The Virginia Department of Transportation Martinsville District-Carroll County is seeing qualified candidates to fill Highway Maintenance Operator positions. Successful candidates can operate diverse hand and power tools and heavy equipment (such as chain saw, weedeater, dump truck, loader, backhoe, motorgrader, tractor w/ attachments) and will perform diverse manual labor.

As a maintenance operator, you will:

• respond to emergency roadway and severe weather events to prepare and operate equipment for snow and ice removal and other types of hazardous road conditions
• prepare work zones and perform traffic control
• demonstrate proper work site protection techniques: identify workplace safety hazards, wear

proper personal protection equipment, maintain current knowledge of safety rules, regulations,
laws, and use equipment properly and safely

• participate as a working team member performing manual labor such as: clearing drainage

pipes and ditches, cutting brush, pot-hole patching, and other diverse tasks required to
complete road maintenance projects

• complete pre-trip inspections, perform preventive maintenance on diverse equipment
• operate diverse hand and power tools.

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.

This is an hourly position and is not entitled to a state benefit package and is limited to no more than 1500 hours in a 12-month period.

You may meet minimal qualifications if you have:

• ability to follow safety policies, procedures, and programs
• knowledge of roadway and roadside related maintenance equipment, materials, and methods
• demonstrated experience in operation of equipment comparable to that used in highway

maintenance/construction activities

• ability to perform heavy manual labor, including frequently lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs
• skill in the operation and maintenance of hand and power tools
• ability to obtain CDL and DOT medical card within 11 months of employment and maintain

thereafter

• ability to work in inclement weather and to respond to accidents, and emergency/disaster

response, etc. during/after normal work hours including nights, weekends, and holidays

Preferred qualifications include:

• valid CDL and applicable endorsements
• recent experience with heavy manual labor and heavy equipment operation
• experience performing preventive maintenance and minor equipment repairs
• experience operating heavy equipment performing emergency operations – to include snow

removal, and storm and accident response and clean-up

• Flagger certification and workzone set-up experience.

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 emergency operations.

Performance of these duties may require work outside of normal business hours including nights, weekends and holidays. VDOT will determine when essential positions are required to report.

Multiple Maintenance Operator positions may be filled from this recruitment in Carroll County at Fancy Gap, Hillsville and Laurel Area Headquarters.

VDOT utilizes a market based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information about qualifications and work history provided by the applicant in the application and/or optional resume’. State applications will only be accepted through online submission through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Job Board/PageUp. PageUp provides a confirmation of receipt when your application is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your PageUp account to check the status of your application for this position.

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 Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: https://www.vadars.org/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx, or call DARS at 800- 552-5019.