Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
Do you like to learn, be challenged, and work on a wide variety and age of equipment? Would you like the chance to impact the safety of the traveling public? Do you have a Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License? If so, come join CDOT as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic. We’re looking for someone who likes to take apart equipment, figure out what is wrong, and put it back in working order!
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has a vacancy for a Heavy Equipment Mechanic in our Durango location. This position works primarily in a shop and occasionally in the field and provides skilled, professional, quality mechanic services for a wide range of CDOT equipment.
Your duties and responsibilitieswill include, but are not limited to, the following:
Diagnoses and repairs vehicle and equipment malfunctions on all major systems.
Overhauls and rebuilds components and equipment.
Uses test equipment to diagnose defects or malfunctions.
Works on vehicles and equipment such as 3.5-ton single axle and 10-ton tandem axle, tractor-trailers, front end loaders, motor graders, asphalt paving machines, and 15′ mower tractors.
Performs preventative maintenance and annual safety inspections.
Designs and fabricates parts and special tools.
Orders and procures parts and supplies.
Uses computers to track vehicle repairs.
Maintains a safe, clean, and organized work environment.
Other job duties as assigned.
Work Environment:
Expected work schedule is 4 10-hour days, Mon-Thu 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Work is primarily in the equipment shop, with some work in the field.
Required to respond to emergencies outside regular work hours and work overtime including weekends and holidays.
Some on-call time is required.
Must provide the supervisor with a telephone number where he/she can be reached for the purpose of responding to an emergency.
Required to lift up to 70 lbs.
Required to bend, kneel, climb in/out of trucks when maintaining and repairing equipment.
Required to operate CDOT vehicles.
May be required to travel to remote locations for equipment repair.
Must be able to read, understand, follow, and give oral and written instructions.
Frequent travel during work day to perform field repairs, including to remote locations, as well as to attend trainings and meetings.
Must be willing and be physically able to work in extreme temperatures (hot and cold), variable weather conditions, and at varying elevations up to 12,000 feet for long periods of time.
Exposure to loud noises.
Exposure to fumes, odors, gases, dusts, etc. that may affect breathing, eyes and skin.
Exposure to High Voltage (anything over 600V) and electrical shock.
Must be able to hear and communicate via cell phone and state radio to relay information and respond to field calls.
Required to use computers to accomplish everyday work duties.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
A combination of four years of experience in automotive and heavy equipment repair AND/OR education in automotive or diesel equipment mechanics. (Must provide copy of transcript if using education.)
At least ONE of the required four years must be experience with the diagnosis and repair of heavy diesel equipment such as 10-ton double axle snowplows, tractor-trailers, bulldozers, motor graders, paving machines and/or 15′ mower tractors.
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