Highway Maintenance Worker | Regionwide Maintenance & Traffic Control

About WSDOT

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputation for excellence. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods throughout the state. In addition to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT manages the world's longest floating bridge, leads an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, holds the record for the world’s widest tunneling project, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation!

WSDOT is seeking to fill multiple Highway Maintenance Worker 2 positions in Wenatchee, WA. These journey-level positions are members of the regional maintenance organization tasked with working with and assisting other WSDOT work groups. These positions may be situationally assigned to work with and under a number of different work group structures depending on needs of the region on a day to day basis.

These positions will perform a variety of skilled highway maintenance tasks while maintaining personal, co-worker and public safety as a primary objective in the planning and performance of all work assignments. Highway Maintenance Workers on these crews will be responsible for maintenance and repair of highways, bridges, overpasses, and other highway structures to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and commerce.

In these roles, you will also perform a variety of skilled maintenance tasks and may occasionally lead a crew in the absence of a Highway Maintenance Worker 3.

These positions perform work that is often physical in nature and performed primarily outdoors and often next to high-volume, high-speed traffic that may require standing for extended periods of time; HMW2 may work at elevated heights above 50 feet over land or water. Work may also include traversing in rough, steep, and uneven terrain. A typical schedule is Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week, for 4, 10-hour days.

Weekends and holidays may be required to respond to non-scheduled or call-out emergencies.

• Design and set up traffic control; full road or bridge closures; perform traffic control; and conduct moving and stationary traffic control operations.
• Perform asphalt and concrete pavement maintenance and repair; apply concrete, asphalt and synthetic materials.
• Perform drainage maintenance; sign maintenance and repair; guardrail, fence and impact attenuator installation and repair.
• Perform tree removal and vegetation management.
• Perform snow and ice control, including application of anti-icing compounds to road surface with truck mounted equipment, loading trucks, hauling materials such as sand, gravel and other items, and maintaining stockpile sites.
• Track, document and report daily work activities, account for inventory and inventories highway section.
• Perform maintenance and minor repair on equipment and hand tools.
• Operate Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class A, B and C highway equipment as designated on the approved Department of Transportation Equipment List (TEF) for highway maintenance.

• Highway and Roadway Maintenance Expertise:
  Demonstrated experience performing routine and emergency maintenance on roadway and highways, snow and ice operations, heavy equipment operation, or equivalent work requiring similar knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Safety Awareness & Compliance:
  Ability to participate in the creation and implementation of Pre Activity Safety Plans (PASP) and attend regular safety training.
• Technical & Administrative Proficiency:
  Basic computer/electronic tablet skills with demonstrated ability to communicate, capture, and retrieve information.
• Growth Mindset:
  Actively demonstrates a commitment to learning and growth.
• Service-Oriented:
  Takes action to meet the needs of others.

• A valid Class B CDL without restrictions and the ability to obtain a Class A CDL, without restrictions, N (Tanker) endorsement, within twelve…