Job Responsibilities

25% 1. Operates CDL Class A licensed vehicles.

• Operates maintenance trucks, pavement marking equipment, tractors, mowing machines, snowplows, salt spreaders as well as other equipment Including compressors, jack hammers, generators, and other equipment.
• Washes, greases, and conducts minor repairs and preventive maintenance activities of these vehicles and equipment.

25% 2. Performs labor relating to maintenance of roadways.

• Repairs, replaces, and patches concrete, bituminous and other roadway surfaces.
• Loads/unloads trucks.
• Spreads salt, sand, gravel, and asphalt.
• Fills in shoulder ruts.
• Cleans and repairs bridges.
• Fills, fires, and operates asphalt kettles.
• Fills pavement cracks and joints.
• Directs and controls traffic during road maintenance operations.
• Responds to emergency weather situations, as instructed verbally or in writing, to inspect roadways and remove hazardous material/obstacles, some weighing up to 50 pounds, from roadways and drainage areas.

20% 3. During snow and ice conditions, assists in snow and ice control.

• Operates snowplows, spreads salt, sand, and cinders.
• Plows and removes snow.

10% 4. Performs labor relating to the maintenance of roadside and right-of-way.

• Cuts grass, weeds, and brush.
• Repairs and cleans culverts, drains, storm sewers, ditches, and other drainage facilities.
• Cleans, repairs, and erects signs.
• Digs post holes, sets, or pulls posts.
• Repairs guardrails and fence.
• Chips, seals, and cleans bridges.
• Cleans and paints bridge bearings.
• Paints curbs.
• Plants, trims, and fertilizes trees and shrubbery.

5% 5. Performs routine housekeeping duties at headquarters.

• Cleans, maintains stockpile of materials.
• Performs other tasks associated with the general care of headquarters.

5% 6. Removes and disposes of trash, dead animals, and other debris along highways.

5% 7. Maintains on-the-job records.

5% 8. Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of those enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of four years of high school.
2. Requires possession of a Class "A" CDL with appropriate endorsements to include X or N and no airbrake restrictions.
3. For seasonal employees only, possession of a Class B CDL with appropriate endorsements, to include X or N and no airbrake restrictions, is acceptable for a period of two years. At the beginning of the third year from the initial hire date, a seasonal employee must possess a Class A CDL.

Conditions of Employment

1. The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
2. Requires one year driving experience immediately preceding appointment free of incidents which could result in license suspension or revocation.
3. Requires successful completion of a pre-employment background investigation, a pre-employment physical examination, a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening as well as on-going random drug and alcohol screenings.
4. Requires the ability to perform arduous labor outdoors in a variety of adverse conditions including, but not limited to, hot, cold, wet, windy, muddy, confined spaces, active construction sites, climbing steep terrain, roadways open to traffic and wading in water while dealing with adverse environmental conditions such as poisonous plants, animals, insects, rodents and snakes.
5. Requires the ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions while maintaining productive working relationships.
6. This position is considered medium work as defined by the US Dept. of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(c)). Medium work involves lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
7. Operations employees are subject to call at any hour of the day or night on any day of the year in order to respond to emergencies outside of normal work hours. As a result, negotiated rate employees are required to work reasonable amounts of overtime when necessary. Any bargaining unit employee who may be required to engage in a call out shall respond to the call as quickly as practicable but in no situation can the response time exceed 45 minutes.

Position Marketing Statement

The Illinois Department of Transportation seeks to hire a Highway Maintainer to perform a variety of tasks related to the maintenance, repair and upkeep of roads, bridges and other related structures and features.