Maintenance Worker - Cape Girardeau

Application deadline: 8/16/2026. This position is eligible for a temporary emergency operations adjustment of $3 to $6 per hour, depending on the area of operation, when handling winter/emergency operations activities. Location: Cape Girardeau, MO.

About the role

The maintenance worker performs routine, entry-level duties related to the maintenance of the state's roadways and facilities under direct supervision. MoDOT offers this as a CAREER-LADDER position, allowing for career advancement without competitive selection interviews as skills and experience grow.

Responsibilities

• Maintains state highway systems, including:
  • Filling roadway joints and cracks and patching potholes
  • Flagging and directing traffic
  • Setting up signs, cones, arrow boards, and other traffic control devices
  • Loading, unloading, spreading, and hauling materials and supplies
  • Cutting and clearing brush
  • Removing trash and debris from roadsides
  • Cleaning and clearing ditches
• Maintains, cleans, and repairs state highway facilities, including:
  • Repairing and replacing road signs and guardrails
  • Cleaning curbs and gutters
  • Painting buildings and equipment
  • Servicing equipment and machinery
• Operates vehicles and equipment, including:
  • Transporting employees, equipment, machinery, and materials
  • Warning oncoming traffic, plowing snow, and spreading ice control materials
  • Mowing right of way using tractor mower and hand tools
  • Operating auger, trencher, backhoe, forklift, and various trucks (e.g., dump, aerial boom, bucket, and platform)
• May perform specialized tasks, including:
  • Repairing bridge decks (full and partial) and drains
  • Cleaning bridge bents/caps at heights on ladders or utilizing scaffolding
  • Installing signs, including structural and large signs at overhead positions
  • Inspecting truss signs, pouring concrete sign footings, welding and cutting steel sign posts
  • Repairing and maintaining break away and/or overlay signs

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED/HiSET
• Valid Driver's License
• A passing grade on the written portion of the commercial driver's license (CDL) exam is required prior to hire date
• Must pass the driving portion of the CDL exam with tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions (Class B), and interstate status (either Excepted Interstate [EI] or Non-Excepted Interstate [NI]) within 60 days after being hired
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination

Special Working Conditions

• Requires significant physical stamina and endurance, including the ability to move materials by hand, operate hand tools, and perform stationary flagging
• Involves outdoor work with exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and adverse environmental conditions, including risk of physical injury from heavy traffic, equipment, machinery, and hazardous chemicals or materials
• May require overtime and nighttime work, and the ability to respond to emergency situations within a reasonable time period
• May require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials

Benefits

• Pension plan
• Paid leave and holidays
• Health insurance coverage
• Educational assistance

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