Title: Crew Leader - Bedford Sign Crew

State Role Title: Transportation Operator III

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

Pay Band: 3

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Bedford Residency

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What drives you? Whether it's knowing the work you do makes a difference, having a 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 professionalism. At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we have something for you.

VDOT's Salem District is looking to fill the position of Sign Crew Leader for the Bedford Residency maintaining Bedford and Franklin Counties. Position currently sits at the Rocky Mount, VA location. This selected candidate will plan, schedule, oversee, and perform the installation, maintenance, repair, and removal of roadway signs and traffic control devices for an assigned geographical area to include program, budget and inventory oversight. Perform and oversee a combination of skilled equipment operations, preventive maintenance, and manual labor tasks in roadway maintenance.

VDOT is an emergency response agency, and this position is the core of this requirement, therefore you will work outside of normal business hours during emergency operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to compile data, prepare reports and maintain records.
• Experience in work zone set-up, traffic controls and flagging to include using the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or similar regulations.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor.
• Valid driver's license.
• Ability to oversee the work of others.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Skill in the operation and maintenance of light, medium, heavy duty equipment used in routine and emergency maintenance operations.
• 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.
• Safety shoes required.
• Experience in sign installation, maintenance and repair.

Additional Considerations

• Experience managing inventory.
• Experience in emergency operations, e.g. snow, ice, storms, accidents, etc.
• Experience in roadway sign installation, maintenance and repair.

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.

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.

Fingerprint based background check, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Must possess a valid Driver’s License. Position is designated as essential to emergency operations and will be required to work outside normal work hours to ensure the safety of the traveling public.

This position requires approved safety shoes as a reimbursable expense.

Additional vacancies may be filled from this recruitment within 90 days.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Job Board/Recruitment Management System (PageUP).The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided in the application and optional resume; therefore, those who fully represent their qualifications and work history will be more successful with obtaining an interview. Submitting an incomplete application and/or resume lacking job history and relevant experience detail may impact interview eligibility. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered.

Contact Information

Name: Tabatha Adkins

Phone: 540.750.5525

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.