Highway Maintenance Specialist (Limited Duration)
: Job Details :

Initial Posting Date:

12/02/2024

Application Deadline:

12/09/2024

Agency:

Department of Transportation

Salary Range:

$3,948 - $5,483

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Highway Maintenance Specialist (Limited Duration)

Job Description:

Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2 - Highway Maintenance Specialist (Limited Duration)

Oregon Department of Transportation

Delivery and Operations Division - Region 3

Striping Crew

Roseburg

The role:

Do you want to use your skills to make a difference? Join us as a highway maintenance specialist and help keep Oregon's roads and travelers safe! As part of our striping crew, you will make decisions and operate equipment necessary to maintain and repair roadways, highways, bridges and structures. You will also help with emergency cleanup and traffic control after incidents, storms, spills and more! Apply today!

This is a limited duration appointment that is expected to end on or before 12/31/2025. Limited duration appointments are benefits eligible and have a designated maximum length of service. This position has the potential to become permanent.

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:

* Perform manual labor to maintain or replace striping and legends.

* Operate a wide variety of light and heavy equipment.

* Maintain drainage systems, dig and clean ditches, repair culverts, inlets and erosion.

* Repair guardrails, barriers, milepost markers, delineators and fences.

* Set up traffic control operations and control and flag the traveling public and work crews.

* Complete weather related operations including snow removal, plowing, deicing and sanding.

* Dispose of debris, clear brush and mow grass.

* Apply specific pesticide and herbicidal sprays on vegetation along roadways.

* Complete minor service and repair of equipment, tools and motorized equipment.

* May be required to walk, stand, bend and stoop for extended periods of time, lift up to 60 pounds and may be exposed to hazardous materials and chemicals.

* May be required to work long hours or travel overnight and may need to be available at any time including 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 ...@odot.oregon.gov.

What's in it for you:

* Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.

* Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying.

* The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6.95%.

* 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 maximum 30 minute response time to 3339 Old Hwy 99S, Roseburg, OR 97471 for emergency call-outs.

* CDL-A or Commercial Learner Permit Class A Required: Employee will be required to use a commercial motor vehicle to conduct business. You must possess a current, valid commercial learner permit class A to be considered eligible for this position. You must also have or be able to obtain a commercial driver's license A (CDL-A) with a tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, no 5th wheel restrictions and no manual transmission restrictions within six months of hire (ODOT will cover training costs). 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 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.

* Winter maintenance experience including plowing snow and operating equipment.

* Experience communicating with diverse groups of people.

* Experience responding to emergency situations.

* Experience working with little to no direct supervision and performing high quality work.

How to apply:

* 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 a current State of Oregon 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 be available after you submit your application. 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-###-#### or email ...@odot.oregon.gov.

Additional information:

* 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, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension]. We are also unable to proceed with Curricular Practical Training (CPT) program requests.

* 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).

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-###-#### (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-###-####. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

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