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Job overview
Maintenance Technicians help MDOT maintain Mississippi’s highway system across the District. They perform activities including pavement repair, mowing, sign repair, drainage system maintenance, and storm debris removal. They also assist with the operations and upkeep of rest areas, welcome centers, and MDOT facilities. Maintenance staff and equipment mobilize from county maintenance offices to address maintenance needs within each county.
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Full job description
Maintenance Technicians are vital for MDOT to maintain Mississippi's highway system. These critical personnel perform maintenance activities such as pavement repair, mowing, sign repair, drainage system maintenance, storm debris removal, etc. within the Districts. Each County in the District has a maintenance office from which maintenance staff and equipment mobilize to meet the maintenance needs within that County. Maintenance technicians also assist in the operations and upkeep of all Rest Areas, Welcome Centers and MDOT facilities within the District. Must have a High School Diploma and be at least 18 years of age. Candidate must have a Class A CDL. Also candidate mst have at least 11 months of experience. Employer is hiring for the following countries: Hinds, Madison, and Rankin.
How this job compares
Set against the 6,958 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$58–80K/yr308 salary ranges
- Mississippi median$23–32/hr26 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 107 open Maintenance Technician jobs in Mississippi and 6,958 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Mississippi
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 3,815 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 3,184 of the 6,958 open Maintenance Technician jobs (46%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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