Temporary Highway Technician 1 With CDL - Winter Seasonal 2026-2027 Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby Counties

State of OhioXenia, OH

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Job Description

Highway Technician 1 with CDL with tanker endorsement and no airbrake restrictions - Winter Seasonal 2026-2027

There are multiple positions open for the winter season 2026-2027.

The Ohio Department of Transportation District 7 is now accepting applications for Winter Seasonal Highway Technicians for the following counties: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby.

These positions are temporary, unclassified appointments not to exceed 1,000 hours.

What You'll Do:

Operate basic equipment related to snow and ice removal, and roadway maintenance, fleet readiness inspections (pre/post) and washing the Snow and Ice Equipment

Perform emergency response, clean-up, and traffic control

General facilities maintenance

Serve the public and work to make the roads in Ohio safer

Who we are looking for:

Safety Driven
Enjoys working outdoors
Honest, accountable, trustworthy, and respectful
A positive team player

Official Position Description

Operates basic equipment (i.e., see glossary for identification of basic equipment) & performs general highway maintenance duties which vary by season (e.g., constructs, improves, maintains, repairs & cleans highways &/or roadways & right-of-ways to include excavating & grading ditches, digging channels & cleaning waterways, cuts brush, grass & other vegetation, applies chemicals to vegetation, patches & seals berm & pavement, mixes mortar & concrete, shovels backfill, installs & repairs catch basin & stream channel & completes other drainage work, screens bleeding surface, reshapes/digs ditches/trenches, pours hot tar, removes trash, cleans & repairs highways &/or roadways & right-of-ways, mows grass, moves & loads supplies & materials & completes other related highway maintenance assignments, operates any combination of basic equipment to haul trash), performs snow & ice control & related maintenance duties by operation of snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments, maintains, repairs & installs traffic signs & pavement markings on inter-state, federal & state highways &/or roadways (e.g., repairs/replaces/straightens street &/or traffic signs & other route markers; installs & repairs guardrails).

Performs emergency response & clean up & performs traffic control (e.g., flags traffic through work zone or around accident site; sets lane closures; places high water signs; erects barricades); receives training (on the job & formal) in various types of construction inspection activities (maintenance related inspection items).

Performs minor repairs & maintenance on equipment (e.g., sharpens; sands; paints; refuels; lubricates; checks tires for wear & pressure; replaces light bulbs; washes & cleans trucks & equipment to prevent rusting); changes tailgates & snowplow blades; conducts pre-trip inspections of equipment.

Performs miscellaneous labor & bookkeeping tasks; operates two-way radio/base station; telephones crews for emergencies; cleans offices & garage; keeps daily records & logs (e.g., fuel sheets, material check sheets); responds to general inquiries from public (e.g., gives directions; explains traffic delays; explains work underway); assists stranded motorists (e.g., telephones for needed assistance); performs general labor & maintenance functions at garage; loads & unloads freight; arranges stock in warehouse; moves equipment.

Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & decimals, percentages & fractions; ability to read, write & speak common English vocabulary
3 mos. trg. or 3 mos. exp. in operation of basic equipment.
Applicant must have valid Class A or B Commercial Driver's License, with tanker endorsement, without air brake restriction

at the appropriate level pursuant to approved position description on file to operate motorized equipment of size & type regulated by section4506 of Ohio Revised Code.

Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Highway Maintenance

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