Highway Maintenance Specialist - Durango Traffic (Safety Striping)

About the role

This announcement is posted until the position is filled. Applications will be considered as they are received. It's in your best interest to apply early.

Responsibilities

• Installing pavement markings/striping
• Installing and repairing guardrail, highway markers and signs, warning signs, and lighting
• 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
• Filling potholes and roadway cracks
• Setting out signs and cones for traffic control
• Removing and covering graffiti
• Stopping or slowing traffic in emergency situations
• Maintaining equipment and performing minor repairs
• Following safety guidance and wearing proper safety equipment

Requirements

The anticipated start date for this position is no earlier than July 2026.

Must have at least two (2) years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience.

Must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver’s License Class A or B with no restriction on air brakes that allows operation within Colorado.

If you have a non-Colorado Commercial Driver’s License, you must be eligible to drive in Colorado with your CDL at time of hire. If you currently live outside of Colorado and relocate to reside in Colorado, you must transfer your CDL to Colorado within 30 days of relocation.

Must 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.

May be required to pass a controlled substance test (i.e., drug test), and DOT physical through our medical provider.

On-call work (rotating basis as well as subject to call)

Shift work

Essential Services Designation – Required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergency services to ensure health, safety, and welfare.

May be required to live within thirty (30) minutes' driving time in normal weather conditions to be able to respond in a timely manner after being notified to report to work.

Qualifications

• Has a strong commitment to working safely
• Has a desire to learn
• Wants to work outdoors
• Likes physically demanding work
• Takes pride in a job well done
• Adapts efficiently to changing conditions and priorities
• Works effectively in a team environment and looks out for team members
• Communicates effectively, especially in safety-critical situations
• Has a strong commitment to providing good customer service
• Likes to solve problems and figure out better ways to do things
• Has experience operating equipment, such as single and tandem axle dump trucks, front end loaders, bulldozers, backhoes, etc.
• Has experience using hand tools
• Has basic computer skills and can learn new software/equipment

Skills

Knowledge of an emergency or hazardous condition may be considered to be notification to report to workstation.

New employees are required to take two weeks of maintenance training, while veteran CDOT employees are required to take one week of training each year.

This training is completed via computer or in our Aurora location.

May be required to obtain a Hazardous Materials endorsement within 6 months to 1 year as a condition of appointment.

Must be willing to respond to emergencies outside regular work hours and work overtime including weekends and holidays.

Must provide the supervisor with a telephone number where you can be reached for the purposes of responding to an emergency.

Benefits

Total annual compensation for this position is $59,400 ($53,400 base pay and $6,000 housing stipend).

Base pay for this position is $2,053.85 /biweekly ($53,400/annually).

There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

This location is also eligible for an additional $500/month housing stipend.

The annualized hourly rate for this position is $25.67 /hour, with an overtime rate of $38.50/hour.