Maintenance Worker Series - Nevada

About the role

This maintenance worker position is a career-ladder role that offers opportunities for advancement without competitive interviews as skills and experience grow. Duties are performed under direct supervision and candidates may be hired at entry-level, intermediate, or senior level based on qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Maintain state highway systems: fill roadway joints and cracks, patch potholes, flag and direct traffic, set up signs, cones, arrow boards, and other traffic control devices, load/unload and spread/haul materials and supplies, cut and clear brush, remove trash and debris from roadsides, clean and clear ditches.
• Maintain, clean, and repair state highway facilities: repair and replace road signs and guardrails, clean curbs and gutters, paint buildings and equipment, service equipment and machinery.
• Operate vehicles to transport employees, equipment, machinery and/or materials, warn oncoming traffic, plow snow, and spread ice control materials; mow right of way using tractor mower and hand tools; operate auger, trencher, backhoe, forklift, and various trucks (e.g., dump, aerial boom, bucket, and platform).
• May repair bridge decks (full and partial) and drains, clean bridge bents/caps at heights on ladders or utilizing scaffolding.
• May install signs including structural and large overhead signs, inspect truss signs, pour concrete sign footings, weld and cut steel sign posts, and repair and maintain breakaway and/or overlay signs.

Minimum 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.
• Successful completion of a work simulation examination and a medical-physical examination.

Special Working Conditions

• Significant physical stamina and endurance required, including moving materials by hand, operating hand tools, and performing stationary flagging.
• Outdoor work with exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and adverse environmental conditions; risk of injury in heavy traffic areas, near heavy equipment or machinery, and with hazardous chemicals or materials.
• May require overtime and nighttime work.
• May require operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials.

Benefits

• Defined pension plan
• Generous amounts of leave and holiday time
• Eligibility for health insurance coverage