Highway Laborer
About The Position
This is a seasonal position with a layoff during winter months. This position performs skilled and strenuous physical labor in support of highway maintenance, construction, and facility upkeep projects. Responsibilities include setting up and maintaining safe work zones, directing traffic through active construction areas, operating hand and power tools, digging trenches, clearing debris, and assisting with roadway and drainage maintenance. Employees also support grounds and building maintenance by mowing, snow removal, painting, and minor carpentry work, while ensuring vehicles and equipment are cleaned, fueled, lubricated, and properly maintained. Work is performed under close supervision with a strong emphasis on safety, teamwork, and efficiency.
Requirements
- Ability to perform skilled and strenuous physical labor
- Ability to set up and maintain safe work zones
- Ability to direct traffic through active construction areas
- Ability to operate hand and power tools
- Ability to dig trenches
- Ability to clear debris
- Ability to assist with roadway and drainage maintenance
- Ability to support grounds and building maintenance
- Ability to ensure vehicles and equipment are cleaned, fueled, lubricated, and properly maintained
- Ability to work under close supervision
- Ability to work with emphasis on safety, teamwork, and efficiency
- Ability to record field data
- Ability to complete simple reports
- Ability to follow project plans and specifications
Responsibilities
- Setting up traffic control devices and flagging traffic to protect workers and the traveling public
- Assisting with highway and construction projects through manual labor, material handling, and site preparation
- Operating hand tools, small equipment, and maintenance machinery safely and effectively
- Cleaning and maintaining roadsides, culverts, ditches, buildings, and grounds
- Inspecting and reporting maintenance needs for roads, bridges, signs, and equipment
- Recording field data, completing simple reports, and following project plans and specifications
- Ensuring vehicles and equipment are cleaned, fueled, lubricated, and properly maintained
- Mowing, snow removal, painting, and minor carpentry work
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays
- 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
- 12 days of sick leave annually
- Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-95% of employee-only premiums)
- Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only premiums)
- Retirement Plan (State contributes 14.11% of employee's pay to MainePERS)
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
