Highway Maintenance Worker 2 (In-Training)

Highway Maintenance Worker 2 (In-Training)           
Whatcom County – Northwest Region
$42,696 – $60,156 Annually 

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is currently seeking to fill multiple Highway Maintenance Worker 2 positions in Whatcom County. We are looking for enthusiastic, career-minded individuals who want to make a difference and join our dynamic team supporting the vast transportation infrastructure of Northwest Washington. This is an in-training opportunity that offers a career path, hands-on learning, and mentorship and allows you to progress upward through the Highway Maintenance Worker series and achieve the goal class of a Highway Maintenance Worker 2. This position is perfect for someone who loves working with their hands, knowing their work is done on roadways and roadsides in a variety of weather. The successful candidates will perform a variety of skilled tasks including repairing roadways and roadway shoulders, maintaining culverts and catch basins, removing debris, operating snow removal equipment, and providing traffic control for these operations. This team member will assist with the maintenance and operations of the state highways, and adjacent right of ways to assure they remain in a condition that promotes the movement of traffic, and safety to the motoring public.

Working in the maintenance area will require responsible, safety-minded individuals to accomplish skilled tasks that require operating trucks and various other highway and heavy equipment. These positions require a quick response time to job sites. Highway maintenance crews are ready 24 hours a day, seven days a week. By taking on this role, you are serving a key and vital function to the State of Washington.

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