Bridge Maintenance Specialist

Job Summary: Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2 – Bridge Maintenance Specialist Oregon Department of Transportation Delivery & Operations Division – Region 1 Bridge Maintenance Crew Clackamas

The role: Do you want to use your skills to make a difference? Join our hardworking Clackamas maintenance crew and help keep Oregon’s roads and travelers safe! As part of our team, you will operate equipment necessary to maintain and repair roadways, highways, bridges and structures. You will also help with emergency cleanup and traffic control after storms, spills, incidents and more! Apply today! We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions. We hope you’ll join us on our path to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through our values, commitments, strategies and actions.

Job Responsibilities:
• Perform tasks for all phases of bridge maintenance.
• Operate a variety of heavy and light equipment and perform manual labor to repair bridges, box culverts, roadways and related structures.
• Construct and place rigging and scaffolding for fixed, hanging, swing and traveling scaffolding.
• Remove, fabricate, repair and replace damaged or fatigued bridge parts using welding techniques and equipment.
• Perform minor maintenance including janitorial work, landscaping, painting and light carpentry.
• Service and repair tools and motorized equipment.
• Assist with weather related emergencies and operate snowplows, deicer trucks and other equipment to clear snow from roadways.
• Exposure to noise, extreme heights, all weather conditions, heavy equipment, pesticides and hazardous waste materials is expected.
• Must be able to move around rough terrain, bend and stoop for extended periods and may need to lift up to 70 pounds.
• May need to be available after hours, on weekends and holidays.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work. OR Two years of general landscaping, maintenance, mechanical, farming, logging, and/or construction experience or training.
• Special qualifications: You must have the ability to acquire a class A commercial learner permit within 60 days of hire and a CDL-A with a tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, no 5th wheel restrictions and no manual transmission restrictions within six months of hire (ODOT will cover training costs) to be considered eligible for this position.
• A valid driver license and an acceptable driving record are required for this position. We will conduct pre-employment driving records checks, including Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Clearinghouse registration and full query check for our final candidate(s) and annual query for current employees.
• This position requires a maximum 45 minute response time to 9200 SE Lawnfield Road, Clackamas, OR 97015 for emergency call-outs.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications: What we’d like to see: If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience, education and alignment with ODOT values to help us decide who will move forward.
• A current, valid commercial driver’s license A (CDL-A) is preferred.
• Welding fabrication experience.
• Experience working at extreme heights.

Compensation: $4,207 - $5,842 per month

Apply Online: https://oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SOR_External_Career_Site/job/Bridge-Maintenance-Specialist_REQ-176298