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Highway Foreman 1-Jefferson Davis Maintenance

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Highway Foreman 1-Jefferson Davis Maintenance

Salary

$4,177.00 - $7,518.00 Monthly

Location

Jennings, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

07/10204/HF1/07.09.2025

Department

DOTD-Engineering & Operations

Division

District 7- Lake Charles

Opening Date

07/09/2025

Closing Date

7/20/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

HIGHWAY FOREMAN 1

DISTRICT 07 - UNIT 540 – JEFFERSON DAVIS MAINTENANCE

JOB NUMBER: 07/10204/HF1/07.09.2025

This vacancy is a promotional opportunity open to only current permanent employees of DOTD.

At Department of Transportation and Development, our mission is to empower communities and improve lives by delivering responsive, inclusive, and forward-thinking public services. We are proud to serve the people of Louisiana with integrity, innovation, and a deep commitment to equity.

This position supervises and manages assigned work activities of a crew of personnel to maintain DOTD's roadways, bridges, drainage, and other facilities in the Jennings maintenance unit in Jefferson Davis parish, District 07.

Minimum Qualifications

Four years of experience in the construction, maintenance, or repair of roads, bridges, levees, drainage facilities, wharfs, buildings, or grounds; OR

Four years of experience in the operation or maintenance of industrial or heavy mobile equipment.

NOTE:

Experience in any combination of the qualifying fields will be accepted.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=128940) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

As a Highway Foreman 1, you will be instrumental in delivering a streamlined and engaging hiring experience for both candidates and hiring managers. In this role, you will:

+ Supervises a crew in the mowing of highway right of way and hand trimming and/or chemical spraying of vegetation.

+ Supervises a crew in maintaining shoulders using gravel, shell or earth.

+ Supervises a crew in the repair and control of roadside facilities

+ Responsible for the care and maintenance of mobile equipment, hand tools, etc. assigned to the crew.

+ Supervises a crew in patching bituminous roadway and bridge surfaces with hot or cold premixed bituminous material.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Promotional

Work Schedule:Work hours are 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Thursday

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis 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.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

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 at

https://www.laworks.net/WorkforceDev/LRS/LRS\_Tech\_Asst\_Guidance.asp

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Michael Broussard

Parish Maintenance Specialist/Transportation Operations Manager

625 LA-3099, DeRidder, LA 70634, USA

(337) 302-9289

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

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To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LA-DOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?

+ Yes

+ No

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Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?

+ Yes

+ No

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Are you a permanent LA DOTD employee?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".

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If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".

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Employer

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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