Highway Maintenance Specialist - Summit County (CDL Required)

About the role

The Department of Transportation (CDOT) is seeking a Highway Maintenance Specialist in Summit County, Breckenridge, CO. The total annual compensation for this position is $53,940 ($53,940 base pay).

Responsibilities

• No two days are exactly the same. Activities vary based on project needs, weather, environment, and road conditions.
• On-call on a rotating basis and subject to call for weather and other emergencies.
• Work in a team environment, with at least one lead highway maintenance specialist and multiple highway maintenance specialists.
• Main job activities include plowing snow, operating heavy equipment, mowing grass and weeds, removing debris, installing and repairing guardrail, highway markers, and signs, filling potholes, and setting out signs and cones for traffic control.
• May stop or slow traffic in emergency situations and perform minor repairs.

What You Will Do

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

What CDOT Provides

• Personal protective equipment, such as uniforms, boots, hard hats, gloves, safety vest, respirator, and tools.
• 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.
• Opportunities for advancement.

Work Environment

• 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 10’–20’.
• Required to drive CDOT vehicles.
• Frequently respond to emergencies outside regular work hours and may work overtime including weekends and holidays.
• 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

• At least two (2) years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience.
• A strong commitment to working safely.
• A desire to learn.
• To work outdoors.
• To like physically demanding work.
• 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.

Conditions of Employment

• 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.