Highway Maintenance Specialist - Blue Mesa ($500/mo housing - CDL Required)

About the role

The Department Information section includes details about the eligibility criteria and the position's total annual compensation, which is $59,940 ($53,940 base pay and $6,000 housing stipend).

Responsibilities

• Plowing snow
• Operating heavy equipment, such as tandem dump truck, loader, tractor mower, etc.
• Mowing grass and weeds
• Removing debris from roadways, including rock, mud, and deceased animals
• 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
• Stopping or slowing traffic in emergency situations
• Maintaining equipment and performing minor repairs
• Following safety guidance and wearing proper safety equipment

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least two (2) years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience
• A valid Commercial Driver’s License Class A or B with no restriction on air brakes that allows operation within Colorado
• Eligibility to drive in Colorado with your CDL at time of hire if you have a non-Colorado Commercial Driver’s License
• To be eligible to transfer your CDL to Colorado within 30 days of relocation if you move to reside in Colorado
• To pass a pre-employment screening which may include social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks
• To 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

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• A strong commitment to working safely
• A desire to learn
• To work outdoors
• To take pride in a job well done
• To adapt efficiently to changing conditions and priorities
• To work effectively in a team environment and look out for team members
• To communicate effectively, especially in safety-critical situations
• To have experience operating equipment, such as single and tandem axle dump trucks, front end loaders, bulldozers, backhoes, etc.
• To have experience using hand tools
• To have basic computer skills and can learn new software/equipment

Benefits

CDOT provides various benefits including:

• Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• PERA retirement
• Great optional PERA plans such as 401K
• A generous paid time off package of annual, sick, holiday and other leave
• Strong career growth
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development
• CSEAP counseling, wellness, credit union membership and employee discount program

Schedule

This position offers a 40-hour work week with the possibility of overtime during weather emergencies. Additionally, there is a 4-day work schedule (10-hour days Monday-Thursday) during the summer months, typically May through September.

Pay

The annualized hourly rate for this position is $25.93 /hour, with an overtime rate of $38.90/hour. The base pay for this position is $2,074.62 /biweekly ($53,940 - 54,000/annually).