Highway Maintenance Specialist

Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2 – Highway Maintenance Specialist
Oregon Department of Transportation
Delivery & Operations Division – Region 2
District 3
McMinnville

Salary: $3,948 - $5,483

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 assist with providing traffic control and incident clean up. Apply today!

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions. We hope you’ll join us on our path to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through our values, commitments, strategies and actions.

Before applying, visit our applicant information website to learn more about our process. 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.
• May need to be available after hours, on weekends and holidays for emergency, on call and weather related purposes.
• 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, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.
• Competitive benefits packages which can be estimated using our compensation calculator.
• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range based on your experience, skills and education. The salary range listed is the non-PERS participating rate. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6.95%. Please review the Classification and Compensation page for more details.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!

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Minimum qualifications:

One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work;

OR

Two years of general landscaping, maintenance, mechanical, farming, logging, and/or construction experience or training.

Special qualifications:

• This position requires a maximum45 minute response time to 1502 N. Highway 99W, McMinnville, OR 97128 for emergency call-outs.
• CDL-A Required: 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, no air brake restrictions, no 5th wheel restrictions and no manual transmission restrictions, OR have the ability to acquire a class A commercial learner permit within 60 days of hire and a CDL-A with a tanker endorsement and restrictions removed within six months of hire (ODOT will cover training 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.
• This position requires the final candidate obtain their Public Pesticide Applicator’s license within 1 year of hire.

What we’d like to see:

If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience, education and alignment with ODOT values to help us decide who will move forward.

• Demonstrated experience safely maintaining effectiveness in various environments with changing priorities and tasks.
• Able to provide clearly and effectively communicate with team members, supervisors and other partners both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated experience in emergency or incident response.
• Demonstrated experience working with, guiding and or leading others to a common goal.
• Demonstrated work history and knowledge of highway maintenance practices.
• Demonstrated experience identifying problems, evaluating options and implementing effective solutions independently or as a part of a team. 
• A proven track record of operating and maintaining equipment safely, including the ability to troubleshoot minor mechanical issues.

Learn more and apply: 

This recruitment closes at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2024. 

Please note that we can only accept applications through our website. 

Questions? Call 503-779-9733 or email ODOTRecruitmentJB@odot.oregon.gov.  

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer