Operator Structure and Bridge

Title: Operator Structure and Bridge

State Role Title: Transportation Operator II

Hiring Range: $43,690-$70,996

Pay Band: 2

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Charlottesville Residency

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

*In addition to a comprehensive compensation and benefit package, a $3,000 sign-on bonus is available for qualified candidates*

VDOT is driven by safety, service to the community, and commitment to excellence! If you are driven by innovation and passion for infrastructure, we want you to join our team to keep Virginia moving. As an Operator Structure and Bridge, you will use our foundational drivers to play a crucial role in shaping the highways that connect communities and drive progress across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

This opportunity is based at our Charlottesville Office, which is located in Virginia’s Piedmont region, stretching from the Blue Ridge Mountains east toward Richmond. Culpeper District is responsible for 10,465 lane-miles of state-maintained roads, 1,700 bridges, and large culverts in the counties of Albemarle, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock. The City of Charlottesville is also within the district, although they maintain their roads, the district works closely with the city. Culpeper District has two of the state’s interstate highways, I-64 in Albemarle and Louisa counties, and I-66 in Fauquier County, traversing the district from east to west. Additionally, one of the state’s three major north-south corridors, U.S. 29, runs through the center of Culpeper District. One defining feature of Culpeper District is the VDOT Worker’s Memorial, located on I-64 at Afton Mountain, 25 miles west of Charlottesville. The memorial honors transportation workers who died performing their jobs.

Core responsibilities include but are not limited to:
*Working as part of a crew performing preventative and restorative structural maintenance activities on bridge structures and large culverts.
*Performing manual labor to include the formation of footers, abutments, and wing walls.
*Placing and finishing concrete, erecting steel beam bridges, and installing timber, and concrete bridge decks.
*Operating a 25-ton dump truck, rubber tire front-end loader, backhoes, truck-mounted crane, forklift, and various types of hand/power tools.
*Conducting preventative maintenance and minor repairs on equipment/tools.
*Performing work over, in, and around water from boats and scaffolding at various heights.
*Working during emergencies including incident management, snow removal, and hurricane preparedness. Performance of duties may require work outside of normal business hours including nights, weekends and holidays.

Minimum Qualifications

*Skill in the operation of construction-related equipment.
*Skill in using hand and power tools.
*Skill in carpentry.
*Skill in concrete forming, and finishing
*Basic skills in welding.
*Knowledge of highway/bridge maintenance methods and safety practices.
*Ability to perform minor repairs and preventative maintenance on equipment and tools.
*Ability to perform heavy manual labor.
*Capability to conduct math calculations to measure and layout constructed elements on bridges and culverts.
*Possess a valid driver’s license.
*Must be able to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (minimum Class B with Air Brake endorsement) within 11 months of employment.

Additional Considerations

*Experience in the maintenance and/or construction of roadways, bridges, facilities, or comparable large-scale construction projects.
*Experience in carpentry, building forms and false works, and concrete placement.
*Valid CDL with appropriate endorsements
*Experience in fabrication or welding steel components.
*Valid Certified Crane Operator with appropriate endorsements.

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.

The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided in the application or optional resume; therefore, those who fully represent their qualifications will be more successful with obtaining an interview. Submitting an incomplete application or resume lacking relevant experience detail may impact interview eligibility. State applications or resumes submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered.

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.

Why Choose VDOT:
In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers core benefits including competitive health and life insurance programs, pre-tax spending accounts, and leave programs. Employees participate in a State Retirement Plan; a tax-deferred Retirement Savings Plan with employer matching provision is also available. Also, the State funds a Short- and Long-Term Disability Program. Miscellaneous benefits include paid holidays, training and tuition assistance programs, wellness programs, etc.

VDOT employees have Shared Values and abide by a Code of Ethics. Our culture includes teamwork, transparency, nimble learning, creativity, and collaboration of work that values differences. We encourage all those who apply to review our values and ethics. Click here to review http://www.virginiadot.org/about/mission andvalues.asp. If you share these values, we invite you to apply. Your success in our organization depends upon sharing these values and keeping this Code of Ethics.

VDOT is driven by safety, service to the community, and commitment to excellence! If you are driven by innovation and a passion for roadway maintenance, we want you to join our team to keep Virginia moving. As a (insert position), you will use our foundational drivers to play a crucial role in shaping the highways that connect communities and drive progress across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Contact Information

Name: Alyssa Allen

Phone: 540-642-8401

Email: Alyssa.allen@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.