Highway Labor w​/CDL Highway Technician Ross

Organization

Transportation - District 09

Agency Contact Name and Information:
Bonnie Hall

Unposting Date:
Mar 11, 2026, 3:59:00 AM

District 9 Garage - Ross Cty 255 Larrick Lane Chillicothe 45601

United States of America - OHIO - Ross County - Chillicothe

Compensation: $21.64

Full-time

Work Hours:

Operational Needs

Union: OCSEA

Highway Maintenance

Technical

Skills:

CDL, Equipment Operations, Highway Maintenance

Professional

Skills:

Customer Focus, Teamwork

Who We Are: The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5th largest interstate system and the 3rd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone.

ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency’s vision every day:
To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.

ODOT's Mission Statement: To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.

What You Will Do:

• Hands‑on maintenance of traffic and flagging
• Highway maintenance and repair work activities (e.g., pothole patching, spread berm, repair guardrails, crack seal, litter pick‑up, drainage, vegetation management such as weed eating, brush cutting, and mowing)
• Operation of heavy equipment (e.g., dump truck, loader) and hand tools (e.g., chainsaw)
• Perform snow & ice operations

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 operating 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) & receives training (i.e., on the job & formal) in various types of construction inspection activities (maintenance related inspection items) & operation of standard & complex equipment pursuant to the March 11, 2015 Highway Technician MOU between ODOT & OCSEA/AFSCME . 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 (i.e., on the job & formal) in various types of construction inspection activities (i.e., 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 & clerical tasks; operates two‑way radio/base station; telephones crews for…