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Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2 â Winter Highway Maintenance Specialist (Seasonal)
Oregon Department of TransportationHighway Division â Region 2District 3 Maintenance
Santiam Junction
The role:
We are looking for someone to join our hardworking crew to help keep Oregonâs roads safe! As part of our maintenance team, you will repair and rebuild roadways, bridges, structures and facilities by hand and by operating heavy or light equipment. Come join our team and make a difference for travelers this winter.
This is a seasonal position expected to be active during the winter months. Seasonal positions are regular status, benefits eligible positions, which occur, terminate and recur periodically or regularly.
We invite members of all diverse communities to join our workforce as we endeavor to best serve Oregonians from every background. ODOT values diversity and inclusion because they are good for Oregon. We believe that by welcoming differences, encouraging new ideas and views, listening to and learning from each other, and providing opportunities for professional enrichment we are better able to serve those around us. We thank you for considering this employment opportunity.
If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday profile.
A day in the life:
Complete weather-related operations, including snow removal, deicing and sanding.
Maintain drainage systems, dig and clean ditches, repair culverts, inlets and erosion.
Operate a wide variety of heavy equipment and perform manual labor to repair roadway surfaces and shoulders.
Dispose of debris, build and repair fences, clear brush, mow grass and spray roadside vegetation.
Repair guardrails, milepost markers and fences.
Complete minor service and repair of equipment, tools and motorized equipment.
Perform minor building maintenance including janitorial, landscaping, painting and light carpentry.
Exposure to noise, adverse weather, dangerous equipment, pesticides, fertilizers and hazardous waste materials is expected.
Must be able to walk, stand, bend and stoop for extended periods of time and lift up to 60 pounds.
May need to be available after hours, on weekends and holidays for emergency, on-call and weather-related purposes.
Live in on-site housing if available.
Whatâs in it for you:
Rewarding work in a fast-paced, creative environment.
Colleagues who are passionate about public service.
Work/life balance and 10 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules and competitive benefits packages. Click here to visit our full benefits website.
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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:
Operating heavy and/or light motorized equipment;
Using hand and power tools;
Performing minor servicing of equipment,ÂAND
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.
Additionally, you will be required to use a commercial motor vehicle to conduct business; to be considered eligible for this position you must possess a current, valid commercial driver's license A (CDL-A) ORÂhave the ability to acquire one within three months of hire (ODOT will cover training and costs).
This position requires employees to live on-site if housing is available. If housing is not available, you will be required to meet a 45 minute response time to the Santiam Junction Maintenance Station at the junction of Highway 20 and Highway 22 East for emergency call outs,
Click hereÂto learn more and to apply! Please note that we can only accept applications and/or resumes through our website.
This recruitment closes at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2019.
For questions about the job announcement or online application, please call Wesley Dawn in recruitment at 503-378-6721 or email wesley.dawn@odot.state.or.us.
ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.Â
