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A career as a highway maintenance superintendent involves developing project schedules and budgets, setting work priorities for maintenance operations, and supervising multiple crews tasked with highway and/or bridge maintenance, repair, and reconstruction.

Senior Level Occupations

Typical Education and Certification Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Highway Maintenance Management

Deputy Director Public Works

Job Description: Deputy Public Works Directors guide project, program, and contract administration relating to public works activities, with attention given to departmental policies, procedures, and scheduling of infrastructure extension and maintenance.
Hiring Demand: Low
Typical Salary: $116,131
Minimum Years Experience Required: +8
Education & Work Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in Highway Maintenance Management
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Highway Maintenance Superintendent

Job Description: A Highway Maintenance Superintendent is a top-level supervisor. The Superintendent develops schedules and budgets and sets work priorities for maintenance operations.
Hiring Demand: Low
Typical Salary: $86,244
Minimum Years Experience Required: +5
Education & Work Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in Highway Maintenance Management
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Mid Level Occupations

Typical Education and Certification Requirements

Associate's degree in Highway Maintenance Management

Maintenance Crew Leader

Job Description: Maintenance Crew Leaders manage a small crews by prioritizing projects, assigning work tasks, using equipment, maintaining records, monitoring work quality and work schedules, insuring crew safety, training employees, and providing performance feedback.
Hiring Demand: Moderate
Typical Salary: $64,070
Minimum Years Experience Required: 4-6
Education & Work Experience:
  • Associate's degree in Highway Maintenance Management
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Highway Maintenance Technician II

Job Description: Highway Maintenance Technicians are responsible for maintaining local roads and streets in a given area, ensuring that requests for repairs are actioned and that all highways and footways are well maintained.
Hiring Demand: Moderate
Typical Salary: $59,094
Minimum Years Experience Required: 2-4
Education & Work Experience:
  • Associate's degree in Highway Maintenance Management
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Highway Maintenance Technician I

Job Description: Highway Maintenance Technicians are responsible for maintaining local roads and streets in a given area, ensuring that requests for repairs are actioned and that all highways and footways are well maintained.
Hiring Demand: Moderate
Typical Salary: $39,120
Minimum Years Experience Required: 1-2
Education & Work Experience:
  • Associate's degree in Highway Maintenance Management
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Entry Level Occupations

Typical Education and Certification Requirements

Apprenticeship

Highway Maintenance Worker

Job Description: Highway Maintenance Workers are responsible for preparing broken and eroding pavement on highways, rural, and municipal roads.
Hiring Demand: Very High
Typical Salary: $38,700
Minimum Years Experience Required: 0.5-2
Education & Work Experience:
  • Apprenticeship
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