Job Requisition ID: 55462 IPR #26-01348
Opening Date: 04/23/2026
Closing Date: 05/07/2026
Agency: Department of Transportation
Position Title: Highway Maintainer – Sangamon Co – Sign Shop Truck Driver 
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/2026) $7,154 Monthly; Full Range: $7,154 - $8,936 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC019 Downstate (All counties other than Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, & Will counties) Teamsters

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.  All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

This position is subject to a pre-employment physical examination, drug and alcohol testing, and random drug and alcohol testing after hired.

****A CLASS "A" CDL WITH "N" OR "X" ENDORSEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB POSTING****

Please attach a copy of your Class "A" CDL with "N" or "X" endorsement to the MY DOCUMENTS section of your application.

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Transportation is seeking to hire a Highway Maintainer. The successful candidate will under direct supervision of the Standard Sign Unit Chief through a Lead Worker, operate a truck to deliver completed signs and sign materials to all Highways district facilities. Returns old, damaged, and obsolete signs and assemblies. Ensures compliance with departmental safety rules.

 

Essential Functions

• Sorts, classifies, resizes, straightens, and strips salvageable sign material returns from the districts.
• Performs various functions relating to the preparation of sign blanks.
• Loads, unloads, and transports finished and salvaged signs between the districts and the central Sign Shop.
• Operates forklifts or other equipment as necessary to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four years of high school.
• Requires possession of a Class “A” CDL with appropriate endorsements, including air brakes.
• Requires one year driving experience immediately preceding appointment free of incidents which could result in license suspension or revocation.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires successful completion of a pre-employment background investigation, a pre-employment physical examination, a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening as well as on-going random drug and alcohol screenings.
• Requires the ability to perform arduous labor outdoors in a variety of adverse conditions including, but not limited to, hot, cold, wet, windy, muddy, confined spaces, active construction sites, climbing steep terrain, roadways open to traffic and wading in water while dealing with adverse envi