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3/19/2023 (8:00 PM EDT)

23-02206

Highway Technician Assistant II

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK

Hiring Agency

Transportation Cabinet | Department of Highways

Location

1400 E.John Rowan Blvd.
Bardstown KY 40004 USA

Description

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is committed to meeting or exceeding the needs and expectations of our customers. Our focus is on people: our customers, our employees, and our partners. We will continually improve both the delivery of our products and services and the processes that support that delivery. To provide a safe, efficient, environmentally sound, and fiscally responsible transportation system that delivers economic opportunity and enhances the quality of life in Kentucky.
By joining our District 4, in the Nelson County Unit as a Highway Technician Assistant II in Nelson County, you’ll have the opportunity to perform basic level work and assists with intermediate level work in roadway or roadside maintenance operations. Learns to operate intermediate level equipment such as, but not limited, to asphalt distributors, asphalt hot boxes, asphalt recyclers, backhoes, belt loaders, concrete mixers, front-end loaders, hydro- seeders, pipe cleaners, road wideners, rollers, skid steers with attachments, slope mowers, tandem dump trucks, and tow pavers; and performs other duties as required.
Holders of the Highway Technician Assistant II position will complete tasks such as:

• Operates single axle trucks to haul maintenance materials to and from job sites.
• Perform highway maintenance duties such as grading of ditches, rolling of hot mix, application of chemicals, and installation of drainage structures
• Operates basic and intermediate equipment such as front-end loaders, bush hogs, chainsaws, chemical sprayers, chippers, jack hammers, mowing tractors, broom sweepers, and weed trimmers.
• During Winter months performs activities in support of District Snow and Ice Operations.

Holders of this job will obtain the following skills:

• The employee must successfully complete the KYTC Highway Technician Academy Level 1 or equivalent within one year of employment in this job classification.
• Learns to operate intermediate level equipment such as asphalt hot boxes, backhoes, belt loaders, concrete mixers, hydroseeders, pipe cleaners, road wideners, rollers, skid steers with attachments, slope mowers and tandem dump trucks
• Learns how to properly set up signs and devices to control traffic through work zones

Desired candidates possess the following requisite skills or experience applicable to the position:

• Must be a High School graduate or possess a GED
• Must possess and maintain a Class B commercial driver's license to qualify for employment
• Must have two years of construction or highway maintenance experience.

Additional position information (travel required, standing/stooping/bending/lifting, sitting at a desk, etc.)

• Incumbents in this job title typically perform their work at a highway maintenance facility, at work sites throughout the assigned work area and when necessary, district wide.
• Incumbent will be exposed to risks inherent to working with near traffic and on or around large equipment and machines involved with road construction.
• Must be able to work extended hours and be outside during inclement weather.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in U.S. KYTC will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that KYTC has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or https://www.e-verify.gov/.
If you are looking for a rewarding career with a culture of employee involvement, where teamwork is the norm and measurement of performance is essential, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is for you!
We look forward to reviewing your application.

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