Crew Leader Maintenance - Burnt Chimney, Franklin County, VA

Title: Crew Leader Maintenance - Burnt Chimney, Franklin County, VA

State Role Title: Transportation Operator III

Hiring Range: $43,127 - $70,082

Pay Band: 3

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Burnt Chimney AHQ

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Interested in building your career in highway maintenance? VDOT Salem District’s Bedford's Residency is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Maintenance Crew Leader with experience in roadway/ roadside maintenance/ construction to serve as a working crew leader for local roadway/roadside maintenance crews. We currently have an opening in the Burnt Chimney Area Headquarters.

The Maintenance Crew Leader works closely with area supervisors to identify maintenance needs, develop schedules, plan work and resources, and execute complex work assignments. Determines and demonstrates proper work site protection techniques and identifies required safety protocols. Performs, trains and leads crew members in performing manual labor, equipment operation, and following environmental requirements and proper safety techniques in roadway and roadside maintenance activities. Monitors operations and ensures work complies to agency standards (such as environmental and safety guidelines), maintains records of work performed, and may serve as a back-up supervisor as needed.

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

• Considerable knowledge of roadway and roadside maintenance and construction materials, practices and procedures.
• Considerable skill in performing manual labor, and operating and maintaining light, medium, and heavy-duty equipment used in roadway and roadside maintenance and construction.
• Basic record keeping and computer skills.
• Ability to plan, schedule, and complete complex work assignments. Ability to train and lead the work of others.
• Ability to perform manual labor including frequent lifting up to 50 lbs., and to use hand and power tools.
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply work zone safety and traffic control manual guidelines.
• Ability to obtain CDL and DOT medical card within 11 months of employment and maintain thereafter.
• Ability to work/lead in inclement weather, accident, and emergency/disaster response, etc. during and after normal work hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Additional Considerations

• Current CDL
• Experience leading others in diverse and complex roadway and roadside work activities.
• Experience performing /leading emergency operations such as snow removal, storm damage, and accident clean up.
• Experience preparing reports and keeping records; experience performing administrative tasks with computer technology.
• Knowledge of and experience with VDOT maintenance inventory procedures.
• High school diploma or GED preferred; equivalent experience or training may substitute for education.

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 résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

If selected as a finalist, you will undergo:
• Employment reference check and work history verification
• DMV Records Check
• Fingerprint-based criminal history records check

Additionally, 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 such, all duties associated with this job are required during emergency situations which may include, but are not limited to, inclement weather, disaster response and emerge