Stormwater Leadworker (Caltrans Highway Maintenance Leadworker)

Department of Transportation · Santa Cruz County

Salary: $5,119 – $6,696 per month

Closes: 2026-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Job description and requirements

Job Description and Duties Under the direction of the Caltrans Maintenance Supervisor, the Leadworker works with and directs the work of the District Storm Water crew. The Leadworker position is interchangeable with all the above mentioned activities. Performing drain and culvert cleaning, pump house cleaning, hydro-seeding, mulch blowing, installing erosion control materials. Incumbent will be required to operate, maintain and make minor repairs to various types of equipment used in all these tasks. This is a District Wide Striping Crew with over night travel may be required up to 75% of the time. Incumbents work hours currently are a 4/10 shift: 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Thursday. Incumbent must posses a California Drivers License with Class B with a Tank endorsement. Class A CDL is highly desirable. To help the Department with scheduling, incumbents may be asked to work alternate work shifts; such as but not limited to 9/80, 5/40 or night work. PARF 05-27-0209/ JC-537252 Personal Leave Program: Effective July 1, 2025, state employees are subject to temporary salary reductions ranging from 2% to 4.62% in exchange for Personal Leave Program (PLP) hours. Please note that the salary ranges listed in this Job Control may not reflect these reductions associated with the 2025 Personal Leave Program. Please follow the link for more information regarding the 2025 Personal Leave program: http://hrmanual.calhr.ca.gov/Home/ManualItem/1/2113. Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Caltrans Highway Maintenance Leadworker exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title. Please take this 1-minute Caltrans Recruitment survey to tell us how you found out about this job. https://forms.office.com/g/RyK102ty4G https://youtu.be/oC9wIp8QalI Apply today to join our team! We especially encourage applicants to check out our Caltrans Career Compass tool! The Caltrans Career Compass is a tool to assist and help candidates understand and succeed in applying to Caltrans positions. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements • The position(s) require(s) a Drug Screening be passed prior to being hired. • The position(s) require(s) a valid Class B commercial driver’s license, with Tank Vehicle (N) endorsement. Class A with Tank (N) endorsement is desirable. • Possession of a valid driver’s license is required when operating a state owned or leased vehicle. Possession of Minimum Qualifications will be verified prior to interview and/or appointment. If you are basing your eligibility on education, you must include your unofficial transcript(s)/diploma for verification. Unofficial, original, or official sealed transcripts will be accepted and may be required upon appointment. Applicants with foreign transcripts/degrees must provide a transcript/degree U.S. equivalency report evaluation that indicates the number of units and degree to which the foreign coursework is equivalent. Please visit either of the following two websites for a list of evaluation agencies: https://www.naces.org/members or https://aice-eval.org. Please redact birthdates and social security numbers.
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Job Description and Duties

Under the direction of the Caltrans Maintenance Supervisor, the Leadworker works with and directs the work of the District Storm Water crew. The Leadworker position is interchangeable with all the above mentioned activities. Performing drain and culvert cleaning, pump house cleaning, hydro-seeding, mulch blowing, installing erosion control materials. Incumbent will be required to operate, maintain and make minor repairs to various types of equipment used in all these tasks. This is a District Wide Striping Crew with over night travel may be required up to 75% of the time. Incumbents work hours currently are a 4/10 shift: 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Thursday. Incumbent must posses a California Drivers License with Class B with a Tank endorsement. Class A CDL is highly desirable. To help the Department with scheduling, incumbents may be asked to work alternate work shifts; such as but not limited to 9/80, 5/40 or night work.

PARF 05-27-0209/ JC-537252

Personal Leave Program: Effective July 1, 2025, state employees are subject to temporary salary reductions ranging from 2% to 4.62% in exchange for Personal Leave Program (PLP) hours. Please note that the salary ranges listed in this Job Control may not reflect these reductions associated with the 2025 Personal Leave Program. Please follow the link for more information regarding the 2025 Personal Leave program: http://hrmanual.calhr.ca.gov/Home/ManualItem/1/2113.


Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Caltrans Highway Maintenance Leadworker exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.


Please take this 1-minute Caltrans Recruitment survey to tell us how you found out about this job.

https://forms.office.com/g/RyK102ty4G

https://youtu.be/oC9wIp8QalI

Apply today to join our team! We especially encourage applicants to check out our Caltrans Career Compass tool! The Caltrans Career Compass is a tool to assist and help candidates understand and succeed in applying to Caltrans positions.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Special Requirements

  • The position(s) require(s) a Drug Screening be passed prior to being hired.
  • The position(s) require(s) a valid Class B commercial driver’s license, with Tank Vehicle (N) endorsement. Class A with Tank (N) endorsement is desirable.

  • Possession of a valid driver’s license is required when operating a state owned or leased vehicle.

Possession of Minimum Qualifications will be verified prior to interview and/or appointment. If you are basing your eligibility on education, you must include your unofficial transcript(s)/diploma for verification. Unofficial, original, or official sealed transcripts will be accepted and may be required upon appointment. Applicants with foreign transcripts/degrees must provide a transcript/degree U.S. equivalency report evaluation that indicates the number of units and degree to which the foreign coursework is equivalent. Please visit either of the following two websites for a list of evaluation agencies: https://www.naces.org/members or https://aice-eval.org. Please redact birthdates and social security numbers.

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Department of Transportation currently has 91 other open positions in this database.

Regional hiring context

There are 5 current state openings in Santa Cruz County, including this position.

Application timeline

Applications close in 4 days, on November 8, 2026.

Posting history

This posting appears on CalCareers. CA Public Jobs first observed it on October 30, 2026. It was last verified open on November 4, 2026.

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