Highway Maintenance Equipment Operator - Blacksburg, Willis, Christiansburg *$3,000 Sign on Bonus available to qualified CDL applicants*

Title: Highway Maintenance Equipment Operator - Blacksburg, Willis, Christiansburg *$3,000 Sign on Bonus available to qualified CDL applicants*

State Role Title: Transportation Operator II

Hiring Range: $39,448- $64,103 Based on Experience

Pay Band: 2

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Christiansburg Residency

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

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What Drives You?? Are you looking to build a career in highway maintenance with great benefits? We currently are looking to fill positions at our Blacksburg Area Headquarters, Christiansburg Area Headquarters and Willis Area Headquarters.

Successful candidates can operate diverse hand and power tools and heavy equipment (such as chain saw, weed eater, dump truck, loader, backhoe, motor grader, tractor w/ attachments) and will perform diverse manual labor.

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 work zones and perform traffic control
*Demonstrate proper work site protection techniques: identify workplace safety hazards, wear
proper personal protection equipment, maintain current knowledge of safety rules, regulations,
laws, and use equipment properly and safely.
*Participate as a working team member performing manual labor such as: clearing drainage
pipes and ditches, cutting brush, pot-hole patching, and other diverse tasks required to
complete road maintenance projects
*Complete pre-trip inspections, perform preventive maintenance on diverse equipment
*Operate diverse hand and power tools.

VDOT is an emergency response agency, and this position is key to fulfilling this agency requirement, and 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

You may meet minimal qualifications if you have:

*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

Preferred qualifications include:

*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.

*$3,000 Sign-On-Bonus* Available to qualified external CDL applicants selected to fill these vacancies. *Exclusions may apply.

Skills demonstration is required during interview. 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

Additional required for CDL holders:
*Full Query drug and alcohol history in FMCSA Clearinghouse – Register at: FMCSA
Clearinghouse.
*Pre-employment drug and alcohol screening
*Federal DOT pre-employment physical

Safety shoes and other personal protective equipment (PPE) required in performance of job duties.

This position is designated as essential and, as s