DEPARTMENT INFORMATION:

This position is open to Colorado residents and non-residents applicants.

This position is covered by the Partnership Agreement between the State of Colorado and Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (COWins).

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

ABOUT CDOT Do you want to make a difference in Coloradans' lives? Do you have a passion for helping people and keeping them safe? At the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), you'll have the opportunity to do just that. The work our people do contributes to keeping Coloradans and visitors safe and provides freedom, connection, and experience through travel. Please visit our careers page to learn about CDOT and how we are making Colorado a great place to live, work and play, now and for the future! Also, check out our excellent benefits package!

CDOT FOR ALL CDOT's strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.

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DESCRIPTION OF JOB:

What You Will Do No two days are exactly the same in CDOT highway maintenance. 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 but are not limited to:

Operating Heavy Equipment: Operating heavy equipment such as, but not limited to 1 to 2 ton trucks, single axle and tandem axle flat bed trucks, crash attenuators, forklifts and donkey fork lifts, bucket truck.

Computer / Paper Work: Computer work and paper work - Imputing time into time sheets, looking up work orders, reading and understanding traffic control plans, reading and understanding Job Hazard Assessments, filling out reports, perform and assist in the planning of daily work activities. Manuals and other resources will be available for additional guidance if required.

Field Work: Prepping trucks and equipment for use on daily projects, installing and removing signs, hand held auger, portable cement mixer, compressor, generator, motorized and non-motorized pallet jack, walk behind and riding grinder, walk behind and riding tape machine, propane torch, lift gate on hook truck. Hand tools, such as shovels, breaker bar, post hole diggers, wrenches, drills, string lines, spray paint, hammers, hand held band saw, tape measure, measuring wheel, box cutter knife and additional tools and power tools required for markings projects. Addition training and guidance will be provided as needed.

Traffic Control: Setting signs for traffic control, setting cones, operating crash attenuator as a follow truck, operating stinger on crash attenuator, operating the VMS on the Crash attenuator, operating the lift gate on the hook truck, loading and unloading supply truck, strapping down material onto flatbed, hauling material to work sites. operating state radio for communications.

Equipment Maintenance: Equipment maintenance, such as oil changes, greasing drive lines, washing equipment, equipment inspection, minor equipment repairs. Guidance, training and instruction will be given prior to any work to be done.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have at least two (2) years of physical labor and/or heavy equipment operation experience.