Highway Maintenance Tech - CDL Driver / Equipment Operator -

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting a Highway Maintenance Technician in Philipsburg. This position performs a variety of work as a laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, and truck driver for highway maintenance activities. Operates various trucks and a variety of heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning, landslide removal, crack/mastic sealing, fence building or bridge repair, guardrail or sign installation, luminaire maintenance, roadway repair, vegetation and roadside maintenance, pavement marking and striping operations, and snow and ice control. This position is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities. job description

Maintenance Tech - Choteau / Great Falls *

  • 54177037
  • multiple locations
  • September 30, 2025

a variety of work as a laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, and truck driver for highway maintenance activities. Operates various trucks and a variety of heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning, landslide removal, crack/mastic sealing, fence building or bridge repair, guardrail or sign installation, luminaire maintenance, roadway repair, vegetation and roadside maintenance, pavement marking and striping operations, and snow and ice control. This position is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities. job description

Internship MDT Engineering *

  • 54138012
  • multiple locations
  • October 31, 2025

Recruiting for summer Engineering Internship positions! MDT Internship Program provides an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of problem solving, innovation and teamwork. Interns engage in Montana’s transportation projects that have a direct impact on Montana’s traveling public! Interns will collaborate with area experts and gain invaluable hands-on experience. Our internships focus on training and integrating the interns into our current workforce of over 2,000 people across Montana who are all providing a vital role to ensure everyone arrives at their destination safely. job description

Civil Engineering Specialist - Design

  • 54151001
  • multiple locations
  • September 29, 2025

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Civil Engineer Specialist in Road Design for the Missoula District. This position will be located in either Missoula or Kalispell. Positions in the assigned bureau are responsible for conducting in-depth engineering and analysis, administering contracts, overseeing projects and project design. Work is assigned through instruction on specific engineering objectives and direction and the incumbent determines the best solution based on established engineering guidelines, knowledge, and skills. Completed work is reviewed for application of sound professional judgment. job description

Transportation Planner - II or III

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Transportation Planner. This position is the Law Enforcement Liaison / Transportation Planner that supports state and local law enforcement agencies in high crash areas that mitigate impaired driving and speeding and that increase occupant protection enforcement efforts. Responsible for providing technical and administrative guidance to law enforcement grantees throughout Montana to enhance state highway traffic safety. This position reports to the State Highway Traffic Safety Section supervisor and does not directly supervise others. This position is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities. job description

Fleet & Facilities Program Manager

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Fleet & Facilities Program Manager. This position provides strategic leadership and executive oversight of MDT’s statewide fleet and facilities programs. Directs the planning, acquisition, operation, maintenance, and lifecycle management of over 200 MDT facilities valued at $200M+ and a diverse fleet of 4500+ units valued at $400M+. Responsible for statewide strategic planning, capital investments, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and workforce leadership. The Program Manager reports to the Operation Manager for the Asset Strategy, Operations and Management Program and directly supervises 5 employees. Also indirectly manages approximately 45 employees across the state. A full application is not required to be completed, please just attach a resume and cover letter. job description

Federal Highway Administration Funding Supervisor

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Federal Highway Administration Funding Supervisor. This position is the Fiscal Service’s Division liaison with FHWA on matters related to multi-modal federal-aid programming activities and the funding of federal-aid projects. Responsible for innovative or developmental applications of professional fiscal management and transportation planning principles and practices related to the development, implementation and administration of the Department’s Federal Aid Highway Program. Analyzes and interprets transportation funding legislation, Federal regulations, State statutes, Legislative mandates and Department directives to identify/resolve conflicting issues, formulate operating assumptions, establish project/program eligibility criteria, provide guidance to Department personnel on federal funding and project delivery. This position reports to the Appropriations Management Bureau Chief and supervises 3 employees. job description

Occupational Safety & Health Specialist

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting an Occupational Health and Safety Specialist in Glendive. This position provides professional development, implementation, and management of occupational safety and health, employee safety, and risk management programs for the agency at the district level. The position serves as the district expert on the implementation and administration of safety programs; interpretation of safety regulations; safety awareness; safety training, and safety compliance. The position does not supervise others. job description

Software Developer Section Supervisor

The Montana Department of Transportation is recruiting for a Software Developer Section Supervisor. Responsible for supervising development staff that support applications based upon a variety of technologies, including Java web applications, Service Now applications, Jasper reporting tools, a cloud-based accounting platform that is .Net based, and RDBMS based upon Oracle and SQL Server as well as Snowflake data warehouse. This section relies upon Jira for day-to-day operations, and ISD has implemented the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). This position reports to the Software & Data Systems Bureau Chief. job description

Highway Maintenance Tech - CDL Driver/Equipment Operator

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Maintenance Technician in the Jordan Section. This position performs a variety of work as a laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, and truck driver for highway maintenance activities. Operates various trucks and a variety of heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning, landslide removal, crack/mastic sealing, fence building or bridge repair, guardrail or sign installation, luminaire maintenance, roadway repair, vegetation and roadside maintenance, pavement marking and striping operations, and snow and ice control. This position is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities. job description

Wellbeing Program Coordinator

This position is responsible for designing and implementing a program which promotes the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of employees, fostering a positive and healthy workplace. Responsible for improving employee engagement, productivity, and job satisfaction. This position reports to the General Operations Manager or designee and does not supervise others. For a full job description, please contact Sadie Hansen at shansen@mt.gov. job description

Dispatcher - Seasonal - Part Time *

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for multiple seasonal, part time Dispatchers. The MDT Transportation Management Center (TMC) dispatcher provides communication services to MDT staff, Federal agencies, National Weather Service, Disaster and Emergency Services, and law enforcement. Duties include road reporting, incident dispatching, emergency communication, variable message sign (VMS) operation, Roadway Management System (RMS) operations and system maintenance. At times, communication requires speaking with highly emotionally charged individuals. There are times of high stress levels, and the Dispatcher must be able to remain calm under emotional emergency conditions. The TMC operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year- round. Employees should expect to work varying shifts throughout the year including weekends and holidays. The season typically ends in early April, depending on weather. New employees will start on Monday, October 27, 2025 and will complete one week of training during normal business hours. Employees will begin working their assigned shifts beginning Saturday, November 1, 2025. job description

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Manager

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting a Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Manager in Helena. This position administers the MCSAP (Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program) and interprets rules and regulations for other state agencies. This includes day-to-day operations of the MCSAP program for the State of Montana and coordinating all compliance and law enforcement agency efforts. This position manages, directs and coordinates the operation of the MCSAP Program and Section through personnel management, monitoring and assuring the MDT/MCS and sections remain compliant with grant program and federal regulations, state laws, and department and division policies. Responsible for preparing, coordinating and implementing Montana’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan (CVSP). This position reports to the MCS Administrator and directly manages 3 employees, indirectly manages 8 employees. job description

Mechanic / Machinist - Libby

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting a Mechanic/Machinist in Libby. This position performs a variety of work associated with the repair and maintenance of gasoline and diesel machinery and equipment, fabrication of specialized parts, system design and manufacture, and troubleshooting. Cleans, inspects, and determines course of repair, including restoring close tolerances with accuracy, machining and/or replacing functional parts, devices and control instruments, reinstalls and assembles, starts, drives or operates equipment and devices to test performance. The incumbent must have the ability to follow maintenance procedures. job description

Civil Engineering Specialist - Bridge Design

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Civil Engineer Specialist in the Bridge Bureau in Helena. The Bridge Bureau is directly involved with the Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Operation of bridges in Montana. The Bridge Design Section is responsible for Bridge Design and assistance during Construction. This work specifically includes structural analysis (design), and preparation of plans (detailing). This involves final technical review, specification writing and preparation of estimates. The Bureau provides technical advice needed to the Construction Bureau and District offices during the construction of bridges. The bureau also reviews structural shop drawings and provides some fabrication inspection services for bridge contracts involving structural steel. This position is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities. job description

Professional Engineer - Bridge Design *

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting two Professional Engineers in Bridge Design. The Engineer is assigned final design work, design review work, and final bridge plan checking on a project level basis and is responsible for all work with minimal guidance and direction from the Bridge Area Engineer. The Engineer also is assigned preliminary design work. The preliminary design work may be done in conjunction with the Bridge Area Engineer or be assigned in terms of the general results expected. job description

Enforcement Scale Officer -Broadus -

MCS Enforcement Officers are responsible for helping regulate the international and domestic commercial and agricultural motor carrier industry. Officers have full authority on a wide range of regulation and enforcement issues, including height, width, and weight restrictions, vehicle licensing and motor fuel tax requirements, hazardous material transportation restrictions, and vehicle, operator, and load safety. MCS Enforcement places its highest priority in the safety of the traveling public and the protection of Montana’s infrastructure. job description

Enforcement Scale Officer- Shelby

MCS Enforcement Officers are responsible for helping regulate the international and domestic commercial and agricultural motor carrier industry. Officers have full authority on a wide range of regulation and enforcement issues, including height, width, and weight restrictions, vehicle licensing and motor fuel tax requirements, hazardous material transportation restrictions, and vehicle, operator, and load safety. MCS Enforcement places its highest priority in the safety of the traveling public and the protection of Montana’s infrastructure. job description

Enforcement Scale Officer-Billings - *

MCS Enforcement Officers are responsible for helping regulate the international and domestic commercial and agricultural motor carrier industry. Officers have full authority on a wide range of regulation and enforcement issues, including height, width, and weight restrictions, vehicle licensing and motor fuel tax requirements, hazardous material transportation restrictions, and vehicle, operator, and load safety. MCS Enforcement places its highest priority in the safety of the traveling public and the protection of Montana’s infrastructure. job description

Enforcement Scale Officer- Armington Junction - *

MCS Enforcement Officers are responsible for helping regulate the international and domestic commercial and agricultural motor carrier industry. Officers have full authority on a wide range of regulation and enforcement issues, including height, width, and weight restrictions, vehicle licensing and motor fuel tax requirements, hazardous material transportation restrictions, and vehicle, operator, and load safety. MCS Enforcement places its highest priority in the safety of the traveling public and the protection of Montana’s infrastructure. job description

Enforcement Scale Officer-Lima

MCS Enforcement Officers are responsible for helping regulate the international and domestic commercial and agricultural motor carrier industry. Officers have full authority on a wide range of regulation and enforcement issues, including height, width, and weight restrictions, vehicle licensing and motor fuel tax requirements, hazardous material transportation restrictions, and vehicle, operator, and load safety. MCS Enforcement places its highest priority in the safety of the traveling public and the protection of Montana’s infrastructure. job description

Enforcement Scale Officer- Havre -

MCS Enforcement Officers are responsible for helping regulate the international and domestic commercial and agricultural motor carrier industry. Officers have full authority on a wide range of regulation and enforcement issues, including height, width, and weight restrictions, vehicle licensing and motor fuel tax requirements, hazardous material transportation restrictions, and vehicle, operator, and load safety. MCS Enforcement places its highest priority in the safety of the traveling public and the protection of Montana’s infrastructure. job description

Civil Engineering Technician *

  • 54157058
  • multiple locations
  • Open until filled

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Civil Engineering Technician. This position serves as an experienced Field Project Technician within the District and is responsible for coordinating and conducting various inspection, sampling, and testing procedures to verify that construction project features and materials conform with standard specifications, Department requirements, and contract agreements. The position is also responsible for coordinating and conducting staking and surveying procedures and performing a variety of other duties as assigned. The position reports to the Field Project Technician III and provides guidance and technical assistance to less experienced Field Project Technicians performing routine inspections, sampling, testing, and surveying procedures. job description

Highway Maintenance Tech - CDL Driver/Equipment Operator

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Maintenance Technician in the Forsyth Section. This position performs a variety of work as a laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, and truck driver for highway maintenance activities. Operates various trucks and a variety of heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning, landslide removal, crack/mastic sealing, fence building or bridge repair, guardrail or sign installation, luminaire maintenance, roadway repair, vegetation and roadside maintenance, pavement marking and striping operations, and snow and ice control. This position is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities. job description

Land Survey Project Manager - PLS Required

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Professional Land Survey Project Manager. The Survey Project Manager is a senior professional land surveyor (PLS) for the MDT’s Photogrammetry and Survey Section. This position is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining special statewide survey subprograms and statewide land survey methods; planning and performing professional survey work; coordinating survey review and approval for quality control purposes; developing and overseeing training for field survey crews; and directing and coordinating the operation and maintenance of survey equipment. job description

Bridge Design Engineering Manager

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Bridge Design Engineering Manager. This position is a Bridge Projects Design Manager within a given District. The position is responsible for managing the progress of all preconstruction activities for several concurrently ongoing bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects, and bridge and structures activities in other Highway projects in that District. The position is responsible for managing, developing, and documenting the preconstruction activities from project assignment to contract award including project risk assessments, working with stakeholders, initiating appropriate public involvement, as well as overseeing the structural engineering, design, and preparation of bridge plans, special provisions and cost estimates. This position reports to the Bridge Design Engineer. Multiple locations may be available for this position. job description

Civil Engineering Specialist-Billings *

The Montana Department of Transportation is recruiting Civil Engineering Specialists. This position serves as a Civil Engineering Specialist within the Billings Division and is responsible for conducting in-depth engineering and analysis, administer contracts, oversee projects and project design, and may serve as a lead worker. Work is assigned through instruction on specific engineering objectives and direction and the incumbent determines the best solution based on established engineering guidelines, knowledge and skills. Completed work is reviewed for application of sound professional judgment. job description

Surveyor II/III-Billings

The Montana Department of Transportation is currently recruiting a Surveyor II or III in the Billings District. The journey level, Surveyor II, is responsible for performing advanced technical and professional field survey work; serving as party chief for field surveys; reviewing surveys to determine the validity of the evidence and methods used and to ensure accurate survey information; maintaining equipment and inventories; and performing other duties as assigned. The professional land surveyor, Surveyor III, is responsible for planning and performing professional survey work. Examples of duties include: organizing and overseeing straightforward survey projects, signing off on uncomplicated survey projects, analyzing evidence to determine boundary locations, staking/documenting property boundaries, coordinating survey reviews to ensure quality, consistency, efficiency, and compliance with established standards and policies, making professional level survey calculations, carrying out complex drafting, providing training to field survey crews and coordinating the operation and maintenance of survey equipment within the Unit. The Survey III is in charge of all survey work being performed under their PLS license. job description

Civil Engineering Specialist-Lewistown

The Montana Department of Transportation is recruiting for a Civil Engineering Specialist in Lewistown. This position is responsible for conducting in-depth engineering and analysis, administer contracts, oversee projects and project design, and may serve as a lead worker. Work is assigned through instruction on specific engineering objectives and direction and the incumbent determines the best solution based on established engineering guidelines, knowledge and skills. Completed work is reviewed for application of sound professional judgment. job description

Bridge Management Engineer

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Bridge Management Engineer. This position serves as the Bridge Management Engineer and Section Supervisor and is responsible for administering all aspects of the Bridge Inspection and Operations programs for over 5000 bridges and other transportation structures in-service statewide. This includes bridge and tunnel safety and condition inspection, load rating, load posting, documentation of critical findings, local agency notifications, bridge scour evaluation, overweight vehicle permitting, and bridge maintenance. This position is responsible for ensuring program compliance with FHWA’s National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS), maintaining structure inventory records, and submitting bridge condition data to FHWA annually. This position is responsible for ensuring public safety; maintaining program compliance with State and Federal laws, policies and guidelines; developing and maintaining Department standards, guidelines and policies for bridge inspection and operations; developing program budgets and monitoring program expenditures; supervising staff work and quality; and promoting efficient and cost-effective use of Department resources and funds. This work directly affects public safety and commerce, and an advanced level of professional engineering experience and judgement is needed to meet program requirements. This position reports to the Bridge Engineer. job description

Bridge Operations Engineer

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is recruiting for a Bridge Operations Engineer. This position serves as the Bridge Operations Engineer and supervisor of the Bridge Operations Unit which is responsible for bridge analysis and load rating, bridge overload permitting, and bridge maintenance for over 5000 bridges in-service statewide. This position is responsible for ensuring public safety; maintaining program compliance with Federal laws, policies and guidelines; developing and monitoring statewide operations and budget estimates; developing and managing engineering contracts for consultant services and construction of rehabilitation and repairs of bridges; supervising staff work and quality; and promoting efficient and cost-effective use of Department resources and funds. This work directly affects public safety and commerce, and an advanced level of professional engineering experience is needed to identify and evaluate bridge conditions, perform advanced structural analysis for the current conditions, and recommend load posting, traffic restrictions, or repair projects. This position reports to the Bridge Management Engineer. job description

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