Highway Maintenance Specialist
If you have a Colorado Class A or B Commercial Driver's License 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 Temporary Highway Maintenance Specialist in Lyons, CO for the winter season. CDOT offers $25.68 / hour for the winter season. The majority of CDOT's temporary Highway Maintenance positions work 40 hours per week with the opportunity for overtime.
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.
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 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
Must have at least two (2) years of physical labor and / or heavy equipment operation experience.
Has a strong commitment to working safelyHas a desire to learnWants to work outdoorsLikes physically demanding workTakes pride in a job well doneAdapts efficiently to changing conditions and prioritiesWorks effectively in a team environment and looks out for team membersCommunicates effectively, especially in safety-critical situationsHas a strong commitment to providing good customer serviceLikes to solve problems and figure out better ways to do thingsHas experience operating equipment, such as single and tandem axle dump trucks, front end loaders, bulldozers, backhoes, etc.Has experience using hand toolsHas basic computer skills and can learn new software / equipmentYears of State service experience related to the duties of this position