CDL Driver/Highway Maintainer

State of Connecticut•Avon, CT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is hiring Statewide CDL Drivers within our District 4 locations. If you currently hold a Commercial Driver License (CDL) and are seeking a career in transportation and highway maintenance, come join a great team of employees dedicated to keeping our roads and highways safe and improving travel throughout Connecticut. The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (DOT), is now accepting applications for CDL Driver/Highway Maintenance Worker (Transportation Maintainer 2) positions within District 4. The CDL Drivers will perform a full range of tasks in the construction, maintenance, and repair of State roadways, bridges, and more. CDL Drivers will maintain small and less complex mechanical equipment or assist on larger equipment. Must be willing to accept assignment to emergency duties, including snow and ice removal, whenever your services are needed; this includes mandatory winter overtime from November 1 through April 30 (no out of state vacations will be approved during this period). Various storm events will require employees to stay at work for the duration of the storm. At times, this could be up to a period of several days, including holidays and weekends.

Requirements

Possess a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class A or B with Tanker and Airbrakes endorsement.
Possess a valid Medical Examiners Card (MEC).
List license number, class, expiration date, and issuing state in the "Licenses and Professional Certifications" section of the application.
One (1) year of experience in the construction, landscaping, commercial driving, snow plowing, maintenance and repair of roadsides, roadways, bridges or airports, in work involving the operation and care of mechanical equipment or work in one of the recognized maintenance trades.
Interpersonal skills.
Oral and written communication skills.
Ability to use and make routine repairs to complex mechanical equipment.
Ability to operate equipment as listed in the job description.
Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions.
Ability to utilize computer software.
Must be medically cleared for a respirator (for Bridge positions).
Cannot have facial hair (for Bridge positions).
Must meet equipment weight requirement (for Bridge positions).
Must be willing to accept assignment to emergency duties, including snow and ice removal, whenever their services are required.
Must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness in order to perform the duties of the class.
A physical examination will be required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with snow removal
Experience with landscaping
Experience with construction
Experience driving CDL vehicles

Responsibilities

Perform a full range of tasks in the construction, maintenance, and repair of State roadways, bridges, and more.
Maintain small and less complex mechanical equipment or assist on larger equipment.
Accept assignment to emergency duties, including snow and ice removal, whenever services are needed.
Operate and maintain complex mechanical equipment.
Work as a moderately skilled mechanic in garages in the routine repair of mechanical equipment.
Perform survey monument setting.
Perform burning and cutting with acetylene torch.
Act as a flagger (traffic control).
Assist a Material Storage Supervisor with stores section material handling.
Perform moderately skilled tasks in one or more of the following areas or trades: Construction; Maintenance; Mechanical repair; Electrical; Carpentry; Masonry; Welding; Plumbing; Painting.
Relief ferry mate, drawbridge attendant and/or rest area attendant.
Assist a Transportation General Supervisor, Transportation Garage Supervisor, or Transportation District Electrical Supervisor in preparing and checking various reports or operating a two-way radio in a District Maintenance unit.
Perform wildlife hazard control.
Perform radio monitoring and communication.
Escort vendors, contractors, etc. in secure areas (state owned airports only).
Function as a guard/watchperson or be required to receive training in, stand by for and respond to fire and/or crash emergency situations at state-owned airports.
Operate three (3) ton to nine (9) ton trucks, dump, platform or refuse with or without winch, including attachments like snow plows, Duo Dump Truck, Crash Attenuators, trailers and towed equipment (except tilt bed trailers).
Operate pickup trucks (including two (2) & four (4) wheel drive vehicles) with trailers or towed equipment, snowplows or hopper type spreaders.
Operate bridge utility trucks, compressor trucks, aerial bucket trucks, wreckers with winch, and tandem/10-wheel dump trucks.
Operate bituminous curbing machines, pothole patchers, tractor mowers with single flail, wood chippers, chain saws, culvert cleaning machines, compressors, and/or compressor tools, concrete mixers, concrete vibrators, hydraulic or engine driven tools, test boring, Class twenty four (24) tractor including attachments, wing plow or other side mounted attachments, and forklifts.