Highway Maintenance Specialist - Traffic, Grand Junction (CDL Required)
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key info:
- Department Information: Applications considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado. If you have a Colorado Class A or B CDL and are passionate about safety, travel, and hands-on repair and improvements, then consider turning your passions into a career as a Highway Maintenance Specialist. CDOT has a vacancy for a Highway Maintenance Specialist in Grand Junction, CO.
- Total annual compensation: $53,940 ($53,940 base pay). Base pay for this position is $2,074.62 /biweekly ($53,940 - 54,000/annually). There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year. The annualized hourly rate for this position is $25.93 /hour, with an overtime rate of $38.90/hour.
- The anticipated work schedule: 10-hour days, 4 days per week Monday – Thursday with 3 day weekends. This position works out of town typically April 1st through November 1st. When traveling overnight, CDOT pays for the hotel and employees receive a per diem amount to pay for meals.
- This position requires an upgrade to a CDL Class A within 18 months after appointment; training provided.
- About CDOT: description of mission.
- Benefits: State of Colorado offers competitive medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts. Visit State of Colorado benefits for details, current premium rates and a summary video about benefits. The state also offers 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. Perks include Colorado Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP) counseling, wellness, credit union membership and employee discount program. Visit CDOT Benefits for details. Some positions may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
- CDOT for All: statement about diversity.
- The eligible list created from this announcement may be used to fill current and future vacancies for a period of up to 6 months.
- Description Of Job: What You Will Do: list of duties.
- What Impact You Will Have: description.
- What CDOT Provides: list of provisions (PPE, CDL physical payment, partial reimbursement, CPR/first-aid training, variety of career training opportunities, 40-hour work weeks, opportunity for overtime, 4-day work schedule (10-hour days Monday-Thursday) during summer months May-Sept, opportunities to learn new equipment, opportunities for advancement).
- Your Work Environment: list of exposures and requirements.
- Minimum Qualifications: Must have at least two (2) years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience.
- Preferred Qualifications: bullet list of many items.
- 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 CDL, 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 SSN trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks. More information in the supplemental information section. 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. 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.
- Supplemental Information: Applicant Checklist etc. This is boilerplate/application instructions, we should remove.
We need to produce sections: About the role? Actually "About the role" could be a summary of the job description. But we have "Description Of Job What You Will Do". That could be Responsibilities. Also "What Impact You Will Have" maybe part of Responsibilities or separate? Could be "Responsibilities". "What CDOT Provides" could be Benefits. Also we have Pay and Schedule info.
We need to decide which sections to include: About the role (maybe a brief overview), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (minimum qualifications + conditions?), Qualifications (preferred qualifications?), Skills (maybe from preferred qualifications?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can group them under appropriate headings.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual pay numbers, schedule details, benefits details.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's craft sections:
About the role
: maybe a paragraph summarizing: Highway Maintenance Specialist in Grand Junction, CO; requires Colorado Class A or B CDL; passion for safety, travel, hands-on repair; position involves varied duties, on-call, etc.
But we must not invent details; we can paraphrase but must preserve substance. Paraphrasing is okay as long as we don't lose info. However we must be careful not to add info not present. Summarizing is allowed as long as we keep the substance. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details; summarizing could be okay if we keep all details? Might be safer to keep details as lists or paragraphs.
We could have a
that includes the location, CDOT mission, etc. Then Responsibilities: list of duties from "What You Will Do". Use
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Then Requirements: maybe combine Minimum Qualifications and Conditions of Employment (must have CDL, etc.) as requirements.
Then Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list.
Then Skills: maybe we can extract skills from preferred qualifications (commitment to safety, desire to learn, etc.) but we could also put them under Qualifications. However we need a Skills section only if posting has real specific content for it. The posting does not have a separate "Skills" heading; but we could create a Skills section from the preferred qualifications that are skill-like. However we must not create a section if the posting doesn't have real specific content for it. The preferred qualifications list includes many skill-like items. It might be okay to treat them as Qualifications rather than Skills. But we need to decide.
We have Benefits: list from "What CDOT Provides" plus state benefits.
Pay: include compensation details.
Schedule: include work schedule details.
We must not include sections like "About CDOT" as a heading unless we map to About the role? Could be "About the role" includes CDOT mission.
Let's structure:
About the role
Highway Maintenance Specialist position located in Grand Junction, CO. Open to Colorado residents and non‑residents. Requires a Colorado Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License (or eligibility to obtain) and a passion for safety, travel, and hands‑on repair and improvement work. The role involves varied highway maintenance duties, on‑call rotation, and potential out‑of‑town travel April 1 through November 1.
That seems to capture substance.Responsibilities
- Installing pavement markings/striping
- Installing and repairing guardrail, highway markers and signs, warning signs, and lighting
- 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
- 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
- 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 specialists per patrol location Also "What Impact You Will Have" could be part of Responsibilities or separate. But we can incorporate as a paragraph under Responsibilities: "Your work is critical to keeping Colorado’s roadways open and safe, positively impacting quality of life for all Coloradans and visitors and helping the economy thrive." We could add a
after the list. Now Requirements: Minimum Qualifications and Conditions of Employment. We need to include: Must have at least two (2) years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience. Conditions: 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 CDL, 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. 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