Highway Maintenance Specialist (Seasonal)

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Do you want to use your skills to make a difference? Join our hardworking Hermiston maintenance crew as a Winter seasonal employee and help keep Oregon’s roads and travelers safe! ODOT’s maintenance and operations crews tackle the daily work needed to keep Oregon’s transportation system safe and open for travelers and freight. We’re here for day‑to‑day needs, extreme weather events and everything in between. Our goal is the same as yours: We want you to get where you need to go safely. Check out our information video and see what a day in the life of an ODOT work may look like. Apply today!

• Operate a variety of heavy and light equipment and tools to maintain and repair various surfaces.

• Assist with weather related emergencies and operate snowplows, deicer trucks and other equipment to clear snow from roadways.

• Perform minor surface repairs including pothole and concrete patching and small inlay work.

• Clear debris, clear brush, mow grass and spray roadside vegetation.

• Maintain and repair fences, guardrails, concrete barriers and milepost markers.

• Maintain drainage systems, dig and clean ditches and repair culverts, inlets and erosion.

• Maintain wooded areas which includes replanting, pruning, thinning or trimming trees, shrubs and groundcover.

• Service and repair tools and motorized equipment.

• Perform minor maintenance including janitorial work, landscaping, painting and light carpentry.

• 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 60 pounds.

• May need to be available after hours, on weekends and holidays for emergency, on call and weather related purposes.

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.

• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying. 

• The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6.95%.

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!

One year of experience performing basic highway maintenance work;

Two years of general landscaping, maintenance, mechanical, farming, logging, and/or construction experience or training.

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 and education to help us decide who will move forward.

• Experience in road maintenance, construction or in a maintenance training program such as ODOT High School to Highway program, ODOT/ODF Fire and Ice program, Job Corps, etc.

• Winter maintenance experience such as sanding, deicing or using snow blowers or snowplows.

• Experience using hand tools and operating light or heavy equipment such as tractors, excavators, loaders or dump trucks.

• Experience working on a team and safe work practices while operating equipment.

• Experience with changing road conditions, weather changes, and emergency situations.

• For questions, call 503-930-6376 or email ODOTRecruitmentSS@odot.oregon.gov

• This recruitment will remain open until filled. Our first application screening is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, but we may close the announcement at any time after this date when we have received an adequate number of applications. We cannot guarantee that we will consider applications received after this screening date. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.

• We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension].

• The State of Oregon does not request or require your age, date of birth, attendance or graduation dates from an education institution during the application process.

• We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.

• We will conduct name-based criminal background checks on final candidates, not including current ODOT employees. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.

• You will be represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

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