What are the responsibilities and job description for the ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT HERBICIDE APPLICATOR position at DOTD-Engineering & Operations?
$3,904.00 - $7,025.00 Monthly
Alexandria, LA
Classified
08/RDHA/50357208/8.17.26-JC
DOTD-Engineering & Operations
District 8- Alexandria
08/17/2026
8/22/2026 11:59 PM Central
About this Job
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District 08-UNIT 510 Alexandria, LA
Job Number: 08/50357208/RDHA/08.17.26-JC
District Recruitment for Rapides Parish:
Help keep Louisiana’s roads and bridges safe while building a long-term career in public service. This position offers hands-on work, paid training, and opportunities for career growth within DOTD.
At the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), we plan, build, maintain, and protect the transportation systems that connect communities, support commerce, and keep Louisiana moving. Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency.
Roadside Development Herbicide Applicator helps keep Louisiana safe by utilizing throughout the state in the proper application of a variety of chemicals within a wide range of geographic landscapes in assigned parish(es) of Louisiana.
Two years of experience in mobile equipment operations is required.
This is an outdoor, physically active role that may involve varying weather conditions, shift work, night work, overtime, travel, or emergency call-outs depending on assignment.
Position in located in Rapides, District 08/Unit 510 and report to Highway Foreman 1.
Minimum Qualifications
Two years of experience in mobile equipment operations.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties
Depending on assignment and experience level Roadside Development Herbicide Applicator, may:
- Operation of spray truck or other spray equipment using protective clothing, boots, gloves and/or respirators, when necessary, will be the primary and recurring functions of the job.
- Attends meetings and training courses relative to herbicide application as directed by the Department.
- Maintain highway roadside and vegetation by proper application of herbicides and/or other chemical treatments.
- Maintain vegetation at bridge railing, abutments, highway signs, traffic control devices, drainage structures, and drainage channels by application of appropriate herbicides.
- Ensures proper herbicides are utilized for each vegetative maintenance area and procedure in accordance with requirements of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and chemical label.
- Ensure proper weather conditions, wind conditions, and topographical conditions are tolerable for spraying of selected herbicides.
- Operate the required spray equipment and truck to ensure the proper rate of herbicide is being applied in accordance with the label and other special factors.
This role requires reliability, safety awareness, and the ability to adapt to changing work conditions.
Position-Specific Details:
Compensation: Roadside Development Herbicide Applicator - 46,842.00 Annually
Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a probational appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees); or by detail to special duty.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
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.
- Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Ted Dalgo Jr.
Transportation Operations Manager
318-561-5109
Ted.dalgo@la.gov
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_rehabilitation.asp
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 at https://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.
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 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
Salary : $3,904 - $7,025