Title: Crew Leader Maintenance

Role Title: Transportation Operator III

Hiring Range: $43,127-$70,082

Pay Band: 3

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Madison AHQ

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

VDOT's Madison Area Headquarters, located in Madison County, Virginia is seeking a skilled operator/motivated leader to serve as a maintenance crew leader.

As a Maintenance Crew Leader, you will:

• Work closely with supervisors to identify maintenance needs

• Develop schedules, plan work, and determine resources needed to execute work assignments

• Assign work tasks, order materials, and determine equipment needed to accomplish tasks

• Provide guidance and training to crew performing highway maintenance activities such as clearing drainage, removing debris, cutting brush, and patching roads

• Lead crews, set up work zones, perform traffic control, and focus on workplace safety

• Champion safety and continuously monitor work operations to ensure the safety of crew and that work complies with agency safety standards

• Operate equipment such as dump trucks, backhoes, graders, rollers, and loaders

• Train crew in the safety operation of equipment

• Maintain work accomplishments and serve as backup supervisor as needed

• Will work during emergencies. You will lead crews during emergencies that block roads such as traffic accidents and storm debris. You will provide traffic control and perform activities necessary to reopen the road.

• During severe weather, you will prepare for events, lead others, and operate equipment for snow and ice removal and other types of hazardous weather affecting road conditions. Severe weather shifts are typically 12 hours and may include weekends, holidays, and after normal business hours.

What drives you? Whether it's knowing the work you do makes a difference, having great work/life balance, working on exciting and challenging projects, leading innovation and championing change or simply working with a great group of people who are committed to your professional development...At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we have something for YOU!

Culpeper District represents a collection of heroes who keep people moving safely through the Commonwealth of Virginia. Culpeper District is a paradise for those who love outdoor life. Culpeper District consists of 493 heroes who all contribute to building and maintaining 10,465 miles of roadway and bridges through some of the most scenic landscapes traveled in Virginia.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to interpret and apply work zone safety and traffic control manuals.

• Ability to lead, direct, oversee the work of others and train others.

• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.

• Safety shoes required.

• Basic knowledge of inventory procedures.

• Considerable knowledge of highway maintenance and construction practices and procedures.

• Ability to obtain CDL and DOT medical card within 11 months of employment and maintain thereafter. Must comply with DOT and VDOT policies and standards when operating CDL equipment.

• Skill operating and maintaining light and medium trucks and equipment.

• Ability to perform heavy manual labor and use hand and power tools.

Additional Considerations

• Commercial Driver' License (CDL)

• Experience preparing reports and keeping records.

• Basic Tree Cutting & Chainsaw Operator

• A combination of training, experience, or education in Construction or related field desired.

• Experience using computers and software applications.

• Experience in roadway maintenance activities.

• Intermediate Work Zone Traffic Control Safety

• Experience in roadway maintenance and repair. Experience in work zone set-up, traffic controls and flagging to include using the MUTCD or similar regulations. Experience overseeing the work of others.

• Experience leading and training work crews.

• CPR with AED, Standard First Aid, and Blood Borne Pathogens (BBP) Combined Course

• Experience applying inventory practices and procedures.

• Emergency operations experience to include snow-removal, storm damage, and accident clean-up.

• Flagger

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: [email protected]

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.