Job Details
Title: Operator Maintenance - Leesburg AHQ
State Role Title: Transportation Operator II
Hiring Range: $45,534 - $73,992
Pay Band: NV 2
Agency: VA Dept of Transportation
Location: Loudoun Residency
Agency Website:
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
Interested in building your career in highway maintenance and construction and serving the travelling public?
VDOT is seeking highly motivated individuals with solid experience operating equipment (dump truck, loader, backhoe, motor grader, tractor w/attachments, etc.) and performing manual labor to join our highway maintenance team.
Maintenance Operators set up work zones, perform traffic control, cut brush, clean ditches and pipes, repair roadways, plow snow, and perform preventive maintenance and basic repairs on highway equipment and hand/power tools.
Perform emergency roadway operations as an essential employee during snow/severe weather and other emergency events. Must be willing to work outside of normal work hours during emergency conditions.
VDOT employees have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics. We encourage all those who apply to review these values and ethics. If you share our values, we invite you to apply. Your success in our organization depends upon sharing these values and keeping this Code of Ethics. In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers excellent benefits including competitive health and life insurance programs, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short- and Long-Term Disability Program, a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching. Miscellaneous benefits include paid holidays, tuition assistance, wellness programs, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
Ability to operate and maintain equipment comparable that used in highway maintenance/construction activities.
Ability to perform heavy manual labor to include frequently lifting up to 50 lbs.
Skill in the operation and preventive maintenance of handheld and power tools.
Ability to obtain CDL and DOT medical card within 6 months of employment and maintain thereafter.
Ability to work inclement weather, accidents, and emergency/disaster response, etc. during/after normal work hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Additional Considerations
Valid CDL or CDL Permit.
Experience with heavy manual labor and heavy equipment operation.
Experience performing preventive maintenance and minor equipment repairs.
Experience in emergency operations to include snow removal, storms and accident response and clean-up.
A combination of training, experience, and/or education which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or r sum is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
All candidates selected for an interview will perform a skills demonstration as part of the interview process.
If selected as a finalist, you will undergo:
References
Verification of work history
DMV Records Check
Pre-employment physical and drug screen.
Fingerprint-based criminal history records check
This position requires approved safety shoes.
Instructions to Applicants:
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is an Equal Opportunity Employer by both policy and practice. For more information about our employment practices, please visit Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants at:
VDOT Multiple positions may be filled from this recruitment within 90 days of the closing date. State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date through the Recruitment Management System (RMS).
State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to represent qualifications and work history. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided in the application; therefore it is important to provide complete work history and experience as it relates to this position.
RMS provides a confirmation of receipt when your application is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your RMS account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: Cheri Kelly
Phone: 703-###-####
Email: ...@vdot.virginia.gov
In support of the Commonwealth s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-###-####.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.