Highway Maintenance Coordinator

THE POSITION

Are you ready to help lead roadway projects that keep your community moving safely and efficiently? Join the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) as a Highway Maintenance Coordinator and help navigate important transportation logistics throughout Bucks County. This role gives you the chance to guide teams, plan maintenance operations, and support safe travel for the public. You will collaborate with crews, local officials, and community members to improve road conditions and solve challenges.

Apply today to step into a leadership position where your decisions support reliable and efficient transportation!

This position assists the County Maintenance Manager by coordinating road maintenance operations and supporting safe, efficient work practices. The primary focus of this role includes planning projects, monitoring work quality, guiding employees, and ensuring strong communication with partners. As a Highway Maintenance Coordinator, you will perform the following duties:

• Project Planning:
  Prepare plans and estimates for paving, surface treatment, patching, bridge maintenance, signing, and snow removal
• Resource Allocation:
  Recommend how equipment, manpower, and materials should be assigned to meet program goals
• Work Coordination:
  Support communication, review field work, and foster positive relationships with employees and community members
• Process Improvement:
  Promote new work methods, review complaints, and evaluate road conditions to improve planning
• Safety Leadership:
  Encourage safe work practices and increase awareness of hazards to protect workers and the public
• Employee Guidance:
  Assign tasks, evaluate employee performances, provide coaching, and assist with training needs

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• This position may be eligible for alternate work schedule (AWS).
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Pipersville. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary:
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $60,538.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Three years as a Highway Foreman 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Five years of technical experience in highway maintenance or highway construction; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• This position requires possession of a valid PA non-commercial Class C driver’s license or equivalent.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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