Maintenance Worker - Perryville

Application deadline: 8/16/2026. Temporary emergency operations adjustment of $3 to $6 per hour may apply during winter/emergency operations activities. Location: Perryville, 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. This is a career-ladder position offering opportunities for advancement based on skills and experience without requiring competitive selection interviews.

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 mowers and hand tools
  • Operating augers, trenchers, backhoes, forklifts, 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 using ladders or scaffolding
  • Installing signs, including structural and large overhead signs
  • Inspecting truss signs, pouring concrete sign footings, welding and cutting steel sign posts
  • Repairing and maintaining breakaway and/or overlay signs

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED/HiSET
• Valid Driver's License
• Passing grade on the written portion of the commercial driver's license (CDL) exam 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 of hire
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination

Special Working Conditions

• Requires significant physical stamina and endurance, including moving materials by hand, operating hand tools, and performing stationary flagging
• Outdoor work involving exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and adverse environmental conditions
• Risk of physical injury from working in heavy traffic areas, near heavy equipment or machinery, and with hazardous chemicals or materials
• May require overtime, nighttime work, and responding to emergency situations within a reasonable time period
• May require operating 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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