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[Who We Are:]{.underline} 

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation's 5^th^ largest interstate system and the 2^nd^ largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. 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.

We Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: ODOT values its diversity, and is committed to cultivating an inclusive and equitable work environment for all employees - one where differences are respected and celebrated. Our agency continues to build a workforce that champions the advancement of DEI principles and initiatives.

[ODOT's Mission Statement:]{.underline}

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

What You'll Do:

• Operate basic equipment related to snow and ice removal, and roadway maintenance
• Perform emergency response, clean-up, and traffic control
• Serve the public and work to make the roads in Ohio safer

[Who we are looking for:]{.underline}

• -Safety Driven
• -Enjoys working outdoors
• -Honest, accountable, trustworthy, and respectful
• -A positive team player

[Benefits to you:]{.underline}

• -Extensive benefits including medical, vision, dental and basic life insurance
• -Earning a Class B CDL, a $6,000 value
• -11 paid holidays per year
• -Paid time off with vacation, sick and personal leave accruals
• -Childbirth/Adoption leave
• -At least a 14% employer contribution in to your OPERS pension plan
• -Voluntary Retirement Plan option with Ohio Deferred Compensation
• -Opportunities for career advancement through ODOT's Highway Technician Academy
• -Pay increases pursuant to the OCSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement
• -Employee Tuition reimbursement programs
• -Work Boot reimbursement program
• -Work/Life Balance
• -The opportunity to work on an important mission

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

[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 co