Highway Foreman 1 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4794776) Apply  Highway Foreman 1 Salary $4,177.00 - $7,518.00 Monthly Location Mansfield, LA Job Type Classified Job Number 4/50479923/HF1/1.16.25-KB Department DOTD-Engineering & Operations Division District 4 - Bossier City Opening Date 01/16/2025 Closing Date 1/23/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information DISTRICT 04 - UNIT 560 – MANSFIELD JOB NUMBER: 4/50479923/HF1/1.16.25-KB HIGHWAY FOREMAN 1 Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside\_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt\_Finance/HR/Pages/Career\_Center.aspx A Valid Louisiana Class “A” Commercial Driver’s License is required before appointment. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. Please list all work experience on your application. Failure to include all work experience may affect your eligibility for this position. No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. DOTD EMPLOYEES: Refer to appropriate EDSM directive for required structured training requirements and PPM # 59 Workforce Development on training guidelines. Resumes will NOT be accepted in lieu of completing the work experience sections of the application. For further information about this vacancy contact: David Whatley Parish Highway Maintenance Superintendent 318-872-3469 “The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.” Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is availablehere (https://www.laworks.net/WorkforceDev/LRS/LRS\_Tech\_Asst\_Guidance.asp) . Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Four years of experience in the construction, maintenance, or repair of roads, bridges, levees, drainage facilities, wharfs, buildings, or grounds; OR Four years of experience in the operation or maintenance of industrial or heavy mobile equipment. Job Concepts Function of Work: To provide supervision, guidance, logistical support, and limited administration to a group of maintenance personnel maintaining roads, drainage, and bridges within a parish. Level of Work: Supervisor. Supervision Received: Broad review from a Parish Highway Maintenance Superintendent or other maintenance supervisor of higher grade. Supervision Exercised: Direct line over all parish level Mobile Equipment Operators, Helpers, and Laborers. Location of Work: Department of Transportation and Development, parish/district wide. Job Distinctions: Differs from Parish Highway Maintenance Superintendent by lack of responsibility for management of all parish highway maintenance activities. Differs from other maintenance supervisory jobs by its involvement in and responsibility for highway and road maintenance on the parish level. Differs from Highway Foreman 2 by its lack of supervision over large groups of personnel performing specialized highway maintenance work (bridge construction, highway marking, striping, truss erection, etc.), district or statewide. Examples of Work Supervises a crew engaged in repairing and maintaining bridges in an assigned area. Supervises and directs the activities of a large road and striping crew engaged in applying center line and no passing strips on state highways. Supervises all fleet operations in an assigned area. Inspects and supervises the maintenance and repair of levees in a large assigned area. Instructs subordinate leaders daily as to the site and nature of work. Plans and supervises the work at a large nursery. Responsible for the maintenance of buildings, grounds, roads, reservoirs, equipment and pumps. Supervises all lifting, grading, packing and shipping operations. Inspects and supervises maintenance and repair of wharfs, sheds, roadways, ramps, and other members of a port involving building new roofs, installing built up roofing; laying new decking; demolishing old structures; building levees; acting as inspector on contract construction or maintenance projects; pouring concrete; placing reinforcing steel; chipping, brushing and scraping, and painting steel under wharfs. Prepares reports covering such items as equipment and materials used and job costs. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Do you have a valid Louisiana Class "A" CDL drivers license ? + Yes + No 02 If you answered YES to the previous question, please enter your license type, license number, and the original issue date below. If you answered NO, enter N/A. 03 To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LA-DOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members? 04 What are your career interests? 05 Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee? + Yes + No 06 Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee? + Yes + No 07 Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana? + Yes + No 08 If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA". Required Question Agency State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802 Phone (866) 783-5462 Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm Apply Please verify your email addressVerify Email