Highway Maintenance Specialist [United States]

 

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Initial Posting Date:

07/12/2023

Application Deadline:

08/01/2023

Agency:

Department of Transportation

Salary Range:

$3,265 - $4,913

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Highway Maintenance Specialist

Job Description:

Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2 – Highway Maintenance Specialist
Oregon Department of Transportation
Delivery & Operations Division – Region 2
District 4 / Ona Beach

Seal Rock

The role:

Are you passionate about safety? Join us as a highway maintenance specialist to help keep our roads safe. In this role, you will operate equipment to maintain, repair and fix roadways, highways, freeways and bridges. You will also perform various winter operation tasks like plowing, sanding, deicing and operating a snow blower. You will also assist with providing traffic control and incident clean up. Apply today!

Our first application screening is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions and hope you will join us on our path to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are an agency that embraces social equity through our values, strategic planning, and actions. Leaning into our equity priorities means we continually examine what we do, the impact we have, and our progress toward weaving social equity into who we are. To learn more about our social equity commitments,

visit our Social Equity website

.

If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your

employee Workday profile.

A day in the life:

• Work around heavy traffic conditions including freeways.
• Set up temporary traffic control signs, devices and flag traffic to protect the traveling public and work crews.
• Clear vegetation on right of way using chainsaws, hand tools, motorized brush cutters and brush chippers.
• Dig and clean ditches using hand shovel or by operating motorized equipment including front end loaders, backhoes, graders, vactors, light and/or heavy trucks.
• Control traffic and clean up the roadway in emergency situations involving incidents and spills which may include hazardous materials.
• Perform minor building maintenance including janitorial, landscaping, painting and light carpentry.
• Must be able to move around rough terrain, on uneven slopes and may need to lift up to 60 pounds.
• Work in and around heavy construction equipment while staying in compliance with safety policies.
• Respond to weather-related emergencies by assessing the need for and performing snow removal, deicing or sanding to keep roadways, highways and bridges open for the traveling public.
• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email

  ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov

  .

What’s in it for you:

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, competitive benefits packages and so much more.

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  about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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What we need:

Two years of maintenance and/or construction experience in roadway/highway, bridge, sign, drawbridge or landscape (any type of ground maintenance, including tree, shrub and lawn maintenance; sprinkler system maintenance, cleaning ditches and catch basins, or work related to professional/commercial or public landscaping, farming or logging);

AND

Experience in each of the following areas:

A) Operating heavy and/or light motorized equipment;

B) Using hand and power tools;

C) Performing minor servicing of equipment, AND

D) Applying safety procedures.

OR

Two years of experience operating construction and maintenance machinery to include one or more of the following types: front-end loader, road grader, bulldozer, backhoe, tractor/low-boy, and 5- or 10- yard dump truck.

Special qualifications:

• This position requires a maximum 45-minute response time to 12735 NW Pacific Coast Hwy., Seal Rock, Oregon, 97376, for emergency call-outs.
• Employee will be required to use a commercial motor vehicle to conduct business; you must possess a current, valid commercial driver's license A (CDL-A) with a tanker endorsement, and no air brake restrictions, OR have the ability to acquire one within six months of hire (ODOT will cover training and costs) to be considered eligible for this position. A valid driver license and an acceptable driving record are required for this position. We will conduct pre-employment driving records checks, including Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Clearinghouse registration and full query check for our final candidate(s) and annual query for current employees.

What we’d like to see:

If you have these qualities, let us know! It’s how we will choose whom to move forward!

Note: You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position.

• Experience providing actionable recommendations for change and improvement.
• Experience providing guidance to new members of the team.
• Experience assisting employees or the public while making safety a primary focus.
• Experience operating light and heavy equipment.
• Able to collaborate with team members to achieve a common goal.

How to apply:

• Before applying,

  click here

  to visit our applicant information website to learn more about our process.
• Complete the following required steps:
  • Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document. Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.
  • Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.
• After you submit your application, please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are an employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.
• If you are a veteran, you may receive preference

  . The

  task to upload your documents

  will come before the public records request and gender identity questionnaire tasks. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.

Need help?

• For questions, call 503-779-9733 or email

  ODOTRecruitmentJB@odot.oregon.gov

  .

Additional information:

• This recruitment will remain open until filled. Our first application screening is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 08/01/2023, but we may close the announcement at any time after this date when we have received an adequate number of applications. We cannot guarantee that we will consider applications received after this screening date. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.
• This classification was recently included in a salary negotiation. The salary range listed in this announcement may increase once approved.
• We may also use other factors to help us decide who will move forward, such as transferable skills, experience, education, and alignment with

  ODOT values

  .
• We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer.
• Don’t attach extra documents. We will only look at documents that we ask for.
• We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.
• We will conduct name-based criminal background checks on final candidates, not including current ODOT employees. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.
• You will be represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Human Resources/Recruitment, MS12

355 Capitol St NE

Salem OR 97301-3871

Fax 503-986-3895

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

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