Maintenance Operator - Structure and Bridge, South Crew

Title: Maintenance Operator - Structure and Bridge, South Crew

State Role Title: Transportation Operator II

Hiring Range: $46,659 - $75,821

Pay Band: 2

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Middlesex AHQ

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

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What drives you? Whether it's knowing the work you do makes a difference, having great work/life balance, working on exciting and challenging projects, leading innovation, and championing change or simply working with a great group of people who are committed to your professional development...At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we have something for YOU!

VDOT’s Fredericksburg District has an exciting opportunity available in its Structure and Bridge Maintenance Department. We are seeking qualified candidates to fill a Bridge Maintenance Operator vacancy. This position repairs, maintains and replaces bridges and structures in accordance with established safety standards, VDOT specifications and procedures, and equipment operation standards.

VDOT is driven by safety, service to the community, and commitment to excellence! If you are driven by innovation and passion for infrastructure, we want you to join our team to keep Virginia moving. In this position you will use our foundational drivers to play a crucial role in shaping the highways that connect communities and drive progress across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Core responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
•Working as part of a crew performing replacement and other construction to include preventative and restorative structural maintenance activities on structures, bridges and large culverts in VDOT’s maintenance inventory
•Performing manual labor to include the formation of footers, abutments, and wing walls
•Placing and finishing concrete, erecting steel beam bridges, and installing timber, and concrete bridge decks
•Operating and use of light and medium-duty equipment such as dump trucks, loaders, backhoes, etc. and various types of hand/power tools
•Conducting preventative maintenance and minor repairs on equipment/tools
•Performing work over, in, and around water from boats and scaffolding at various heights

VDOT is an emergency response agency, and this position is the core of this requirement, therefore you will work outside of normal work hours during emergency operations. Working during emergencies including incident management, snow removal, and hurricane preparedness. Performance of duties may require work outside of normal business hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.

NOTE: This position requires approved safety shoes.

 

Minimum Qualifications

•Knowledge of highway maintenance equipment, materials, methods, and procedures
•Ability to perform heavy manual labor
•Ability to read and to follow oral and written instructions
•Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
•Possess a valid driver’s license
•Ability to obtain valid 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
•Capability to conduct math calculations to measure and layout constructed elements on bridges and culverts

Minimum Qualifications shall also include one or more of the following skillsets:
•Skill in the operation of construction-related equipment
•Skill in using hand and power tools
•Skill in carpentry, concrete forming, and finishing
•Ability to perform minor repairs and preventative maintenance on equipment and tools
•Skill in fabrication or welding steel components

 

Additional Considerations

•Knowledge of highway/bridge maintenance methods and safety practices
•Experience in the maintenance and/or construction of roadways, bridges, facilities, or comparable large-scale construction projects
•Advanced experience in carpentry, fabrication, welding, building forms and false works, and concrete placement
•Advanced experience with light to medium-duty equipment and hand and power tools
•Valid Commercial Driver's License with appropriate endorsements
•Related work zone and traffic control experience to include flagger certification
•Valid Certified Crane Operator with appropriate endorsements

 

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