Seasonal Highway Maintenance worker with Snow & Ice - Transportation Generalist - Little Falls

About the role

This is a seasonal position. This position will work approximately Mid October - Mid April each season.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and reconstructs roadways, rights-of-way, roadway shoulders with gravel, bituminous, and concrete road surfaces;
• participates in bituminous road repair, culvert cleaning, and guardrail repair;
• maintains roadsides;
• installs catch basins, places and removes Adopt-A-Highway bags, performs drainage and shoulder repair;
• performs preventive maintenance on highway equipment and operates all tractor mowers and small rollers for the purpose of maintaining roadways;
• performs traffic control set-ups in high volume traffic and ensures they are in accordance with the provisions of the Temporary Traffic Zone Layouts field manual, to ensure the safety of the employees and the traveling public;
• performs landscaping duties, including maintenance of trees, grass, shrubs, brush, etc. on roadside—planting, watering, seeding, sodding, trimming and removal. Includes chipping of tree limbs, stump removal/grinding;
• Maintains roadways for snow and ice control:
• removes snow from roadways and shoulders;
• opens and widens roadways of large accumulations of snow;
• removes snow from rights of way or yards;
• applies anti-icing and de-icing chemicals on stretches of highway under slippery conditions;
• removes frozen ice and material from culverts;
• performs night or dawn patrols;
• prepares and inspects winter equipment-maintains snowplow equipment, cutting edges and sanders; and clean equipment post storm;
• performs preseason snow route inspection and performs post storm cleanup including machine or hand sweeping of bridges, guardrails, sidewalks, crossovers, medians, ramps, and roadways;
• maintains documentation on snow and ice data for accurate reporting of inventory and resource management.

Requirements

• One (1) year of experience performing activities in snow and ice, soils, road surface maintenance, roadside maintenance, bridge maintenance, signs, or related activities (roadway maintenance, driving commercial vehicles, commercial landscaping, operating heavy equipment, or farm experience).
• Successful completion of a Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance Program (of at least 60 semester credits; or 90 quarter credits) will substitute for one year of experience.
• Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with no air brake restriction and tanker endorsement.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of English sufficient to read, write, speak, and understand oral and written information; communicate with employees and the general public in-person or via two-way radio and other electronic devices; and to maintain routine written logs and simple records.

Skills

• Ability to operate heavy equipment and drive commercial vehicles.
• Knowledge of traffic control procedures and practices.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care

Pay

$25.19 - $31.60 / hourly; $52,596 - $65,980 / annually

Schedule

Day Shift: Monday - Friday, Winter hours are Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hours of work may include days, nights, weekends and holidays as required by weather and maintenance conditions.

Benefits

• Health insurance plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Contact

To receive consideration as a Connect 700 Program applicant, apply online, email the Job ID#, the Working Title and your valid Proof of Eligibility Certificate by the closing date to Collette Skroch at collette.skroch@state.mn.us.