Highway Maintenance Specialist - Akron

Highway Maintenance Specialist

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado. 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 Highway Maintenance Specialist in Akron, CO. The 2025 Step Pay Program may increase the salary range for employees with time in the class series. Base pay for this position is $2,053.85 / biweekly ($53,400 / annually). There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year. The annualized hourly rate for this position is $25.68 / hour, with an overtime rate of $38.51 / hour.

At the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), you'll have the opportunity to make a difference in Coloradans' lives. Do you want to make a difference in Coloradans' lives? Do you have a passion for helping people and keeping them safe? The work our people do contributes to keeping Coloradans and visitors safe and provides freedom, connection, and experience through travel.

Your daily work activities change based on project needs, 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.

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The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring