Bridge Maintenance Specialist

Position Overview

Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2 – Bridge Maintenance Specialist

Oregon Department of Transportation Delivery and Operations Division – Region 3 Bridge Maintenance Crew, Coos Bay.

• Operate heavy and light equipment and tools to maintain, repair, reconstruct, and strengthen bridges, box culverts, and other structures.
• Operate electrically controlled drawbridges, traffic gates, and barriers.
• Maintain operation of all electrical controls that activate sirens, flashing traffic lights, barriers, and gates.
• Check all electrical and mechanical devices and components and fix issues.
• Maintain, repair, and grease machinery, electronics, motors, gears, rollers, hinges, cables, sheaves, and other mechanical parts for drawbridge operation.
• Construct and place rigging and scaffolding for fixed, hanging, swing, and traveling scaffolding.
• Perform visual inspection of structures for repairs.
• Assist with weather‑related emergencies and operate snowplows, deicer trucks, and other equipment to clear snow from roadways.

• Exposure to noise, extreme heights up to 400 feet, depths of 20 feet, all weather conditions, heavy equipment, pesticides, and hazardous waste materials.
• Must be able to move around rough terrain, bend and stoop for extended periods and may need to lift up to 90 pounds.
• May require availability after hours, on weekends and holidays for emergency call‑outs, on‑call, and weather‑related purposes; may be required to travel overnight.
• Maximum 30‑minute response time to 1155 S. 5th St., Coos Bay, OR 97420 for emergency call‑outs.

• 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.

• 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 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.
• Valid driver license and acceptable driving record required.
• Pre‑employment driving records checks will be conducted, including Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Clearinghouse registration and full query for final candidates and annual query for current employees.

• Experience in road maintenance, construction, or a maintenance training program such as ODOT High School to Highway program, ODOT/ODF Fire and Ice program, Job Corps, etc.
• Welding and metal fabrication experience.
• Experience working at extreme heights up to 400 feet.
• Experience completing mechanical repairs on equipment.
• Experience using tools to perform concrete work.

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave, and more.
• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range.
• Salary determined by equal pay assessment using information provided in application.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity.

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affimative 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, access to programs, services, 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.