Posted by ODOT

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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 a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.
Job Description
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Job Description

[What You Will Do:]{.underline}
-Hands-on maintenance of traffic and flagging-Highway maintenance and repair work activities (e.g., pothole patching, spread berm, repair guardrails, crack seal, litter pick-up, drainage, vegetation management such as weed eating, brush cutting, and mowing)-Operation of heavy equipment (e.g., dump truck, loader) and hand tools (e.g., chainsaw)-Perform snow & ice operations  
[Who we are looking for:]{.underline}
- - Safety Driven - -Enjoys working outdoors- - Honest - Accountable - Trustworthy and respectful- - A positive team player 
[Official Position Description: ]{.underline}
Operates basic equipment (i.e., see glossary for identification of basic equipment), & performs general highway maintenance duties which vary by season (e.g., constructs, improves, maintains, repairs & cleans highways &/or roadways & right-of-ways to include excavating & grading ditches, digging channels & cleaning waterways, cuts brush, grass & other vegetation, applies chemicals to vegetation, patches & seals berm & pavement, mixes mortar & concrete, shovels backfill, installs & repairs catch basin & stream channel & completes other drainage work, screens bleeding surface, reshapes/digs ditches/trenches, pours hot tar, removes trash, cleans & repairs highways &/or roadways & right-of-ways, mows grass, moves & loads supplies & materials & completes other related highway maintenance assignments, operates any combination of basic equipment to haul trash), performs snow & ice control & related maintenance duties by operating snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments, maintains, repairs & installs traffic signs & pavement markings on inter-state, federal & state highways &/or roadways (e.g.,repairs/replaces/straightens street &/or traffic signs & other route markers; installs & repairs guardrails) & receives training (i.e., on the job & formal) in various types of construction inspection activities (maintenance related inspection items) & operation of standard & complex equipment pursuant to the March 11, 2015 Highway Technician MOU between ODOT & OCSEA/AFSCME .  Performs emergency response & clean-up & performs traffic control (e.g., flags traffic through work zone or around accident site; sets lane closures; places high water signs; erects barricades); receives training (i.e., on the job & formal) in various types of construction inspection activities (i.e., maintenance related inspection items).Performs minor repairs & maintenance on equipment (e.g., sharpens; sands; paints; refuels; lubricates; checks tires for wear & pressure; replaces light bulbs;