Permanent Highway Maintenance Worker 1 (HMW1) or Highway Technician 1 (HT1), Hardin County: PN 20049862

State of Ohio • Kenton, OH

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About The Position

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes: 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 ) Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position. 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. Permanent Highway Maintenance Worker 1 (HMW1) or Highway Technician 1 (HT1), Hardin County\: PN 20049862 Who We Are\: The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5 th largest interstate system and the 2 nd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and for 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. ODOT's Mission Statement\: To provide easy movement of people and goods from place to place. We will: -Take care of what we have -Make our system work better -Improve safety -Enhance capacity The selected candidate will be placed in the classification in which they meet minimum qualifications.

Requirements

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

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: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees