Mobile Equipment Operator - Light

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Mobile Equipment Operator - Light

Salary

$2,272.00 - $4,089.00 Monthly

Location

Marrero, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

195674

Department

SE LA Flood Protection Auth-West

Opening Date

06/04/2024

Closing Date

Continuous

• Description

• Benefits

Supplemental Information

About this position:

This position provides physical effort to accomplish a variety of manual tasks and skilled light equipment operation.

NOTE REGARDING THE ADVERTISED PAY:

The actual starting salary may be in the range of $13.11- $15.00depends on the experience of the selected applicant.

No Civil Service test score or assessmentis 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.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Matthew Edwards

Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West

medwards@slfpaw.org;

504-371-6855

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

No experience or training is required.

NOTE:

May be required to possess a valid Louisiana driver's license or commercial driver's license.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To operate light mobile equipment to accomplish transportation, maintenance, or construction tasks.

Level of Work:

Experienced.

Supervision Received:

General from a Foreman or other supervisor or administrator or higher level maintenance personnel.

Supervision Exercised:

May exercise leadworker responsibility over laborers or other lower graded personnel.

Location of Work:

May be used by all agencies, statewide.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from laboring classes by the requirement to operate light mobile equipment and/or vehicles as a primary, regular, and recurring duty.

Differs from Mobile Equipment Operator 1 by the restriction to primary operation of lighter mobile equipment.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

Equipment Operation – 70%

• Operates motorized equipment, including scag zero turning radius commercial riding lawn mowers, push lawnmowers, weed trimmers, other equipment to support operations under the jurisdiction of the Authority, etc.

• Operates small handheld power equipment such as polesaws, chainsaws, etc

• Operates portable concrete mixer and assists in concrete repairs, as necessary.

• Drives crew trucks towing trailers on and between work sites.

• Performs a wide variety of physical labor functions, such as moving, loading and unloading materials, supplies and equipment.

• Performs daily safety and maintenance checks on equipment prior to beginning work.

• Reports to supervisor any required repairs needed on equipment. • Reports to supervisor any noted damage to levee system such as ruts and depressions, erosion, slope failure, animal burrowing, seepages, etc.

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Equipment Maintenance – 20%

• Assists mechanic with minor repairs to equipment as required, including disassembling and reassembling parts, lubricating and fueling equipment, etc.

• Assists in performing scheduled preventive maintenance on equipment as required, including fluid and filter changes, parts lubrication, etc.

• Assists in performing scheduled winterizing of equipment as required, including washing, painting, etc.

• Ensures adherence to safe work practices and procedures on a daily basis when operating assigned equipment.

• Performs inspections and maintenance on flood control structures within Authority jurisdiction.

• Assists Foreman A in ensuring minor repairs are performed and routine user maintenance is completed as scheduled and/or required.

• Cleans equipment as scheduled and/or required.

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Emergency Response and Other Duties – 10%

• Acts as leadworker on crews as required.

• Performs labor duties during off-season and inclement days by cutting trees, picking up paper and trash, using mowers and weed trimmers, making sandbags, etc.

• Reports to work during emergency events as needed and remains on site until emergency has subsided. Maintains on site preparations in order to be available on call as emergency conditions require.

• Performs emergency response activities as outlined in the Emergency Operations manual.

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by supervisor

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

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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