Permanent Highway Maintenance Worker 1 (HMW1) or Highway Technician 1 (HT1), Putnam County: PN 20050739

State of Ohio • Ottawa, OH

15h • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5th largest interstate system and the 2nd largest number of bridges. ODOT takes pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and for people traveling within the state. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. ODOT's vision is to be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization. ODOT's Mission Statement is to provide easy movement of people and goods from place to place by taking care of what we have, making our system work better, improving safety, and enhancing capacity.

Requirements

• Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & in reading, writing & speaking common English vocabulary.
• Knowledge of addition & subtraction.
• Knowledge of highway maintenance & traffic control safety practices.
• Skill in operation of hand tools.
• Skill in operation of motorized snow equipment.
• Ability to recognize unusual or threatening conditions & take appropriate action.
• Ability to read simple sentences.
• Ability to cooperate with co-workers on group projects.
• Ability to demonstrate strength to lift 50-100 pounds.
• Must have valid commercial driver’s license (if involved in driving motorized snow & ice control equipment).

Nice To Haves

• Active Learning
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication

Responsibilities

• Flags & directs on-going vehicular traffic through highway maintenance & construction sites.
• Sets up & maintains traffic control structures (e.g., barricades, pot torches, cones, pavement markings, electrical warning devices).
• Uses hand tools to perform road repairs (e.g., repairs road shoulders, culverts & berms, patches potholes, smooths tar poured into cracks, does minor guardrail repair rough painting, shovels snow, spreads salt).
• Performs general building, grounds & equipment maintenance &/or custodial work (e.g., mows lawn; trims shrubs; sweeps floors; washes windows; removes trash; rakes leaves; shovels sidewalks; paints structures; cleans, paints & refuels equipment).
• Performs general maintenance & minor repairs of equipment (e.g., fueling, cleaning, minor adjustments).
• Completes daily work records & logs.
• Operates 2-way radio.
• Answers telephone.
• Rides “shot-gun” during snow & ice season.
• Drives truck with snowplow & spreader attachments to perform snow & ice control duties.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees