Highway maintenance worker

Full job description

Primary Location : United States of America-OHIO-Hancock County-Findlay

Work Locations : District 1 Garage - Hancock Ct 1645 Lima Avenue Findlay 45840

Organization : Transportation - District 01

Classified Indicator : Classified

Bargaining Unit / Exempt : Bargaining Unit

Schedule : Full-time

Work Hours : 07:00 AM To 03:30 PM

Compensation : 19.00

Unposting Date : Apr 24, 2024, 10:59:00 PM

Primary Job Skill : Transportation

Technical Skills : Transportation

Professional Skills : Active Learning, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Verbal Communication, Written Communication

Agency Contact Name : Human Resources

Agency Contact Information :

Highway Maintenance Worker 1, Hancock County, PN: 20049750

(240003VW)

Job Duties

PERMANENT Highway Maintenance Worker 1, Hancock County, PN: 20049750

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 $19.72 .

-OR-

If you already have a CDL you will work 2 weeks as a Highway Maintenance Worker 1 at a hourly rate of $19.00 , then be reclassified to a Highway Technician 1 at an hourly rate of $19.72.

Who We Are:

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5th largest interstate system and the 2nd 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 a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.

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

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.

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.

Job Skills: Transportation

Technical Skills: Transportation

Professional Skills: Active Learning, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Verbal Communication, Written Communication

ADA Statement

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

Drug-Free Workplace

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.

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.

Please describe your education and work experience in detail in these two sections on your application. It must clearly indicate how the minimum qualifications &/or position specific minimum qualifications, if applicable, are met. Applications that do not, will not be given consideration.

The final applicant accepted for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis prior to appointment to test for illegal drug use. Medical marijuana is prohibited as a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test. An applicant with a positive test result will not be offered employment, per section 3719.01 & 3719.41 of Ohio revised code.

This position is overtime eligible based on FLSA standards.

All Bargaining Unit new hires MUST serve a one (1) year probationary period. Position will be filled pursuant to the provision of the OCSEA/AFSCME Contract.

Background Check Information

The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal conviction will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.