Temporary Asset Maintenance - Street Maintenance, Signs, and Signals

Temporary Asset Maintenance - Street Maintenance, Signs, and Signals

• Salary: $20.00 Hourly
• Location: Lincoln, NE
• Job Type: Full time temporary
• Job Number: 202600194R
• Department: Transportation & Utilities
• Division: Transportation Operations & Maintenance
• Opening Date: 03/20/2026
• Closing Date: Continuous

Description Looking to get hands-on work experience while helping keep the community safe and moving? We are looking for hard-working individuals to fill the role of Temporary Asset Maintenance Workers - Streets, Signs, and Signals and play a key role in maintaining the streets, traffic signs, and signals people rely on every day. As part of the Asset Maintenance Division, youll work alongside a skilled team supporting essential projects across the city. Apply today to join LTUs Asset Maintenance Division and make a visible impact!

What Youll Do

• Help set up traffic control and safety devices to protect work zones.
• Assist with street and drainage system maintenance.
• Concrete and asphalt repair.
• Crack sealing and backfilling.
• Traffic signal and fiber locating.
• Pavement marking (layout, striping, and paint application).
• Installing and removing signs and signposts.
• Repairing or disassembling signal equipment.
• Operate vehicles and equipment.
• Perform general maintenance work of facilities, equipment, and materials.

Physical Requirements These positions:

• Involve working outside in all types of weather.
• Regularly lift, carry, stack, and load materials weighing 50 pounds.
• Lift and operate equipment weighing up to 90 pounds.

Position Details

• Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30 AM - 4 PM or Monday - Thursday; 6 AM - 4:30 PM (Hours may vary based on division/seasonal needs, subject to changes/OT during emergencies).
• Benefits: Temporary, on call, and seasonal positions with the City are not eligible for benefits.

Desired Qualifications

• Some general laboring experience.
• Duties include participating in activities related to the installation and maintenance of traffic pavement markings and traffic signs, and general shop work.

Minimum Requirements

• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Possession of a valid drivers license.

Application Completion Acknowledgement To successfully complete your application, please make sure you read each statement below and check ALL boxes prior to submission:

1. This application is hand scored.
2. ALL questions must be fully answered to receive full credit.
3. "See Resume", or answers such as "See ___" are not acceptable responses and will not receive full credit.
4. Copied/Pasted answers will not receive full credit.
5. ALL employers and education referred to in answers must be listed in the Work History and Education sections of the application for verification and to receive full credit.
6. I understand I am responsible for the accuracy and completeness of my application.
7. I Acknowledge that I have read and understand each of the above statements.

Position Understanding Statements I understand this position:

• Involves working outside in all types of weather.
• Involves lifting tools and materials up to 50 pounds.
• Lifts and operates equipment weighing up to 90 pounds.
• Is a full-time temporary position.
• Is not eligible for benefits.

I understand the hours for this position are Monday - Friday; 7:30 AM - 4 PM or Monday - Thursday; 6 AM - 4:30 PM (Hours may vary based on division/seasonal needs, subject to changes/OT during emergencies).

Eligibility & Licensing

• Due to the nature of work and equipment operated, this position requires that you be at least 18 years old.
• As a condition of my employment for the position for which I am applying with the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County, that I must at all times be legally licensed to operate a motor vehicle.
• I understand state law requires operators possessing a drivers license from another state must obtain a valid Nebraska drivers license within 30 days of change of residence.
• Further, I understand that if my driving privileges and/or license is at any time suspended, revoked, impounded, or in any other way removed by the State of Nebraska, that I must notify my supervisor within 30 days of a conviction for any type of violation (except parking) which does not result in a loss of my driving privileges.
• Further, I understand that this document is an official City/County record, and that falsification of this document, or failure to report loss of driving privileges and/or license in the future is grounds for my being disciplined, if hired, or removed from the list of certified eligibles.

Application Questions

1. Drivers License: For verification purposes please list the state of issuance and your drivers license number.
2. Work Preference: Please indicate your preference of work between streets, signs, and signals. (Note: Preference chosen cannot be guaranteed based on business needs.)
   • [ ] Streets
   • [ ] Signs
   • [ ] Signals
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   • General Labor Experience: Do you have experience performing general laboring work?
     • No experience
     • Yes, less than 1 month of experience
     • Yes, 1 to 6 months of experience
     • Yes, 6 to 12 months of experience
     • Yes, over 12 months of experience
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     • Experience Details: If yes, please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience.
     • Duty Description: If yes, please describe your work duties.
     • Equipment Experience: Indicate if you have paid work experience with the following equipment, machines, or motor vehicles:
       • Front end loaders
       • Forklifts
       • Mowers
       • Jackhammers
       • Tractors
       • Dump trucks
       • Chain saws
       • None
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       • Equipment Employers: Please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience.
       • Personal Experience: Please indicate if you have PERSONAL experience performing the following tasks:
         • Building and grounds maintenance
         • Picking up litter
         • Mowing
         • Light mechanical repair work
         • Street barricading or signing
         • Concrete or asphalt work
         • Residential construction
         • Commercial construction
         • None
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         • Paid Work Experience: Please indicate if you have PAID WORK experience performing the following tasks:
           • Building and grounds maintenance
           • Picking up litter
           • Mowing
           • Light mechanical repair work
           • Street barricading or signing
           • Concrete or asphalt removal
           • Residential construction
           • Commercial construction
           • None
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           • Employers for Paid Experience: Please list the employers from your application where you acquired this experience.

           • Required Question

             • Employer: City of Lincoln/Lancaster County
             • Address: 555 South 10th Street, Room 302, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68508
             • Phone: (402) 441-7597
             • Website:http://agency.governmentjobs.com/lincolnne/default.cfm