Maintenance & Repair Worker - NDOT

About the role

The Maintenance & Repair Worker - NDOT is an entry-level position in the Roads Division of the Nashville Department of Transportation (NDOT). The Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure delivers a range of services, and the nearly 400 employees work around the clock to ensure a multimodal system that offers choice and better connects neighborhoods, residents, businesses and visitors to the place that they need and want to go to in a safe manner. These employees are responsible for over 2,200 miles of public roadways and rights-of-way, over 6,000 streets, over 300 bridges, 835 traffic signals and over 1,200 miles of bike/sidewalk lanes and much more. Big events in Nashville consist of CMA Festival, Stanley Cup Finals, Titans games, and any number of special events. These require big preparation and big clean-up and the Nashville Department of Transportation employees are up for the challenge.

Responsibilities

• Maintains public right-of-ways, bridges, traffic signs, and control devices, and/or related structures.
• Operates various hand and power tools.
• Premixes, places, and finishes concrete and asphalt pavement.
• Repairs roads, bridges, sidewalk and related structures.
• Cleans and maintains tools and equipment.
• Installs and maintains guardrails, traffic signs, and control devices.
• Patches concrete and asphalt pavement.
• Conducts preventative maintenance inspections.
• Operates, tows, or transports equipment or commercial motor vehicles.
• Operates chain saws, weed eaters or perform other potentially dangerous functions requiring skill and dexterity.
• Cleans, sweeps, flushes, removes debris from streets and right-of-ways.
• Removes all litter from the ground as required.
• Salts and shovels snow and ice along public rights-of-way and public property during inclement weather.
• Aids during Special Events.

Requirements

• Eighth Grade Education and experience in construction, laboring, maintenance or related field.
• Valid Driver License.

Qualifications

• Class "B" or Higher Commercial Driver's License (CDL).

Skills

• Knowledge of construction, laboring, maintenance or related fields.
• Ability to operate various hand and power tools.
• Ability to operate chain saws, weed eaters or perform other potentially dangerous functions requiring skill and dexterity.
• Ability to work in adverse working conditions (Example: extreme heat, cold weather, rain, etc.).
• Experience with grounds maintenance work (Example: grass mowing, landscaping, etc.).

Benefits

• Full-time, Civil Service positions - 10 Vacation Days per year (increasing after 5 years of service)
• 1 Sick Day per month
• 12 Paid Holidays per year

Pay

• Full-time, Non Civil Service positions - contact hiring department for benefits information
• Seasonal/Temporary positions - no benefits offered.

Schedule

• Full-time, Civil Service positions - varies
• Seasonal/Temporary positions - varies