Job Duties
Put your CDL to work with VDOT right here in your own community!
$3,000 Sign-On Bonus* available to qualified external CDL applicants selected to fill these vacancies. *Exclusions may apply.
Successful Maintenance Operator candidates can operate diverse hand and power tools (chain saw, weed eater) and heavy equipment (such as dump trucks, loader, backhoe, tractor w / attachments) and will participate as a working team member clearing drainage pipes and ditches, cutting brush, pot-hole patching, setting up work zones, and other diverse skilled and manual labor tasks required to complete road maintenance projects
As a Maintenance Operator, you will :
- respond to emergency roadway and severe weather events to prepare and operate equipment for snow and ice removal and other types of hazardous road conditions
- prepare / clean up work zones and perform traffic control
- demonstrate proper work site safety and protection techniques
- complete pre-trip inspections, perform preventive maintenance on diverse equipment
VDOT is an emergency response agency and this position is key to fulfilling this agency requirement. This position will be called upon to work outside of normal work hours during emergency operations such as inclement weather, flooding, and / or traffic incidents..
Minimum Qualifications
- ability to follow safety policies, procedures, and programs
- knowledge of roadway and roadside related maintenance equipment, materials, and methods
- demonstrated experience in operation of equipment comparable to that used in highway
maintenance / construction activities
- ability to perform heavy manual labor, including frequently lifting / carrying up to 50 lbs
- skill in the operation and maintenance of hand and power tools
- ability to obtain CDL and DOT medical card within 11 months of employment and maintain
thereafter
ability to work in inclement weather and to respond to accidents, and emergency / disaster
response, etc. during / after normal work hours including nights, weekends, and holidays
Additional Considerations
- valid CDL and applicable endorsements
- recent experience with heavy manual labor and heavy equipment operation
- experience performing preventive maintenance and minor equipment repairs
- experience operating heavy equipment performing emergency operations to include snow
removal, and storm and accident response and clean-up
Flagger certification and work zone set-up experience.
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.
Multiple Maintenance Operator positions may be filled from this recruitment in Roanoke, Craig and Botetourt Counties; Maintenance Operator Apprentices may be hired from this advertisement (Starting Salary $40,500 );
and this advertisement may be used to hire part-time hourly TO II Maintenance Operators (Hiring Range $16.00 - $28.77 per hour - not eligible for benefits).
Skills demonstration and background check is required if selected as a finalist. This includes :
- Employment reference check and work history verification
- DMV Records Check
- Fingerprint-based criminal history records check with VA State police and FBI
Additionally required for CDL holders :
Full Query drug and alcohol history in FMCSA Clearinghouse Register at : FMCSA
Clearinghouse.
Federal DOT pre-employment physica l / drug and alcohol screening
Safety shoes and other personal protective equipment (PPE) required in performance of job duties. This is a reimburseable expense up to $200 annually.
This position is designated as essential and, as such, all duties associated with this job are required during emergency situations which may include exposure to inclement weather, disaster response and emergency operations.
Performance of these duties may require work outside of normal business hours including nights, weekends and holidays. VDOT will determine when essential positions are required to report.
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 decision to interview an applicant is based on the information about qualifications and work history provided by the applicant in the application and / or optional resume’.
State applications will only be accepted through online submission through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Job Board / Recruitment Management System (PAGE UP).
PAGE UP provides a confirmation of receipt when your application is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your PAGE UP account to check the status of your application for this position.
NOTE : TO II level Equipment Operators hired without a valid CDL in hand are required to obtain their CDL within 11 months of their hire date and cannot operate commercial motor vehicles prior to receiving the necessary licensure and medical certification.
Effective February 7, 2022, new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations require entry-level drivers (drivers who are seeking to take the skills test in order to obtain a CDL for the first time, upgrade their CDL from a Class B to a Class A, or take the knowledge test to obtain a hazardous materials endorsement for the first time) to complete FMCSA- approved Entry-Level Driving (ELD) Training before the Department of Motor Vehicles can grant the requested CDL or endorsement.
The course is comprised of 160 hours, on average, of training. VDOT is willing to assist with your enrollment in and payment for the course upon your acceptance of an ELD Training Tuition tenure guarantee and repayment agreement.
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.
Contact Information
Name : Teresa Moody
Phone : 540-266-2661
Email : ov
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 Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI).
Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS / DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability.
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