Metro highway maintenance career fairs
Stop by and visit
Open to the public
No registration required
- Tuesday, April 7, 2026
3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Cedar Truck Station- 1900 E. 66th St
Map to Cedar Truck Station
- 1900 E. 66th St
Our jobs and benefits
Visit with our maintenance supervisors and human resources representatives to learn about and discuss the upcoming highway maintenance worker jobs and entry worker opportunities through our Transportation Associate Pathways Program (TAPP), along with the benefits of working for the State of Minnesota.
Highway maintenance work
- Snow and ice removal
- Patching and paving roadways
- Mowing roadsides
Temporary entry highway maintenance work
This is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience and develop skills for a career in transportation maintenance. Through the TAPP, we'll provide the following hand-on training for up to eight months to help you build specialized skills:
- Routine equipment maintenance, including calibration, setup, and adjustments
- Basic hand too use for a variety of tasks
- Vegetation control
- Pothole patching
- Guardrail repair
- Maintenance vehicles and equipment operation
- Computer use for data entry
- Mobile/two-way radio system operation
- Training to obtain a Class A commercial driver’s license (CDL) permit with no air brake restriction and a tanker endorsement
Benefits
- Low-cost health/dental insurance
- Defined pension plan
- Paid life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- 12 paid holidays per year
- Earn up to 29 paid vacation days a year
- Earn 13 days paid sick time
- On-the-job training
Apply on the spot
Bring a current resume or a detailed list of your previous work experience. We'll help you complete your application on the spot.
To request an accommodation (i.e., foreign language interpretation, ADA reasonable accommodations), email Janet Miller.