Transportation Highway Maintenance Worker; CDL ) FM

Introduction

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is hiring statewide Highway Maintenance Workers for all of our Highway Maintenance locations! The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). is now accepting applications for Highway Maintenance Worker (CDL Required) (Transportation Maintainer
2) positions statewide.

• Schedule:
  
  Full-Time (40 Hour), First Shift (7:30 A.M.
  
  - 4:00 P.M.), Monday
  - Friday, On-Site

• Visit our 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!

• District 1
• District 2
• District 3
• District 4
  • Bolton
  • Canterbury
  • Branford
  • Avon
  • East Hartford
  • Colchester
  • Darien
  • Beacon Falls
  • East Hartford Signs and Markings
  • East Hampton
  • Darien Bridge
  • Cornwall
  • East Windsor
  • Franklin Bridge
  • Guilford
  • Danbury
  • Farmington
  • Groton
  • Milford
  • East Granby
  • Glastonbury
  • Mansfield
  • Milford Bridge
  • Litchfield
  • Hartford Bridge
  • Norwich (E. Great Plains)
  • New Canaan
  • New Milford
  • Meriden
  • Norwich (Occum)
  • New Haven
  • North Canaan
  • Middletown
  • Old Saybrook
  • North Haven
  • Southbury
  • Rocky Hill Sign Shop
  • Old Saybrook Bridge
  • North Haven Signs and Markings
  • Thomaston
  • Southington
  • Plainfield Signs and Markings
  • Orange
  • Torrington Bridge
  • Vernon
  • Pomfret
  • Stratford
  • Torrington S & M
  • West Willington
  • Putnam
  • Trumbull
  • Waterbury
  • Wethersfield
  • Tylerville
  • Wallingford
  • Winsted
  • Windsor
  • Waterford
  • Westport
  • Union

To qualify for a desired location, you must live within 30 miles of the garage locations listed below.

• You must possess a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class A or B with Tanker and Airbrakes endorsement. The Tanker endorsement is needed at the time of hire. You must also have a valid Medical Examiners 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.

• Must be medically cleared for a respirator.
• Cannot have facial hair.
• Must meet equipment weight requirement.
• Night work required.

Military members and recently honorably discharged veterans who possess at least two years’ 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 Highway Maintenance Worker will perform a full range of tasks in the construction, maintenance, and repair of State roadways, bridges, and more.
• The Highway Maintenance Worker 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, a 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, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five bureaus. It is…