CDOT Careers
CDOT employees work together to ensure Colorado's transportation system is safe and efficient. CDOT offers maintenance and operations, engineering, and technical and professional career opportunities ranging from entry-level to leadership positions. CDOT offers promotion opportunities, professional development, competitive pay, great benefits and statewide locations.
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Maintenance and Operations Careers
CDOT's maintenance and operations team includes nearly 1,750 employees. Positions include highway maintenance workers, heavy equipment mechanics, electrical tradespeople, welders, storeroom workers, building crew members, general laborers and more. The team is divided into nine sections, with main offices in Alamosa, Aurora, Craig, Durango, Grand Junction, Greeley and Pueblo, as well as the Eisenhower Tunnel and Hanging Lakes Tunnel. The team takes cares of Colorado's state highways and roadways, including snow and ice operations, heavy construction, landscaping and much more. Maintenance work assignments are frequently performed under hazardous, high-volume traffic situations, including bad weather conditions. Many positions require night and shift work, including weekends and holidays as needed or required. Many jobs are on rotating on-call schedules and respond to emergencies 24 hours per day, seven days per week. There is an opportunity for overtime pay, especially during the winter. Maintenance employees receive training on specialized equipment such as loaders, motor graders, two-ton-plus snow blowers, and wing attachments that are used to remove snow and maintain the roads and CDOT right of way.
Highway Maintenance
Learn about CDOT's Highway Maintenance team and a little bit about what they do.
Traffic Control
Managing traffic on Colorado's roads takes more than cones and barrels. When working alongside live traffic, the stakes are high. Traffic control is the foundation of nearly every CDOT project and keeps traffic flowing safely and efficiently during construction, maintenance and incident response. See how training equips our personnel with the knowledge and skills to manage and maintain our transportation system, protect the safety of those working to keep our roads operational and ensure the well-being of motorists using the roads.
Traffic Incident Management
How does CDOT keep Colorado's highways and roads open? Well, it takes an entire team. Whether it's a minor fender-bender during the workday commute or responding to wildfires and mudslides in mountains and canyons, CDOT's traffic incident response teams work together to keep traffic moving. Our business is reducing travel delays and collaborating with emergency responders to improve your drive.
Field Mechanic: Western Slope
Behind every open road and highway in Colorado stands CDOT’s incredibly skilled and dedicated team of mechanics.They keep CDOT's heavy machinery and equipment in service and ready to assist those who use our transportation system. At the shop or out in the field, take a behind-the-scenes look at the work of CDOT mechanics like Ryan Smith in Grand Junction. From repairing massive loaders to introducing electric vehicles into the fleet, CDOT mechanics keep our equipment operational. Without them, our open roads wouldn’t stay open very long.
Permanent Water Quality Team
Our Permanent Water Quality team isn't afraid to get their hands dirty to protect our state waterways and roadside ecosystems. Our team of mother-nature-loving maintainers work hand in hand with CDOT’s Environmental team to maintain urban water quality, remove weeds, clean and repair drainage, and more.
Property Management
Did you know that CDOT manages buildings and land assets, including real estate and leases, that support our state's transportation infrastructure? Rest areas and welcome centers offer amenities for weary travelers, while improved maintenance facilities enable our workers to respond to highway incidents quickly. But wait, there’s more! Using an innovative approach to workforce housing limitations in high-cost areas of the state, CDOT is creating its own housing inventory, with successful projects with residents in Fairplay and Frisco.
Engineering Careers
CDOT's engineering team includes nearly 700 employees. Our civil engineering positions range from entry level to licensed professionals, including engineering assistant, engineering technician, engineer-in-training, civil engineering project manager and licensed professional engineer. CDOT has engineering roles across the state, with main offices in Alamosa, Aurora, Craig, Durango, Grand Junction, Greeley and Pueblo. CDOT's engineers work on diverse activities, including: roadway and bridge design, construction project management, hydraulic and geological investigations, materials design and testing, traffic analysis, Intelligent Transportation System integration, and more. CDOT offers the unique opportunity to manage projects from inception to finalization, including managing consultants.
CDOT Engineers
Learn about CDOT's Engineering team and a little bit about what they do.
Technical and Professional Careers
CDOT offers a variety of technical and professional career paths, including accounting, administrative support, appraisal, audit, budget, business, civil rights, data management, environmental, government relations, human resources, permitting, planning, public relations, purchasing, research, risk management, safety and more.
