Pueblo County Government, Department of Public Works, Engineering and Road & Bridge

Public Works is responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the County’s transportation infrastructure, parks, buildings, grounds, and facilities pursuant to federal, state and local laws and in keeping with the community’s priorities and needs. Services include road grading, patching, reconstruction, drainage ditch cleaning, weed mowing and management, snow plowing, parks maintenance and improvement, and building maintenance and improvement.

The Road and Bridge Division workforce is comprised of 62 employees. This Division is responsible for maintenance of 1,201.91 miles of roads including 455 miles of paved roads and 747 miles of gravel roads. About 340 miles of the 1,201.9 miles are located within the boundary of the Pueblo West Metropolitan District. The District is responsible for the maintenance of the County roads within its boundary pursuant to a maintenance agreement with the County. The Division is also responsible for the maintenance of 104 bridges, 135 culverts 48 inches or larger in diameter, numerous cattle guards, traffic control devices and related appurtenances.

Maintenance of transportation-related infrastructure consists of pothole patching, roadway grading, roadway graveling, traffic control device maintenance, snow removal, roadway reconstruction and realignment, overlays, chip-sealing, culvert cleaning, culvert installation and replacement, bridge repair and replacement, weed control, tree and brush removal and various other related maintenance functions.

The Engineering Division workforce is comprised of 13 employees providing such functions as project surveying, roadway and bridge design, construction monitoring, land use review, capital improvement project management, hydrological studies, excavation and access permit management, transportation infrastructure planning, project planning, weed management and various other engineering-related functions. The Division’s staff is supplemented through contractual arrangements with private sector consultants for such services as road and bridge replacement design, electrical system analysis and hydrological analysis. As mentioned above, the services provided by the Engineering Division are funded by the Road and Bridge Fund. Project-specific funding supplements these efforts depending upon the nature of a given project.

PUBLIC WORKS FUTURE JOB OPENINGS (job descriptions below):

Highway Maintenance Worker I

Equipment Operator