Maintenance Technician - CDL Training Provided

State of Indiana • La Porte, IN

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician works on Indiana highways and interstates performing general maintenance to keep roads clean and safe. This entry-level position offers opportunities for career advancement and is assigned to INDOT’s LaPorte Subdistrict, which includes units in La Porte, Michigan City, Chesterton, and Wanatah. Applicants should indicate their preferred location. Workday attendance at assigned worksites is an essential function. Mandatory overtime is required for emergency operations, including winter operations. CDL training is provided onsite by certified INDOT staff. The position traditionally starts at $20.00 per hour, potentially adjusted based on education and work experience. Employees with a current CDL and endorsements required by the district, or who obtain them within 90 days of employment, earn an additional $1 per hour.

Depending on assignment, additional duties may include traffic inventory work: maintaining, repairing, and installing traffic signs, route markers, and pavement markings; receiving and tracking incoming materials and equipment; maintaining inventory and dispensing supplies; and operating and maintaining a computerized inventory control system. The role may be used in a supervisory capacity based on agency needs. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Possess a valid Class A or Class B CDL, or obtain one within the first 90 days of employment; required district endorsements are also needed.
• Pass and submit to a drug test as a condition of employment.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to perform physical activities such as lifting, dragging, stooping, standing, and walking for long periods.
• Ability to endure exposure to inclement weather.
• Ability to operate specialty traffic equipment, such as bucket trucks and paint equipment.
• Ability to follow directions and work as part of a team.
• Attend the assigned worksite during workdays.
• Depending on assignment, knowledge of electronic data processing as applied to inventory control computer systems.
• Depending on assignment, ability to understand bookkeeping procedures.

Responsibilities

• Comply with INDOT safety policies and procedures.
• Operate basic highway maintenance and traffic equipment to maintain, repair, and clean highways and rights-of-way.
• Move and load supplies and materials.
• Perform winter operations, including snow and ice removal.
• Perform emergency response activities, including cleanup, traffic control, lane closures, placing signs, and erecting barricades.
• Inspect equipment and perform routine maintenance, including minor repairs, preventative maintenance, refueling, and pre-trip inspections.
• Perform miscellaneous labor tasks.
• Depending on assignment, maintain, repair, and install traffic signs, route markers, and pavement markings.
• Depending on assignment, receive, inspect, and record incoming materials, supplies, and equipment for distribution.
• Depending on assignment, maintain inventory and dispense required supplies.
• Depending on assignment, operate and maintain a computerized inventory control system.

Benefits

• Paid vacation, personal, and sick time off.
• Competitive leave policies covering a variety of employee needs.
• 12 paid company holidays, or 14 in election years.
• 75 hours of paid New Parent Leave and up to eight weeks of paid Childbirth Recovery Leave for eligible mothers.
• Free parking.
• Free LinkedIn Learning.
• Onsite CDL training provided by certified INDOT staff.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed