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ODOT Highway Labor w/CDL Highway Technician 1, Highland County in Hillsboro, Ohio
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[Who We Are:]{.underline} The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation's 5^th^ largest interstate system and the 2^nd^ largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency's vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.
[ODOT's Mission Statement:]{.underline}
To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.
Job Description
Job Description
[What You Will Do:]{.underline}-Hands-on maintenance of traffic and flagging-Highway maintenance and repair work activities (e.g., pothole patching, spread berm, repair guardrails, crack seal, litter pick-up, drainage, vegetation management such as weed eating, brush cutting, and mowing)-Operation of heavy equipment (e.g., dump truck, loader) and hand tools (e.g., chainsaw)-Perform snow & ice operations
[Who we are looking for:]{.underline}
- Safety Driven
- Enjoys working outdoors-
- Honest
- Accountable
- Trustworthy and respectful
- A positive team player
[Official Position Description: ]{.underline}Operates basic equipment (i.e., see glossary for identification of basic equipment), & performs general highway maintenance duties which vary by season (e.g., constructs, improves, maintains, repairs & cleans highways &/or roadways & right-of-ways to include excavating & grading ditches, digging channels & cleaning waterways, cuts brush, grass & other vegetation, applies chemicals to vegetation, patches & seals berm & pavement, mixes mortar & concrete, shovels backfill, installs & repairs catch basin & stream channel & completes other drainage work, screens bleeding surface, reshapes/digs ditches/trenches, pours hot tar, removes trash, cleans & repairs highways &/or roadways & right-of-ways, mows grass, moves & loads supplies & materials & completes other related highway maintenance assignments, operates any combination of basic equipment to haul trash), performs snow & ice control & related maintenance duties by operating snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments, maintains, repairs & installs traffic signs & pavement markings on inter-state, federal & state highways &/or roadways (e.g., repairs/replaces/straightens street &/or traffic signs & other route markers; installs & repairs guardrails) & receives training (i.e., on the job & formal) in various types of construction inspection activities (maintenance related inspection items) & operation of standard & complex equipment pursuant to the March 11, 2015 Highway Technician MOU between ODOT & OCSEA/AFSCME . Performs emergency response & clean-up & performs traffic control (e.g., flags traffic through work zone or around accident site; sets lane closures; places high water signs; erects barricades); receives training (i.e., on the job & formal) in various types of construction inspection activities (i.e., maintenance related inspection items).Performs minor repairs & maintenance on equipment (e.g., sharpens; sands; paints;