Temporary Highway Maintenance Specialist - Divide Patrol 24

Highway Maintenance Specialist

If you have a Colorado Class A or B Commercial Driver's License and are passionate about safety, travel, and hands-on repair and improvements, then consider turning your passions into a career as a Highway Maintenance Specialist. CDOT has a vacancy for a Temporary Highway Maintenance Specialist in Divide, CO for the winter season. CDOT offers $25.68 / hour for the winter season. The majority of CDOT's temporary Highway Maintenance positions work 40 hours per week with the opportunity for overtime.

Your daily work activities change based on project needs and also vary based on weather, environment, and road conditions. You will be on-call on a rotating basis as well as subject to call to respond to weather and other emergencies. You will typically work in a team environment, as each maintenance patrol location has at least one lead highway maintenance specialist and multiple highway maintenance specialists.

Your main job activities include : plowing snow, operating heavy equipment, such as tandem dump truck, loader, tractor mower, etc., mowing grass and weeds, removing debris from culverts, tunnels, etc., shoveling gravel, sand, concrete, and asphalt, digging ditches, installing and repairing guardrail, highway markers and signs, warning signs, and lighting, filling potholes and roadway cracks, setting out signs and cones for traffic control, removing and covering graffiti, installing pavement markings / striping, stopping or slowing traffic in emergency situations, maintaining equipment and performing minor repairs, and following safety guidance and wearing proper safety equipment.

Your work is critical to keeping Colorados roadways open and safe. Your work also positively impacts quality of life for all Coloradans and visitors and helps our economy to thrive.

CDOT provides personal protective equipment, full payment for your CDL physical, after your first year with CDOT, partial reimbursement (up to 50%) for your CDL renewal, after your first year with CDOT, CPR and first-aid training, variety of career training opportunities, 40-hour work weeks, with opportunity for overtime during weather emergencies, 4-day work schedule (10-hour days Monday-Thursday) during the summer months, typically May through September, opportunities to learn new equipment, and opportunities for advancement.

Your work environment includes exposure to loud noise, exposure to fumes, odors, gasses, dusts, etc. that may affect breathing, eyes, and skin, required to use appropriate personal protective equipment, required to work with chemicals and cleaning products, some equipment requires the use of respirators, work near traffic, sometimes high-speed traffic, use ladders and scissor lifts for heights of approximately 1020, required to drive CDOT vehicles, frequently respond to emergencies outside regular work hours and may work overtime including weekends and holidays, and must be willing and be physically able to work in extreme temperatures (hot and cold), variable weather conditions, and at varying elevations up to 12,000 feet for long periods of time.

Minimum qualifications include at least two (2) years of physical labor and / or heavy equipment operation experience. Preferred qualifications include a strong commitment to working safely, a desire to learn, wanting to work outdoors, liking physically demanding work, taking pride in a job well done, adapting efficiently to changing conditions and priorities, working effectively in a team environment and looking out for team members, communicating effectively, especially in safety-critical situations, having a strong commitment to providing good customer service, liking to solve problems and figure out better ways to do things, having experience operating equipment, such as single and tandem axle dump trucks, front end loaders, bulldozers, backhoes, etc., having experience using hand tools, having basic computer skills and can learn new software / equipment, and years of State service experience related to the duties of this position.