Highway Maintenance Specialist- SE Denver (CDL Training Provided)

Highway Maintenance Specialist

CDOT has a vacancy for a Highway Maintenance Specialist in Southeast Denver, CO and will provide training to obtain your CDL. Total annual compensation for this position is $65,400 ($53,400 base pay and $12,000 housing stipend).

Base pay for this position is $2,053.85 biweekly ($53,400 / annually). There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year. This location is also eligible for an additional $1000 month housing stipend. The annualized hourly rate for this position is $25.67 hour, with an overtime rate of $38.50 / hour.

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. This position will require either a pre-employment drug test (if you currently have a regular driver's license) or a DOT drug test (if you already have your CDL Permit or CDL) as a pre-employment step. As part of the process to obtain your CDL permit, you will be required to take a DOT physical and DOT drug test.

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.