Highway Maintenance Specialist, Night, Broom Crew - Denver Metro (CDL Training Provided)

Highway Maintenance Specialist

CDOT has a vacancy for a Highway Maintenance Specialist in Denver, CO and will provide training to obtain your CDL. This position requires that you obtain your CDL Permit within 30 days of hire and your CDL Class A or B within 120 days of hire as a condition of continued employment.

Total annual compensation for this position is $65,934 ($53,934 base pay and $12,000 housing stipend). Base pay for this position is $2,074.39/biweekly ($53,934/annually). There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year. This location is also eligible for an additional $1,000 month housing stipend. The annualized hourly rate for this position is $25.93 hour, with an overtime rate of $38.89/hour.

Anticipated Schedule: Monday - Thursday, 8:00 PM - 6:30 AM

Your daily work activities change based on project needs and also vary based on weather, environment, and road conditions. You will be on-call on a rotating basis as well as subject to call to respond to weather and other emergencies. You will typically work in a team environment, as each maintenance patrol location has at least one lead highway maintenance specialist and multiple highway maintenance specialists. Your main job activities include:

• 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
• Removing and covering graffiti
• Installing pavement markings/striping
• Stopping or slowing traffic in emergency situations
• Maintaining equipment and performing minor repairs
• Following safety guidance and wearing proper safety equipment

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.

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.

Your work environment includes exposure to loud noise, 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 must have at least two (2) years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience. Preferred qualifications include a strong commitment to working safely, a desire to learn, wanting to work outdoors, liking physically demanding work, taking pride in a job well done, adapting efficiently to changing conditions and priorities, working effectively in a team environment and looking out for team members, communicating effectively, especially in safety-critical situations, having a strong commitment to providing good customer service, liking to solve problems and figure out better ways to do things, having experience operating equipment, such as single and tandem axle dump trucks, front end loaders, bulldozers, backhoes, etc., having experience using hand tools, having basic computer skills and can learn new software/equipment, and years of State service experience related to the duties of this position.