Mobile Equipment Operator 2/Heavy Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4822429) Apply  Mobile Equipment Operator 2/Heavy Salary $3,904.00 - $7,025.00 Monthly Location Lafayette, LA Job Type Promotion Job Number 03-7813-MEO2H-02062025-DS Department DOTD-Engineering & Operations Division District 3- Lafayette Opening Date 02/06/2025 Closing Date 2/13/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information    DISTRICT 03 - UNIT 710 JOB NUMBER:Districtwide Maintenance (Lafayette) Applicants must possess a valid Class "A" CDL license prior to employment. MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 2/Heavy--Starting salary for MEO-2/Heavy is $22.52/hourly. *This is a promotional posting open to DOTD Permanent Employees Only* No Civil Service test score or assessment is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. 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. *ResumesWILL NOTbe 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) 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\_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: Three years of experience in mobile equipment operations. Job Concepts Function of Work: To operate heavy mobile equipment to accomplish transportation, maintenance, or construction tasks. Level of Work: Advanced. Supervision Received: General from a Foreman, or other higher level maintenance supervisory or administrative personnel. Supervision Exercised: Functional over lower graded equipment operations or laboring personnel, as needed. Location of Work: Levee Districts; Ports; Terminal Districts; Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Department of Natural Resources; Office of Forestry; Department of Health and Human Resources; or other agencies throughout the state requiring the regular operation of very heavy mobile equipment. Job Distinctions: Differs from Heavy Mobile Equipment Operator 1 by the requirement for operation of large mobile cranes, draglines, pile drivers, or locomotives as the primary, regular and recurring function of the job. Differs from Foreman and other supervisory jobs by the requirement that actual operation of heavy equipment, rather than full-time supervision, constitutes the major function of the job. Examples of Work 60% Operates milling machine to cut bumps and plane roadway for overlay, patching and rut buster projects throughout the District. Works independent of Unit 710, with parish maintenance units on various operations involving the milling machine. 10% Operates large capacity 35’ excavator to clean or reshape large ditches. Install cross drains, pull drift and other debris near box culverts. Repairs large erosion control problems. Loads material such as riff rap, timber, concrete barriers and other material with the large excavator. Operates shoulder machine to restore shoulders and overlay roadway lane ruts with asphalt throughout the District. 10% Operates small excavator to perform drainage work, small pipe jobs, motor patrol and grad all in routine maintenance operations on a district wide basis. 5% Operates dozer to clean, clear and level backfilling operation. Operates tandem dump truck in routine maintenance operations. 5% Operates lowboy truck to transport equipment and material. Operates other equipment when necessary to accomplish work objective. 5% Services all equipment. 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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