Title: Crew Leader Maintenance - Boyd Tavern

State Role Title: Transportation Operator III

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

Pay Band: 3

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Boyds Tavern AHQ

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 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. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is responsible for building, maintaining, and operating the state’s roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries, and at VDOT, we have something for YOU!

VDOT Culpeper District’s Boyd Tavern Area Headquarters is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Maintenance Crew Leader with experience in roadway maintenance and construction to serve as a working crew leader for local roadway/roadside maintenance crews.

The Maintenance Crew Leader's core responsibilities include but are not limited to:

•Works closely with area supervisors to identify maintenance needs, develop schedules, plan work and resources, and to execute complex work assignments.

•Determines and demonstrates proper work site protection techniques, and identifies required safety protocols

•Performs, trains and leads crew members in performing manual labor, equipment operation, and following environmental requirements in roadway and roadside maintenance activities.

•Monitors operations and ensures work complies with agency standards, maintains records of work performed, and may serve as a back-up supervisor as needed.

VDOT is an emergency response agency, and this position is key to fulfilling this agency requirement, and this position will be called upon to work outside of normal work hours during emergency operations such as inclement weather, flooding, and/or traffic incidents.

Minimum Qualifications

Ability to compile data, prepare reports and maintain records.

• Ability to provide on-site direction and technical guidance.

• Knowledge of inventory and budgeting practices.

• Ability to track daily accomplishments, prepare written reports and documents.

• Skill in coordinating and scheduling daily work, personnel and equipment. Ability to provide technical direction and guidance to a variety of laborers and oversee their work.

• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.

• Knowledge of safety policies, procedures, and programs related to roadway construction and maintenance.

• Ability to read and interpret highway plans, sketches and technical documents.

• Considerable skill in the operation of light, medium, and heavy-duty equipment used for highway maintenance 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.

• Ability to read and follow oral and written instructions.

• Knowledge and application of work zone safety, traffic controls and flagging operations to include the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

• Ability to plan work schedules and identify and assign manpower, materials, and equipment needed to accomplish the job.

• Considerable knowledge of highway maintenance equipment, materials, methods, and procedures.

• Considerable skill in the operation and maintenance of hand-held and power tools.

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

• Skill in providing and promoting good customer service to internal and external customers.
• Commercial Driver' License (CDL)

• Basic Tree Cutting & Chainsaw Operator

• Intermediate Work Zone Traffic Control Safety

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

• Flagger

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.