Highway Maintenance Operator – Wise Residency

Job Description

**Title:** Highway Maintenance Operator – Wise Residency

**State Role Title:** Transportation Operator II

**Hiring Range:** $36,822 – $59,836

**Pay Band:** 2

**Agency:** VA Dept of Transportation

**Location:** Wise Residency

**Agency Website:** https://www.jobs.virginia.gov/home

**Recruitment Type:** General Public – G

**Job Duties**

Are you driven by safety, service to the community and a commitment to excellence?

The Wise Residency is seeking individuals interested in joining our highway maintenance team. In this position, you will be a part of the operations that are responsible for shaping the highways that connect our communities and drive progress across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Wise Residency covers the following counties: Dickenson, Lee, Scott and Wise.

As a maintenance operator you will perform a combination of skilled equipment operations, preventative maintenance, manual labor tasks in roadway maintenance, and emergency roadway operations as needed as an essential employee.

As a VDOT employee you will be expected to routinely demonstrate safety behaviors as well as advocate and practice safety in everyday work activities. You will manage area(s) of responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. You will demonstrate and routinely practices safety behaviors as a condition of employment and report all safety accidents, incidents and/or concerns appropriately and in a timely manner.

As defined by VDOT Department Memorandum (DM) Number: 17-1 – Emergency Operations and Traffic Management, VDOT is an emergency operation agency. As such, this job is essential to emergency response operations and expected to work in these situations. Report to work when called. Maintain communications with supervisor. Keep abreast of weather forecasts for duty readiness in reporting. Be prepared to operate appropriate equipment in all kinds of weather.

**Minimum Qualifications**

* Ability to perform heavy manual labor.

* Skill in the operation and maintenance of hand and power tools.

* Safety shoes required.

* Ability to read and follow oral and written instructions.

* Skill in the operation and maintenance of light, medium, and heavy-duty equipment used for highway maintenance and repair.

* Ability to obtain CDL and DOT medical card within 11 months of employment and maintain thereafter. Must comply with DOT and VDOT policies and standards when operating CDL equipment.

* Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

* Knowledge of highway maintenance equipment, materials, methods, and procedures.

**Additional Considerations**

* Experience in emergency operations to include snow removal, storms and accident clean-up.

* Experience performing preventive maintenance and minor equipment repairs.

* Experience in roadway maintenance and construction.

* Valid CDL with appropriate endorsements.

**Special Instructions**

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and/or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent health and life insurance, benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short- and Long-Term Disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics: your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values, therefore please access the following link: https://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and; if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Fingerprint-based background checks, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available. VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants”: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

**Contact Information**

Name: Josie Sturgill

Phone: 276-696-3445

Email: Josie.Sturgill.vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note**:** Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. **Equal Opportunity Employer**