MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1-2-HEAVY 1 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4778830) Apply  MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1-2-HEAVY 1 Salary $2,784.00 - $5,009.00 Monthly Location Statewide, LA Job Type Classified Job Number 03-CONT-MEO-01062025-LR Department DOTD-Engineering & Operations Division District 3- Lafayette Opening Date 01/06/2025 Closing Date Continuous + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information DISTRICT 03 JOB NUMBER: 03-CONT-MEO-01062025-LR District Recruitment for the following parishes: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St Landry, St Martin, St Mary, and Vermilion Parish   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 As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled form this recruitment as a Mobile Equipment Operator 1, 2 or 1/Heavy depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s). MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1- Minimum hire rate for MEO-1 is $16.06 /hourly ; this job title receives Premium Pay in the amount of $1.00/hour for all hours worked. Additionally, a 10% base pay increase will be granted upon attainment of permanent status. MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 2- Minimum hire rate for MEO-2 is $17.18/hourly ; this job title receives Premium Pay in the amount of $1.00/hour for all hours worked. Additionally, a 10% base pay increase will be granted upon attainment of permanent status. MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1/HEAVY - Minimum hire rate for MEO-1/HEAVY is $21.05/hourly. No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy. *ResumesWILL NOTbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. 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. 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 available - https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs\_main.asp For further information about this vacancy contact: Lynn Reed, Dawn Soileau, or Lela Babineaux DOTD-District 03 Human Resources (337) 262-6100 Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: No experience or training is required. Job Concepts Function of Work: To operate mobile equipment (such as that enumerated below) to accomplish transportation, maintenance, or construction tasks. Level of Work: Experienced. Supervision Received: General from a foreman or other higher level maintenance, supervisory, or administrative personnel. Supervision Exercised: May exercise functional over lower graded equipment operators or laboring personnel. Location of Work: May be used by all agencies, statewide. Job Distinctions: Differs from Mobile Equipment Operator--Light by the requirement to operate larger mobile equipment with more complicated operating and handling characteristics. Differs from Mobile Equipment Operator 2 by the restriction to primary operation of equipment that is lighter and/or less complicated to operate. Examples of Work Job Duties and Responsibilities: 50% Operates the following heavy equipment, as needed: + Asphalt Distributor (truck mounted) + Backhoes + Front end loaders + Bucket/ladder trucks + Cranes/draglines (lifting capacity >20,000 lbs but <40,000 lbs + Dozers (<140 HP) + Dump truck (tandem axle or trailer dump) + Gradalls + Hot mix pavers (<40 HP) + Lowboys + Milling machines (<90 HP) + Road planer + Road widener (<90 HP) + Sewer Cleaners (truck mounted) + Striping machines + Sweepers + Track hoes (excavators) + Under bridge inspection units (trailer mounted) + Winch Truck + Motor Patrol/Grade 45% Miscellaneous Tasks Related to Mission: + Makes minor repairs to equipment as needed. Performs preventative maintenance, such as oil changes, etc… + Performs other duties as directed, such as shoveling asphalt, digging footings for setting concrete forms, placing traffic control devices, delivering, loading and unloading materials and/or equipment, flagging traffic, operating power and/or hand tools, etc. + Attends required training in accordance with the Department’s Structured Training Program + Obtains/maintains CDL (required for MEO 2 and MEO 1 - Heavy only); reports CDL revocation to appropriate personnel in accordance with the Department’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Policy (PPM #25). + May perform incidental repair and construction tasks such as bridge repair, drainage structure repair, installation of guardrail, fencing, fender systems and cabling at moveable bridges and other structures. + May perform any other tasks as assigned by supervisor or higher-level personnel in order to accomplish the Department’s transportation, maintenance and construction mission. + May train and/or assist in training lower level operators or laborers 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 current or former employee of the State of Louisiana? + Yes + No 02 Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee? + Yes + No 03 Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee? + 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? Required Question Agency State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. 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