leave: Accrual of three weeks of sick leave each year.
• Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
• Retail: Participation in the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
• Employees do not contribute to Social Security but will contribute to PERS if their position is at 50% or more full-time equivalency.
• Deferred Compensation: The State offers a voluntary Deferred Compensation Program.
• No Nevada state income tax.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Eligible due to public sector employment.
• Longevity Payments Eligibility: Employees who have received a performance rating of “standard” or better and have completed eight (8) or more years of continuous service are eligible for longevity pay.

Pay

Pay Information:

• Details about pay can be found in the State of Nevada Employee Handbook (PDF).

Schedule

Schedule Information:

• Typical schedules are four 10-hour shifts or five 8-hour shifts but may include some variation depending on the needs of the appointing authority.

Contact Information

For more details about your rights and responsibilities as a State of Nevada employee, please review the State of Nevada Employee Handbook (PDF).

For more information on how PERS service may impact Social Security benefits, visit the SSA publication.

For more details about your rights and responsibilities as a State of Nevada employee, please review the State of Nevada Employee Handbook (PDF).

State Holidays:

• January 1.............................................. New Year's Day
• Third Monday in January.................. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
• Third Monday in February................ Washington’s Birthday
• Last Monday in May........................... Memorial Day
• June 19................................................ Juneteenth Day
• July 4.................................................... Independence Day
• Last Monday in September.............. Labor Day
• Friday following the Fourth Thursday in November...................... Family Day
• December 25........................................ Christmas Day

When January 1, June 19, July 4, November 11, or December 25 falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is the observed legal holiday. If these days fall on Sunday, the following Monday is the observed holiday.

Eligibility for holiday pay is covered by the provisions of NAC 284.255

Required Question:

• One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work.
• One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker 1 in Nevada State service.