Maintenance Worker - Gainesville

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.

Requirements

• Maintains state highway facilities, including repairing and replacing road signs and guardrails;
• Cleaning and clearing curbs and gutters;
• Painting buildings and equipment;
• Servicing equipment and machinery.

Skills

• Operating vehicles to transport employees, equipment, machinery and/or materials, or to warn oncoming traffic;
• 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).

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package including a pension plan, paid leave and holidays, health insurance coverage, and educational assistance.

Pay

• Temporary emergency operations adjustment of $3 to $6 per hour, depending on the area of operation, when handling winter/emergency operations activities.

Schedule

• Job requires significant physical stamina and endurance, including the ability to move materials by hand, operate hand tools, and perform stationary flagging.
• Outdoor work that involves exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and/or adverse or otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment.
• May require overtime and nighttime work.
• May require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials.

Qualifications

• 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 into this position;
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination.

Why you’ll love this position

The maintenance worker performs routine, entry-level duties related to the maintenance of the state's roadways and facilities. This opening is for one of our CAREER-LADDER positions which offers the opportunity for career advancement without having to participate in the competitive selection interview process. As you continue to learn, acquire new skills, and gain experience, you can be promoted to a higher-level position.