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TRADE APPRENTICE-MANTENANCE REPAIRER 1-2

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Bridge City, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

02/50396961/TRMR/7.15.2025-JF

Department

DOTD-Engineering & Operations

Division

District 2- New Orleans

Opening Date

07/15/2025

Closing Date

7/29/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

DISTRICT 02-UNIT 721

JOB NUMBER: 02/50396961/TRMR/7.15.2025-JF

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE USED TO FILL FOUR (4) POSITIONS: 167974, 50396961, 50396962, 167975

At DOTD, 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.

These positions provide mechanical maintenance and repair to all fixed and movable bridges throughout the Bridge City Area.

If you're driven, collaborative, and ready to make an impact—this could be the opportunity for you!

Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency: https://dotd.la.gov/about/office-of-management-and-finance/human-resources/career-center/

Minimum Qualifications

No experience or training is required.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Performs general repairs to all movable structures throughout District 02/Bridge City. This includes any and all mechanical repairs within the Bridge Operator house. This includes all bridge components, both moveable as well as fixed. Makes general repairs, including tune-ups, oil and filter changes, preventative maintenance, replacement, and adjustment of worn or damaged parts, etc. to a variety of equipment as necessary to ensure proper maintenance off all equipment. Starts, operates, and performs safety and maintenance checks on a wide variety of equipment, facility standby generators, vehicles, and crew boats.

+ Performs preventative maintenance for all movable bridges within the District 02/Bridge City area, including, but not limited to: greasing, replacing worn or damaged parts, preventative maintenance, oil and filter changes on standby generators, and inspection of all mechanical components. Performs structural repairs to fixed steel or concrete structures, performs traffic control duties, and operates workboat as needed. Required to be on call for emergency repair, bridge openings, or other support activities. Operates manually operated drawbridges within District 02/Bridge City

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional

Career Progression: Vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Trades Apprentice, Maintenance Repairer 1 or Maintenance Repairer 2 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s). The maximum salary for the Maintenance Repairer 2 is $6,136.00. Please refer to the “Job Specifications” tab located at the top of the LA Careers “Current Job Opportunities” page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.

Work Schedule:Work hours may vary

Compensation:

Trades Apprentice: $16.06 hourly

Maintenance Repairer 1: $17.18 hourly

Maintenance Repairer 2: $19.67 hourly

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

A valid Louisiana Class “D” Chauffeur’s License is required.

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.

DOTD EMPLOYEES: Refer to appropriate EDSM directive for required structured training requirements and PPM # 59 Workforce Development on training guidelines.

*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 here (https://www.laworks.net/WorkforceDev/LRS/LRS\_Main.asp) .

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:

David Brassett

LADOTD

504-437-3112

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

01

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?

02

Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?

+ Yes

+ No

03

Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?

+ 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".

05

Do you have a valid Louisiana Class D "Chauffeurs" driver's license?

06

Are you a permanent LA DOTD employee?

+ Yes

+ No

Required Question

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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