Highway Maintenance Team Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Highway Maintenance Specialist to join the State of Colorado team. As a Lead Highway Maintenance Specialist, you will be responsible for leading a team and overseeing general maintenance activities for a designated area. You will perform skilled, specialized heavy construction equipment operation and heavy manual labor under hazardous and adverse conditions.

• Team Leadership: Perform daily planning and scheduling of activities in assigned worked area; develop work plans for team members; review work progress, identify training needs, and provide feedback, on-the-job training and mentoring; provide performance appraisal input/recommendations; conduct safety talks for team members.
• Worksite Management: Ensure team attends all required personnel training, safety classes, and informational training; perform worksite, night, and roadway inventory inspections.
• Roadway Maintenance: 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.
• Roadside Facility Maintenance: 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.
• Traffic Services: Lead, perform, and assist in traffic services, such as the maintenance, replacement, and installation of single post sign, delineator, and reference post, metal guard rail, concrete rail, pavement marking or removal, roadway warning devices, energy attenuator, and courtesy assistance.
• Roadside Appearance Maintenance: Lead, perform, and assist in the maintenance of roadside appearance by vegetation control, hand mowing, weeding, tree trimming, and tree removal.
• Bridge/Structure Maintenance: Lead, perform, and assist in bridge/structure maintenance and repair by visual inspection, cleaning/washing, deck repair, crack and joint sealing-rigid bridge deck, roto-milling flexible bridge decks, roto-milling rigid bridge decks, crack sealing flexible decks, bridge superstructure maintenance and repair, painting, bridge/structure bearing maintenance repair, bridge substructure maintenance repair, approach slabs, and slope protection, and deck expansion device maintenance and repair.
• Snow and Ice Control: Lead, perform, and assist in snow and ice control by snow removal, traction application, ice control, stock piling, and snow fence installation and repair.
• Equipment Maintenance: Lead, perform, and assist in the maintenance and repair of equipment, buildings, and grounds upkeep.
• Administrative Tasks: Complete required paperwork and reports; use SAP to enter work orders, timesheet entries, and other items on a regular basis.
• Additional Responsibilities: Trim and remove trees; remove graffiti.
• Equipment Operation: Use a variety of light to heavy equipment.
• Safety Protocols: Ensure team uses proper equipment and PPE.
• Team Support: Assist other teams as needed.
• Other Duties: Other duties as assigned.

• Physical Demands: Exposure to loud noise.
• Chemical Exposure: Exposure to fumes, odors, gasses, dusts, etc. that may affect breathing, eyes, and skin.
• Personal Protective Equipment: Required to use appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Chemical Handling: Required to work with chemicals and cleaning products.
• Respiratory Protection: Some equipment requires the use of respirators.
• Traffic Exposure: Work in close proximity to heavy traffic.
• Height Exposure: Use of ladders and scissor lifts for heights of approximately '.
• Equipment Operation: Required to use various hand tools and to operate heavy equipment, such as backhoe, tractor, bucket truck, forklift, skid steer, loader, aerial devices, and other equipment.
• Vehicle Operation: Required to drive CDOT vehicles.
• Electrical Exposure: Exposure to High Voltage (anything over 600 V) and electrical shock.
• Shift Work: Some of the positions are NIGHTS ONLY and others are WEEKEND positions.
• Emergency Response: Frequently respond to emergencies outside of regular work hours and may work overtime including weekends and holidays.
• Physical Environment: Must be willing and be physically able to work in extreme temperatures (hot and cold), variable weather conditions, and at varying elevations up to 12,000 feet for long periods of time.
• Computer Use: Required to use computers to accomplish everyday work duties.
• Work Schedule: The average work week is 40 hours a week, with periodic overtime due to emergencies or inclement weather.
• Communication Skills: Must be able to read, understand, and follow oral and written instructions.

• Experience: At least three (3) years of experience in road/highway maintenance.

• Success in Similar Roles: Demonstrated success with the duties as listed in the Description of the Job section.
• State Service Experience: Years of State service experience related to the duties of this position.
• Scheduling and Planning: Demonstrated experience in scheduling and planning daily work activities for subordinates.
• Comprehensive Knowledge: Comprehensive knowledge of the Emergency Response Guidelines, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), and supplement to set traffic control for road projects through different terrain, Colorado's Chain Law, Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulation, Colorado Commercial Driver's License Manual, MLOS standards, M & S Standards, and CDOT Policies and Procedures.
• CDL Requirements: Possess and maintain in good standing a Colorado CDL Class A or B with endorsements such as hazardous materials and tanker.
• Heavy Equipment Operation: Extensive experience safely and effectively operating and training others on several types of heavy equipment, such as front end loaders, tandem trucks, backhoes.
• Hand Tool Experience: Extensive experience effectively using several types of hand tools.
• Physical Demands: Extensive experience performing physically demanding work assignments.
• Attitude and Commitment: Strong positive and can-do attitude. Strong commitment to safety.
• Communication Skills: Strong oral and written communication. Ability to effectively communicate with CDOT staff and others, sometimes in safety situations where quick communication is essential.
• Self-Starter: Self-starter and motivated to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Emergency Response: Ability to react safely and properly in emergency situations.
• Adaptability: Ability to quickly learn with minimal direction. Ability to adapt to changes in work assignments and environments.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Ability to effectively perform as a leader and mentor to employees.
• Customer Service: Strong customer service skills.
• Project Management: Strong project management and work scheduling skills.
• Interpersonal Skills: Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical, reasoning, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Teamwork: Ability to work effectively in both independent and team situations.
• Computer Skills: Familiarity with SAP, MS Office Suite, Gmail, the knowledge and know-how to use computers, and the ability to quickly learn new software.