HIGHWAY FOREMAN 2 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4794976) Apply  HIGHWAY FOREMAN 2 Salary $4,470.00 - $8,044.00 Monthly Location Lafayette, LA Job Type Classified Job Number 03-122730-HF2-01162025-DS Department DOTD-Engineering & Operations Division District 3- Lafayette Opening Date 01/16/2025 Closing Date 1/30/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information DISTRICT 03 – UNIT 720 ( RD/PAINT/ELECT/BRIDGE) JOB NUMBER: 03-122730-HF2-01162025-DS http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside\_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt\_Finance/HR/Pages/Career\_Center.aspx 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. No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy. Please list all work experience on your application. Failure to include all work experience may affect your eligibility for this position. *Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. * "The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (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. Additionally, DOTD serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities." Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is availablehttps://www.laworks.net/WorkforceDev/LRS/LRS\_Tech\_Asst\_Guidance.asp For further information about this vacancy contact: Dawn Soileau or Lynn Reed DOTD- District 03 Human Resources (337) 262-6184 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 electronically controlled locks or industrial or heavy mobile equipment. Job Concepts Function of Work: To provide supervision, guidance, logistical support, and limited administration to a large group of personnel performing specialized highway, road, drainage, traffic control, lock operation, bridge operation, or bridge structure work within a district or statewide. Level of Work: Supervisor. Supervision Received: Broad review from a maintenance specialist or maintenance supervisor at district level or higher. Supervision Exercised: Direct over Mobile Equipment or Bridge and Lock Operators of all levels or other repair/maintenance personnel. Location of Work: Department of Transportation and Development. Job Distinctions: Differs from Highway Foreman 1 by its supervision of a large group of personnel engaged in specialized highway maintenance (e.g., bridge construction, traffic control signals, marking, and signs)or bridge/navigational lock operation in a district or statewide. Differs from district maintenance superintendents by lack of overall responsibility for management of all maintenance activities for a district. Examples of Work 50% Supervises a bridge crew engaged in maintenance and repair of bridges, roadways, drainage structures, and other highway facilities. Has experience in the proper repair and installation of highway and roadway components. Can read and understand standard plans and detail drawings in order to perform proper maintenance and repairs. Repairs and maintains drainage structures, bridge rails, guard rails, embankments, fences, pavements, buildings, sidewalks, foundations masonry, stringers, caps piles abutments and related items. Provides leadership and training in order to work safely and efficiently. Has knowledge and responsibility for traffic control to protect staff and the public. 20% Documents and tracks all work. Accounts for all labor, equipment, and materials associated with each assignment and responsible to use a personal computer tablet (Tablet PC) to track daily work in LAGOV. 15% Coordinates daily work with other groups, maintenance gangs, district wide gangs and assists other bridge maintenance gangs on large and complex projects. Communicates with others regularly to provide press releases, maintenance of traffic and awareness of daily activities. 5% Uses and performs routine maintenance of numbered equipment. Responsible for the proper training of all employees in safe operation and maintenance of equipment. 5% Conducts annual employee performance measures according to the DOTD Performance Evaluation System (PES). 5% May be required to perform other duties as necessary including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities. 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 Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee? + Yes + No 02 Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee? + Yes + No 03 Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana? + Yes + No 04 If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA". 05 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? 06 What are your career interests? 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