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ODOT Seasonal Highway Technician 1/Highway Maintenance, CDL Driver w/Tanker (Fairfield County) in Lancaster, Ohio
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Who We Are: The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation's 5^th^ largest interstate system and the 3^rd^ 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.
We Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: ODOT values its diversity, and is committed to cultivating an inclusive and equitable work environment for all employees - one where differences are respected and celebrated. Our agency continues to build a workforce that champions the advancement of DEI principles and initiatives.
Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to utilize the Careers.Ohio.Gov Website Portal, send an email to odi@das.ohio.gov
ODOT's Mission Statement: To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.
Benefits to you: -At least a 14% employer contribution in to your OPERS pension plan -Work/Life Balance -The opportunity to work on an important mission
Job Description
This is a repost. Applicants who applied for previous postings do not need to re-apply.
*What You Will Do: * -Operate basic equipment related to snow and ice removal, and roadway maintenance -Perform emergency response, clean-up, and traffic control -Serve the public and work to make the roads in Ohio safer
*Who we are looking for: * -Safety Driven -Enjoys working outdoors -Honest, accountable, trustworthy, and respectful -A positive team player
Official Position Description: 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 operation of snow plow with spreader, brine dispen