Highway Maintenance Coordinator

The Role

Bring your maintenance and leadership experience to our team as a highway maintenance coordinator. In this role, you will help the transportation maintenance manager by overseeing the work of the road maintenance crew. You will oversee the repair, renovation and reconstruction of roadbeds, surfaces, structures and facilities.

What’s In It For You

Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.

Minimum Qualifications

• Three years of maintenance or construction experience in roadway, highway, bridge, sign, drawbridge, or landscape.

Special Qualifications

• This position requires a maximum 30 minute response time to 715 Gold Course Road, Enterprise, OR 97828 for emergency call-outs.
• You must possess a current, valid commercial driver's license A (CDL-A) with a tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, no 5th wheel restrictions and no manual transmission restrictions, OR have the ability to acquire a class A commercial learner permit within 60 days of hire and a CDL-A with a tanker endorsement and restrictions removed within six months of hire (ODOT will cover training costs).

What We’d Like To See

• Knowledge of methods and techniques for prioritizing, assigning and reviewing the work of others and working cooperatively with a wide variety of people.
• Knowledge of safety practices and precautions in transportation maintenance work.
• Knowledge of proper traffic control procedures, including highway signing, flagging and coning.
• Skill in communicating and following oral and written instructions and keeping written and computerized records of work.
• Experience completing basic mechanical repairs on light and heavy vehicles or equipment.
• Experience leading and coordinating a team.
• A current, valid commercial driver’s license A (CDL-A) is preferred.
• Experience participating on district leadership teams, safety committees, or large district wide projects.

How To Apply

Complete the following required steps:

• Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document.
• Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.
• Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.

Additional Information

This recruitment will remain open until filled. Our first application screening is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on 08/10/2026, but we may close the announcement at any time after this date when we have received an adequate number of applications. We cannot guarantee that we will consider applications received after this screening date. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.