Highway Foreman 3 pay range

What the state says the job is

This is supervisory work involving major highway maintenance or minor construction activities. An employee in this class supervises a highway maintenance crew performing manual and skilled labor and operating medium-heavy and heavy weight equipment. Work is differentiated from the Highway Foreman 2 by the increased technical knowledge required and utilized, and by responsibility for projects in which errors could be costly such as paving, surface treatment, small bridge construction and maintenance, rough construction, the erection of overhead sign structures along expressways and freeways, or traffic line painting operations. Employees determine what equipment and materials are necessary for an operation and arrange to obtain them. On most operations, arrival of materials must be scheduled to coincide with work flow.

Examples of the work

Supervises a crew engaged in constructing, resurfacing, and widening roadway surfaces. Supervises a construction crew engaged in the placement of sub-base and wearing course material. Supervises a surface treatment or skin patching crew engaged in using specialized equipment such as power sweepers, oil distributors, spreaders and rollers to clean roadway surfaces, apply oil, spread stone and compact materials. Supervises a crew engaged in constructing, repairing, and maintaining small bridges. Supervises a crew engaged in the construction of concrete forms, the placement of steel, and the curing, pouring, and finishing of concrete.

Minimum qualifications

One year of experience as a Highway Foreman 2. or Three years of experience as a skilled tradesman including one year of supervisory experience on a highway maintenance or construction project. or Three years of supervisory experience on a maintenance or construction project; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.