Transportation Maintenance Coordinator – Highway Maintenance Coordinator
Oregon Department of Transportation
Delivery & Operations Division – Region 3
North Douglas Maintenance Crew
Yoncalla

The role:

Do you enjoy working in the great outdoors? Are you a leader looking for a rewarding career helping the public? We want you to join our hardworking North Douglas maintenance crew!

As a highway maintenance coordinator, you will respond to emergencies and patrol the area looking for potential hazards and damages. You will ensure maintenance activities are planned, prioritized, performed and completed in an efficient and safe manner. You will also work closely with the maintenance manager to make sure crews have what they need to be successful and provide feedback on performance. In addition to working alongside the maintenance crew in the field, you’ll also work in the office to make sure invoices are paid, order supplies and ensure equipment maintenance is performed. Help us on our mission to keeping Oregon’s roads safe!

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.

A day in the life:

• Plan, prioritize, schedule and assign work including scheduling night and weekend shifts.

• Ensure crews have the resources needed to complete their work including the right quantities of materials and equipment for projects.

• Review and approve time records, overtime, vacation, sick time and other leave requests.

• Help with the hiring and selection process and provide recommendations to management.

• Train employees on operating a variety of heavy and light equipment safely.

• Review the work of crews and provide input to the maintenance manager on employee performance.

• Assist the maintenance manager with short and long-range planning and budget preparation.

• Patrol highways and structures looking for crashes, hazards and damages, and respond to emergencies.

• 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 75 pounds.

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

• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.

What’s in it for you:

• 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!

Minimum qualifications:

Three years of maintenance or construction experience in roadway, highway, bridge, sign, drawbridge, or landscape.

Special qualifications:

You must possess a current, valid commercial driver's license A (CDL-A) with a tanker endorsement, no air brake restrictions, no 5th wheel restrictions and no manual transmission restrictions, OR have the ability to acquire a class A commercial learner permit within 60 days of hire and a CDL-A with a tanker endorsement and restrictions removed 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 35 minute response time to 5443 Eagle Valley Road, Yoncalla, OR 97499 for emergency call-outs.

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.

• Experience in emergency or incident management.

• Experience guiding or leading others to a common goal.

• Experience in highway maintenance.

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

• Experience focusing on personal and crew safety while working in a variety of environments and weather conditions.

Learn more and apply:

This recruitment closes at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Please note that we can only accept applications through our website: https://oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SOR_External_Career_Site/job/Highway-Maintenance-Coordinator_REQ-177954.

Questions? Call 503-910-6372 or email ODOTRecruitmentCC@odot.oregon.gov.

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer