Highway Maintenance Specialist: Outdoors, CDL & Overtime

State of Colorado; Colorado; On-site; USD 54,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

4-day work schedule (Mon-Thu)

Job summary

Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) seeks a Highway Maintenance Specialist for Norwood, CO. The role focuses on winter maintenance, road safety, and heavy equipment operation. On-call duties apply, with a 4-day summer schedule and potential housing stipends.

Base pay ranges from $53,940 to $54,000 annually, with overtime and a $25.93 hourly equivalent. On-site work requires CDL Class A/B and readiness for hazardous conditions and long hours.

Qualifications

• Two years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience.

Responsibilities

• Plowing snow.
• Operating heavy equipment such as tandem dump truck, loader, tractor mower.
• 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.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Physical labor

Job description

Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) seeks a Highway Maintenance Specialist for Norwood, CO. The role focuses on winter maintenance, road safety, and heavy equipment operation. On-call duties apply, with a 4-day summer schedule and potential housing stipends.

Base pay ranges from $53,940 to $54,000 annually, with overtime and a $25.93 hourly equivalent. On-site work requires CDL Class A/B and readiness for hazardous conditions and long hours.