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Mobile Equipment Operator 1/Heavy

Salary

$3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly

Location

Fordoche, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

214753

Department

Atchafalaya Basin Levee District

Opening Date

11/13/2025

Closing Date

11/18/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

OUR MISSION

To provide riverine flood protection for an 8-parish district on the Atchafalaya and Mississippi River levees. To maintain equipment and work to prepare the levees for high water events and annual levee inspections.

ABOUT THIS POSITION

The typical day of work activities for the Mobile Equipment Operator 1 - Heavy are operating a motor grader to maintain levee roads and ditches, provides guidance to lower grader operators, operates spraying equipment. This incumbent will work under the supervision of the Levee Foreman B.

* Promotional- Only Current, Permanent employees of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District will be Eligible*

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 (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=102860) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Operates dump truck as well as Caterpillar front end loader for loading and unloading construction materials.

+ Makes minor adjustment sand repairs to equipment. Performs other duties related to levee and equipment maintenance as assigned by the foreman. May provide guidance to and oversee work of lower grader operators .

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment:Promotional for current permanent Atchafalaya Basin Levee District employees only.

Career Progression: This position does not participate in a Career Progression Group.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualification and experience.

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 score or assessment is 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:

Kristy Jewell

Atchafalaya Basin Levee District

[email protected]

225-387-2249

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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Are you currently a permanent classified employee of Atchafalaya Basin Levee District?

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+ No

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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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