Career Paths

Maintenance Career Path

CDOT offers many exciting positions in the field of Maintenance. Our positions range from Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Electrical Tradesman and General Labor's to our most common position such as Transportation Maintenance Workers.

Engineering Career Path

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is responsible for a 9,156 mile highway system, including 3,714 bridges. Each year, this system handles over 26.1 billion vehicle miles of travel. To assist in this effort, CDOT is looking for Engineers from entry level Engineering Assistants to Professional Engineer level.

Administrative Career Path

CDOT spends more than $1 billion annually for planning, construction, operation, maintenance, and management of the State's complex "multimodal" transportation system.

Environmental Career Path

CDOT’s environmental functions are responsible for assisting management in the development of appropriate environmental policy, procedures, programmatic agreements, and assisting the regions in environmental analyses.

Entry Level Career Path

It isn't always cut and dry when it comes to identifying "entry level" State jobs. An entry level position can be a position which requires a high school diploma or a position which is the first in a series. The following information will help you understand what positions may be considered "entry level" within CDOT.