PERMANENT Highway Maintenance Worker 1, Van Wert County, PN 20050764
OPEN TO PERMANENT HIGHWAY TECHNICIANs FOR INTERNAL BID; employees in the Highway Technician 1, 2, and 3 classifications to be considered lateral transfers into the position.
Once a CDL is obtained, you will be reclassified beginning the following pay period to a Highway Technician 1 at an hourly rate of $19.15.
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If you already have a CDL you will work 2 weeks as a Highway Maintenance Worker 1 at an hourly rate of $18.45, then be reclassified to a Highway Technician 1 at an hourly rate of $19.15.
Who We Are:
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5 th largest interstate system and the 2 nd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency’s vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional ,and highly productive organization.
ODOT’s Mission Statement:
To provide easy movement of people and goods from place to place. We will:
-Take care of what we have
-Make our system work better
-Improve safety
-Enhance capacity
What You Will Do
-Attend training in order to obtain a CDL Class B Licensure.
-Serves the public and works to make the roads in Ohio safer.
Who we are looking for:
-Safety Driven
-Enjoys working outdoors
-Honest, accountable, trustworthy, and respectful
-A positive team player
Benefits to you:
-Extensive benefits including medical, vision, dental and basic life insurance
-Earning a Class B CDL, a $6,000 value
-11 paid holidays per year
-Paid time off with vacation, sick and personal leave accruals
-At least a 14% employer contribution in to your OPERS pension plan
-Opportunities for career advancement through ODOT’s Highway Technician Academy
-Pay increases pursuant to the OCSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement
-Employee Tuition reimbursement programs
-Work/Life Balance
-The opportunity to work on an important mission
A Physical Ability Test (PAT) and Reading Comprehension & Math (RCM) Test will be given for the Highway Maintenance Worker 1 position and candidates MUST pass both tests in order to be considered for employment. PAT/RCM candidates will be selected based in part on meeting the prescribed minimum qualifications, including education and/or experience or licensure requirements of this position. Applicants selected to take the test will be notified by mail, per the address provided on the application, of the exact time and location to report for the test administration.
Official Position Description:
Receives on the job training & performs the following highway maintenance duties: Receives CDL preparation & snow & ice training (i.e., CDL preparation & training, spreader attachment/detachment, plow blade replacement, plowing snow, snowplow operation & associated snow & ice duties). Flags & directs on-going vehicular traffic through highway maintenance & construction work sites on state & federal highways. Sets up & maintains traffic control structures (e.g., barricades, pot torches, cones, pavement markings, electrical warning devices). Performs general labor by using various hand tools (e.g., chain saw, shovels) in the maintenance & repair of highways (e.g., patches potholes, spreads berm gravel, repairs & paints guardrails, shovels snow, hand spreads salt on sidewalk, steps & pedestrian walkways, seals cracks).
Performs general building, grounds, & equipment maintenance &/or custodial work (e.g., sweeps garage floor, mows grass, maintains & trims shrubbery & trees, washes windows, cleans offices, removes trash, shovels snow from sidewalks, steps & walkways, rakes leaves, paints building structures, cleans, paints & refuels equipment). Maintains & completes a daily log & work record. Cleans repairs & performs general maintenance on equipment needing minor repairs, adjustments, etc. Relieves other employees when necessary, during emergency situations. Operates two-way radio in trucks & base station at various locations in the District. Answers telephone, delivers messages, & assists the clerk at various garage locations. Performs other duties as assigned by higher authority.
Qualifications
Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & in reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary. Note:If involved in driving motorized snow & ice control equipment, must also have valid commercial driver’s license. In accordance with Section 124.11(B)(2) of Revised Code, Director of Administrative Services has determined this classification to be unskilled labor class & therefore exempt from written examination. -Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
Knowledge of addition & subtraction; highway maintenance & traffic control safety practices*. Skill in operation of hand tools*; operation of motorized snow equipment*. Ability to recognize unusual or threatening conditions & take appropriate action; read simple sentences; cooperate with co-workers on group projects; demonstrate strength to lift 50-100 pounds. (*) DEVELOPED AFTER EMPLOYMENT.
Must obtain Class B CDL with tanker endorsement without airbrake restriction within 6 months.
This position is overtime eligible based on FLSA standards.
If this position is filled internally, the wage rate will be determined in accordance with the contract.
If this position is filled internally, the wage rate will be determined in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code.