Equipment Operator/Laborer, CDL Required (Seasonal/Temporary)

About the Skyway

Built by the City of Chicago in 1958, the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge (“Skyway”) is a 7.8-mile toll road connecting the Indiana Toll Road to the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s South Side.

A key feature of the Skyway is the half-mile-long steel truss “High Bridge,” which spans the Calumet River and Calumet Harbor—an important route for industrial shipping. The bridge’s main span is 650 feet long and provides 125 feet of vertical clearance.

• Our Vision: To be the best operational toll road project in the United States, recognized for delivering exceptional value to our customers, partners, and community through operational excellence and sustainable long-term performance.
• Our Mission: Our mission is simple: Provide the safest, most time-efficient, convenient, and reliable highway to and through Chicago.

Position Summary

This is a winter seasonal, full-time, safety-sensitive position within SCC's Operations Department reporting to the Roadway Supervisor. A minimum Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with air brake endorsement is required. The EOL employee performs a variety of roadway and highway maintenance duties under established guidelines and supervision. Responsibilities include operating maintenance equipment, performing manual labor, and supporting safe roadway operations during winter weather conditions. Employees must exercise sound judgment and caution while operating equipment to prevent injury, equipment damage, and hazards to the motoring public. The position requires regular outdoor work in all weather conditions, including snow and ice events, and frequent exposure to traffic, noise, vibrations, dust, dirt, fumes, and exhaust. Duties involve continuous standing, bending, equipment operation, and moderate manual dexterity. Employees must be able to perform heavy physical tasks, including lifting, shoveling, and moving materials, with frequent exertion and strain.

Essential Functions (Duties and Responsibilities)

• Patches, chips, seals, and blacktops roads. 
• Trims around hedges and signs and cuts down and removes dead trees.
• Mows grass along road shoulders and rights-of-way.
• Loads and dumps crushed stone, sand, and salt from trucks.
• Operates various types of equipment requiring moderate training; examples include, but are not limited to: trucks that may be equipped with abrasive spreaders, oil distributors, or bucket rigs; tractors that may be equipped with mowers, scrapers, spreaders, sweepers, or loaders; bush hogs, trenchers, post drivers, jackhammers, portable pavement marking machines and tar kettles, street sweepers, and front-end loaders.
• Cleans storm drains, sewers, bridge decks, piers, and culverts.
• Aids in cleaning highways after accidents and removes trash from roadsides.
• Assists in performing various winter maintenance activities, such as operating and maintaining snow and ice removal equipment, sign, guardrail, and fence repair, and other related functions as assigned.
• Ensures proper care and cleaning of equipment as instructed by the supervisor.
• Obeys all safety policies and procedural guidelines.
• Performs patrolling duties as assigned.
• SCC operates 24 hours a day and offers various work shifts. This position is subject to a twenty-four (24)-hour call.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Working knowledge of highway maintenance practices preferred, but not required.
• Ability to use various hand tools and materials used in highway maintenance.
• Ability to operate a variety of highway maintenance equipment ranging from small power tools to large vehicular equipment requiring moderate training.
• Knowledge of traffic laws applicable to light and heavy equipment.
• Ability to follow instructions.
• Must possess a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with air-brake endorsement.

Work Environment and Physical Demands
 This position operates in the field. While performing the duties of this role, the employee is regularly required to communicate, sit, stand, and use standard office equipment.

• This role may also involve occasional lifting of 50–75 pounds, walking, or exposure to outdoor conditions, depending on operational needs.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.