Maintenance Worker - Sikeston

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

• A 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.

Qualifications

• Significant physical stamina and endurance;
• Outdoor work that involves exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and/or adverse or otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment;
• Operation of vehicles to plow snow and spread ice control materials.

Benefits

MoDOT offers an excellent benefits package that includes a pension plan, paid leave and holidays, health insurance coverage and educational assistance. Visit our CAREERS page to explore all we have to offer. To help demonstrate the value of working for MoDOT, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees.