Temporary Highway Maintenance Specialist Telluride

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 Telluride, CO for the winter season.

CDOT offers $25.68 / hour for the winter season. The majority of CDOT's temporary positions work 40 hours per week with the opportunity for overtime.

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, 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, and 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, full payment for your CDL physical, partial reimbursement for your CDL renewal, 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 during the summer months, opportunities to learn new equipment, and opportunities for advancement.

Your work environment includes exposure to loud noise, fumes, odors, gasses, dusts, etc., 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, 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, and 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.