CDL Driver​/Highway Maintainer Transportation Maintainer 2 | 40 Hour #260720-2346FM-001

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is hiring CDL Drivers for our Highway Maintenance locations in Darien and New Canaan!

If you currently hold a Commercial Driver's 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 (CTDOT), is now accepting applications for CDL Driver/Highway Maintainer (Transportation Maintainer
2) positions in Darien and New Canaan within the Bureau of Highway Operations and Maintenance.

• Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees
• Join an award-winning agency! CTDOT has been recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!

• Monday - Friday
• Full-time (40 hours per week)
• First shift (7:30 AM - 4:00 PM)
• Locations:
  Darien, CT, and New Canaan, CT
• On-site work environment

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  * To qualify for a desired location, you must live within 30 miles of the garage locations listed.
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  * You must possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) A or B, with a tank (N or X) endorsement and no air brakes restriction. The Tanker endorsement is needed at the time of hire. You must also have a valid Medical Examiner's Card (MEC). Your application will not be reviewed if you do not list your license number, class, expiration date, and issuing state in the "Licenses and Professional Certifications" section of your application.
• Note:
  
  Candidates selected for Bridge positions must meet the following requirements, as required under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standard :
• Must be medically cleared for a respirator.
• Cannot have facial hair.
• Military members and recently honorably discharged veterans who possess at least two years of experience in operating a commercial motor vehicle as part of their military job requirements may qualify for these opportunities based on meeting the CDL Skills Test Exemption for Military Applicants (Military Skills Test Waiver Form) as outlined on the CT DMV website .
• The CDL Drivers will perform a full range of tasks in 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.
• Applicants invited to interview will be required to produce a copy of their CDL Class A or B, their valid MEC, and a thoroughly completed Connecticut Department of Transportation Commercial Driver Supplement (CTDOT-CDL-1) form, as well as a copy of their Master Application.

As one of Connecticut's largest State agencies, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) employs roughly 3,300 individuals across five bureaus. CTDOT is guided by its mission to improve lives through transportation. Our infrastructure and transit systems are essential to the safety and mobility of Connecticut residents, and our work strengthens both economic and community development. CTDOT is committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, and individuals with broad-ranging backgrounds and life experiences are encouraged to apply.

In the Department of Transportation and the Connecticut Airport Authority this class is accountable for performing a variety of moderately skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance, and repair of state roadsides, roadways, bridges, airports, and other departmental facilities;…