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Overview

Join the State of Indiana as a Highway Maintenance Laborer with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), where you can make a meaningful impact on the lives of Hoosiers while enjoying competitive compensation and a strong commitment to work-life balance.

Responsibilities

  • Perform general maintenance on Indiana highways and interstates.
  • Pick up trash and debris from roadways.
  • Fill potholes and maintain drainage systems.
  • Plow snow during winter months.
  • Assist with traffic control during emergency road closures.
  • Comply with INDOT safety policies and procedures.
  • Operate basic highway maintenance and traffic equipment.
  • Move and load supplies and materials.
  • Perform winter operations duties including snow and ice removal.
  • Conduct emergency response activities such as clean-up and traffic control.
  • Perform regular inspections and routine equipment maintenance.
  • Complete miscellaneous labor tasks.

Requirements

  • Must possess a valid Class A or Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or obtain one within the first 90 days of employment.
  • Pass and submit to a drug test as a condition of employment.
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds.
  • Ability to perform physical activities such as lifting, dragging, stooping, standing, and walking for long periods.
  • Must be able to endure exposure to inclement weather.
  • Ability to operate specialty traffic equipment.
  • Ability to follow directions and work as part of a team.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Normal work schedule is Monday through Friday.
  • Mandatory overtime may be required for emergency operations.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Gary, IN

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Indiana, where the middle half runs $21–$30/hr across 68 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Gary, IN

Gary, IN currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 146 other active welding openings from 113 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Gary, or widen the search to Indiana.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (8), TEAM, Inc. (4), and Forest River (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Indiana, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Indianapolis at $26/hr, Fort Wayne at $24/hr, and Middlebury at $21/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Gary, IN

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Highway Maintenance Laborer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.