Highway Maintenance Specialist

Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2 – Highway Maintenance Specialist with the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Delivery and Operations Division in Bend. Help keep Oregon’s roads and travelers safe by maintaining and repairing roadways, highways, bridges, and structures, and assisting with emergency cleanup and traffic control.

Responsibilities

• Assist with weather-related emergencies and operate snowplows, deicer trucks, and other equipment to clear snow from roadways.
• Operate a variety of heavy and light equipment and tools to maintain and repair road surfaces.
• Perform minor surface repairs including pothole and concrete patching and small inlay work.
• Maintain and repair fences, guardrails, concrete barriers, and milepost markers.
• Clear debris, brush, mow grass, and spray roadside vegetation.
• Maintain drainage systems, dig and clean ditches, and repair culverts, inlets, and erosion.
• Maintain wooded areas, including replanting, pruning, thinning, or trimming trees, shrubs, and groundcover.
• Work in conditions involving noise, extreme heights, all weather, heavy equipment, pesticides, and hazardous waste materials.
• Move around rough terrain, bend and stoop for extended periods, and lift up to 60 pounds.
• Travel around the region and be available after hours, on weekends, and holidays for emergency, on-call, and weather-related purposes.

Requirements

• One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work, or two years of general landscaping, maintenance, mechanical, farming, logging, and/or construction experience or training.
• 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 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).
• Valid driver license and an acceptable driving record (pre-employment driving records checks, including Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Clearinghouse registration and full query check, will be conducted).
• Maximum 45-minute response time to 63055 N Highway 97, Bend, OR 97703 for emergency call-outs.
• Must obtain a Public Pesticide Applicator’s license within six months of hire (once licensed, employees earn an extra $2.75 per hour when performing licensed pesticide or herbicide duties).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in road maintenance, construction, or in a maintenance training program such as ODOT High School to Highway program, ODOT/ODF Fire and Ice program, Job Corps, etc.
• Current, valid commercial driver’s license A (CDL-A).
• Current, valid public pesticide applicator’s license.
• Experience working on a team.
• Experience working safely, monitoring safety, or reporting safety issues.
• Winter maintenance experience such as sanding, deicing, or using snow blowers or snowplows.
• Strong communication skills, including following verbal and written instructions.

Benefits

• Work/life balance with 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, and paid leave.
• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range, determined through an equal pay assessment based on application materials.
• Salary range increases by 6.95% for PERS members or once PERS-eligible.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity.
• Representation by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Pay

Non-PERS monthly salary range: $4,312 - $5,988.

Note: Visa sponsorship is not offered. Must be able to work in the U.S. as confirmed by the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form. This recruitment may fill multiple or future vacancies. Final candidates will undergo name-based criminal background checks and additional pre-employment checks (e.g., driver license, LEDS, education verification).