CDOT Hiring 100 Snow Plow Drivers For $22/Hourly

DENVER, CO — As the first snowfall makes the state's roads slick with ice, Colorado's Department of Transportation is looking for about 100 new qualified snow plow drivers and highway maintenance staff to join the team as permanent and temporary employees.

"Nationwide, there's a shortage of drivers that have a commercial driver's license (CDL), and it's impacting how many people we have out maintaining our roadways," said CDOT Human Resources Director Susan Rafferty, in a statement. "As we continue our push to hire more drivers, we're doing what we can to better attract additional personnel."

Open positions include permanent roles, as well as seasonal full-time and part-time work.

For temporary highway maintenance employees, CDOT is offering a number of incentives, including:

• Increasing the pay rate from $19 an hour to $22 an hour
• Allowing retired CDOT maintenance personnel (due to their extensive experience) to drive plow trucks for $25 an hour or their hourly rate, if it was higher, when they retired.
• Waiving state residency requirements for beginning temporary and permanent highway maintenance employees.

Temporary seasonal positions generally last up to nine months.

To find job descriptions and apply, check out the CDOT jobs website.

Image: tow plow via CDOT

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