Title: Operator Traffic - Salem District Striping & Messaging

State Role Title: Transportation Operator II

Hiring Range: $39,448-$64,103

Pay Band: 2

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Salem Trans Ops Ctr (TOC)

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

$3,000 Sign-On Bonus
Available to qualified external CDL applicants selected. Exclusions may apply.

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.

The Salem District maintains more than 9,200 miles of roads in southwestern Virginia in the counties of Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, and Roanoke. The district serves more than 650,000 citizens in these counties and the 14 cities and towns in its boundaries.

This position works for the Salem District signs and pavement marking unit. Position installs and maintains pavement markings and messages in compliance with the MUTCD, Virginia Work Area Protection Manual, and Road and Bridge Specifications. Installs and maintains ground-mounted and overhead signs and other traffic control devices incompliance with the MUTCD. Follows guidelines and policies governing Miss Utility clearances for sign installations. Interprets roadway plans and sketches for new sign installation. Prepares and operates equipment for snow and ice removal or other emergency operations. Provides traffic control. Determines and demonstrates proper worksite protection techniques. Identifies workplace safety hazards and makes suggestions for improvement. Wears proper personal protection equipment. Maintains current knowledge of safety rules, regulations, laws, and procedures. Follows VDOT
safety regulations and practices.

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 workhours during emergency operations such as inclement weather, flooding, and/or traffic incidents..

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of federal and state regulations regarding traffic control devices.
• Skill in the operation and maintenance of specialty equipment and complex machinery used in pavement marking and messaging.
• Experience and ability performing heavy manual labor.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions, read and interpret work plans and specifications, and complete accurate work documentation.
• Skill in the use and maintenance of hand and power tools, as well as light, medium, and heavy duty equipment used for highway maintenance and repair.
• Safety shoes required.
• 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 interpret plans and sketches.
• Working knowledge of work zone traffic control standards and techniques.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in pavement marking and messaging operations.
• Experience in emergency operations to include snow and ice removal, storms and debris clean-up.
• Experience in the installation and maintenance of various types of traffic control devices.
• Valid CDL 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.

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.

If selected as a finalist, you will undergo:
• Employment reference check and work history verification
• DMV Records Check
• Fingerprint-based criminal history records check

Additionally, required for CDL holders:
• Full Query drug and alcohol history in FMCSA Clearinghouse – Register at: FMCSA Clearinghouse.
• Pre-employment drug and alcohol screening
• Federal DOT pre-employment physical

Safety shoes and other personal protective equipment (PPE) required in performance of job duties.

This position is designated as essential and, as such, all duties associated with this job are required during emergency situations which may include, but are not limited to, inclement weather, disaster response and emergency operations.

Performance of these duties may require work outside of normal business hours including nights, weekends and holidays. VDOT will determine when essential positions are required to report.

Valid Driver’s License and ability to travel independently among assigned work locations is required.

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.

The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information about qualifications and work history provided by the applicant in the application and/or optional resume’. State applications will only be accepted through online submission through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Job Board/PageUp. PageUp provides a confirmation of receipt when your application is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your PageUp account to check the status of your application for this position.

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.

Multiple positions may be filled from this recruitment.

Contact Information

Name: Sarah Merrill

Phone: (540) 589-6661

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.