Highway Maintenance Lead Specialist (TM II) - Coal Creek

Posting number: HAA-50000674-07/26

Department: Department of Transportation

Division: CDOT Region 1

Job classification: Transportation Maintenance II

Posting type: Open

Categories: Transportation, Maintenance

Summary

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

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

This vacancy is a lead Highway Maintenance Specialist (TM II) located in Coal Creek, CO. 

About CDOT 

CDOT employees make a difference by providing freedom, connection, and experience to the traveling public, while also keeping them safe. The State of Colorado offers competitive medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending and health savings accounts. Visit the State of Colorado benefits for details, current premium rates and a summary video about benefits. The state also offers PERA retirement, great optional PERA plans such as 401K, a generous paid time off package of annual, sick, holiday and other leave, strong career growth, tuition reimbursement and professional development. Perks include Colorado Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP) counseling, wellness, credit union membership and employee discount program. Visit CDOT Benefits for details. Some positions may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

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. 

The eligible list created from this announcement may be used to fill current and future vacancies for a period of up to 6 months.

Examples of duties

This position is responsible for leading a patrol and overseeing general maintenance activities for a designated area.  The TM II also performs skilled, specialized heavy construction equipment operation and heavy manual labor under hazardous and adverse conditions.  This position is responsible for maintaining facilities to as near original conditions as it was constructed as well as ensuring that all equipment is safe and operable.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform the daily planning and scheduling of activities in assigned worked area; develop work plans for employees on the patrol; review work progress, identify training needs, and provide feedback, on-the-job training and mentoring; provide performance appraisal input / recommendations; conduct tailgate safety talks for employees;

• Ensure patrol attends all required personnel training, safety classes, and informational training; perform worksite, night, and roadway inventory inspections;

• Lead, perform and assist in maintaining roadway surface by hand patching, roto-milling, machine patching, crack-sealing, blading existing unpaved shoulders, building or restoring unpaved shoulders, stock piling, etc.;

• Lead, perform and assist in the maintenance of road side facilities by drainage structure cleaning, repair and replacement, maintenance of streambeds and ditches, slope repair, dirt drifts, mud and rock slide cleanup, fence, gate and sound barrier maintenance, litter-barrel and trash clean up, rock run, machine sweeping, and hand sweeping;

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