On-site

Highway Maintenance Coordinator

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, PAvia Commonwealth of PA
Join the Department of Transportation as a Highway Maintenance Coordinator and help keep Pennsylvania's roadways safe, reliable, and ready for travel. In this leadership role, you will guide important maintenance activities that make a direct difference in local communities. Every day brings opportunities to solve problems, support employees, and improve transportation services. If you enjoy teamwork, planning, and making an impact, this position offers a rewarding career path. Apply today!

In this position, you will support the County Maintenance Manager by overseeing maintenance operations within an assigned area and helping ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to established standards. This role combines planning, coordination, employee leadership, quality oversight, and public engagement to meet maintenance goals and customer needs. As a Highway Maintenance Coordinator, you will perform the following duties:

  • Work Planning: Prepare plans and cost estimates for maintenance activities and recommend equipment, staffing, and materials needed to meet program goals
  • Project Oversight: Inspect work in progress and completed projects to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, quality standards, and approved plans
  • Team Leadership: Assign priorities, evaluate performance, support employee development, and address workplace issues and training needs
  • Stakeholder Communication: Meet with employees, union representatives, property owners, officials, and community groups to explain operations and resolve concerns
  • Safety Promotion: Apply safety procedures, encourage hazard awareness, and support accident and injury prevention efforts for workers and the traveling public
  • Operational Improvement: Review road conditions, evaluate work methods, and encourage ideas that improve efficiency, production, and service quality

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

  • Full-time employment
  • Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • Work hours will vary seasonally and are based upon operational needs.
  • Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position
  • Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
  • You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

  • 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.

Special Requirements:

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

Other Requirements:

  • 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.

How to Apply:

  • Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
  • If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. 
  • Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
  • Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position. 
  • All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

  • 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 www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS): 

  • 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.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

  • Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position.  No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
  • Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions. 
  • Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
  • You must provide complete and accurate information or:
    • your score may be lower than deserved.
    • you may be disqualified.
  • You may only apply/test once for this posting.
  • Your results will be provided via email.
Feedback