Highway MEO Trainee

Department: Highway Starting Pay: $22.05/hour plus OT Category: Full Time Position: Highway MEO Trainee Job Location: 1005 Picture Parkway, Webster, NY 14580 Apply Today: email application to The Town of Webster is seeking permanent full time Highway Motor Equipment Operator Trainees who are interested in a career instead of a job. Must be able to thrive in an environment dedicated to excellence, safety and public service. This is a year-round 40-hour per week position with opportunity for overtime and premium pay for shift work. After 2-year traineeship, job matures into a full MEO position. Benefits include health insurance, dental coverage and pension. Half-day Fridays during the summer. Typical Duties: Learns and performs various Highway maintenance tasks, including but not limited to: Operation of heavy equipment/vehicles/trucks, including backhoes, dump trucks, snowplows, pavers, loaders, bobcat loaders, etc. used for highways maintenance Manual labor such as cleaning, loading and unloading trucks, raking and shoveling asphalt or topsoil, snow shoveling, leaf pickup, tree trimming, storm sewer and drainage work and paving-related activities Semi-skilled maintenance or construction trades, such as masonry, carpentry, plumbing, painting, or other maintenance operations Operation of small equipment and power tools, such as generators, bush clippers, leaf loaders, lateral and mainline cameras, chainsaws, compressors, chippers, jackhammers, etc.; Preferred Qualifications: Class B CDL Experience with asphalt, concrete or excavation work Commitment, common sense, and ambition for a life-long career Skilled trades such as electrical, framing, carpentry, plumbing Minimum Qualifications: Must be at least 18 years of age Must have a clean driver's license Requires ability to perform physically demanding work outdoors in all weather conditions. Special Requirements Background Checking: Applicants will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation, physical, driver license check and drug testing.

Created: 2026-03-10