Highway Maintenance Worker 4

The Position

Highway Maintenance Workers are certified by the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to operate a variety of complex or specialized highway maintenance and construction equipment in order to restore and maintain the integrity of roadway surfaces; maintain roadside slopes, shoulders, culverts and ditches to restore drainage and prevent erosion; and repair or replace related roadway appurtenances such as guardrails, markers, guide posts and fences.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform advanced-level work and may provide work direction and training to others. This position is located in Reno.

Under the general supervision of a Highway Maintenance Supervisor I, the incumbent will function as the assistant supervisor or lead person of a roadway crew on a regular basis and assume all supervisory responsibilities in the absence of the supervisor. Duties include installation and repair of signs, roadside maintenance, summer betterment projects, snow removal, and anti-icing/de-icing as policy requires. Crew members also respond to emergency situations from traffic control for all incidents, both natural and man-made, to removing debris in the travel lanes or similar unplanned events that require an immediate response to protect the public.

When those events occur, maintenance personnel are called out 24 hours a day in order to promptly alleviate or at least warn the driving public of the condition. Incumbents plan and schedule maintenance activities including determining what equipment and materials are required, assigning personnel, and completing required records

As the assistant supervisor, they participate in the duties described in the series concept; assign and review the work of lower level personnel; provide input into performance evaluations; assist the supervisor in laying out a variety of roadway or specialty maintenance work; organize equipment, materials, personnel and procedures; and respond to emergencies. Positions in this class are distinguished from the lower levels by ongoing responsibility to provide assistance to the crew supervisor.

These responsibilities require a greater depth of knowledge of equipment, materials, methods and procedures relative to highway maintenance and a greater degree of skill in overseeing the work of others, preparing reports and making decisions that impact production and safety. Incumbents interpret a variety of departmental manuals or industry standards relative to EAMS, standard plans, hazardous material, traffic control and equipment repair in order to promote efficiency and safety; and may conduct or oversee sampling and testing of materials such as salt/sand or aggregate. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. * THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE*

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-9_0/