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Emergency CDL Equipment Operators (Salem Residency)

  • 5025427
  • Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
  • Roanoke County, Virginia, United States
  • Salem, Virginia, United States, 24153
  • VA Dept of Transportation
  • Trades and Operations
  • Wage (Hourly)
  • Closing at: Dec 15 2024 at 23:55 EST
  • VA Dept of Transportation

Title: Emergency CDL Equipment Operators (Salem Residency)

State Role Title: Transportation Operator II - Wage

Hiring Range: $47.19 per hour

Pay Band: 2

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Salem Residency

Agency Website: www.VirginiaDOT.org/Jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What DRIVES you? Here is your opportunity to serve the community where you live! VDOT’s Salem Residency is seeking to fill multiple seasonal Emergency Snow Removal Equipment Operators in Salem, Roanoke County, Botetourt, and Craig County to work 12-hour shifts during 24-hour emergency operations conditions. These positions are classified as wage and no state benefits are provided. Positions are temporary and will be utilized for emergency situations between September and May.

These emergency Medium & Heavy Duty Equipment Operators (CDL holders) stand-by for “call-in” seasonal work to supplement advance storm preparation and snow removal activities, as required. During inclement weather, will operate and maintain roadway equipment (such as dump trucks, front end loaders, and tractors), to clear snow and ice from roadways; apply abrasives and chemicals on road surfaces; and perform heavy manual labor such as installing tire chains, plows and blades, and perform debris removal activities. Position may also be called in to respond during other types of weather emergencies.

VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates should be skilled in operating medium and heavy equipment such as dump trucks, tractors, front-end loaders, motor graders.
• Must be able to perform heavy manual labor to include standing, bending, and frequent lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work call-out during day or night shifts to support emergency operations.
• Must have the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License (minimum Class B) required for TO II level role.

Additional Considerations

• Experience performing snow removal operations, especially using single/tandem axle/dump truck, motor grader, backhoe, tractor, front end loader, etc.
• Experience performing preventative maintenance on diverse equipment.
• Experience working 12-hour shifts, night and/or day, when necessary.

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.

If selected as a finalist, you will undergo:
-Employment reference check and work history verification;
-DMV license and 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 and drug testing

Will be required to work outside normal business hours in emergencies, inclement weather, and hazardous traffic conditions.

Safety shoes required but not provided.

Position is open to collect applicants through December 15, 2024. Multiple positions can be filled from this advertisement. These are Wage positions for which state benefits are not provided.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online through the Recruitment Management System (PageUP). State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered.

Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application or optional resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application or optional resume; therefore, those who fully represent their qualifications and work history will be more successful with obtaining an interview. Submitting an incomplete state application and/or resume lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted successfully. Please refer to ‘Your Application’ while logged into your Page UP account to check the status of your application for this position.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application.

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.

Contact Information

Name: Teresa Windsor

Phone: 540-418-2382

Email: Teresa.Windsor@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 800-552-5019.

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.

 

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer

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