Backhoe/Excavator Operator

• In order to be considered for this job opening you must be a current State of CT employee of the agency listed above for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language, and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening.  You must specify your qualifications on your application. 
• This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.
  
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
• Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFTER YOU APPLY

In the Department of Transportation and the Connecticut Airport Authority this class is accountable for performing a variety of highly skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance and repair of state roadways, roadsides, bridges, airports and other departmental facilities; operates and maintains highly complex mechanical equipment; may serve as trainer.

TRUCKS:

• Low bed type trailer tractor;
• Hydraulic platform crane;
• Tractor trailer with tilt trailer or twenty (20) cubic yard dump trailer;
• Center Line Marking Machine (Truck);
• Ten (10) wheel, GVW of fifty eight thousand (58,000) pounds and eight hundred (800) gallon tank;
• Track-mounted skid steer with various attachments including but not limited to:
  • Backhoe;
  • Miller;
  • Forestry;
• Glycol vacuum scrubber with eight (8) foot pickup header;
• Payloader with snow pusher;
• Airfield deicing truck with forty-five (45) foot spray boom;
• Double Wing Truck (Driver).

EQUIPMENT:

• Motor graders;
• Loader/backhoe;
• Loader Mounted Snow Blower (Two thousand (2,000) ton per hour and over);
• Snow Broom;
• Liquid asphalt application/joint sealing machine.

DUTIES:

• Backhoe operation;
• Post pounder operator;
• Vactor operator;
• Welding;
• Lead person in boundary stone setting;
• Lead person in test borings;
• Lead Vendor in Place (VIP) inspector;
• Trainer;
• Performing highly skilled tasks in one or more of the following areas or trades:
  • Construction;
  • Maintenance; 
  • Mechanical repair; 
  • Carpentry;
  • Masonry;
  • Welding;
  • Plumbing;
  • Painting;
• Highly skilled tree climbing work;
• Sign erecting requiring complex rigging;
• Center Line Marking Machine (Rear Switch Operator);
• District Equipment Coordinator/Radio Room operator (lead);
• District Projects Records Coordinator;
• Multi-Media First Aid Trainer;
• Highway Operations Center System Operator;
• Acting crew leader;
• May supervise a materials management stockroom;
• Wildlife hazard control;
• Radio monitoring and communication;
• Escort vendors, contractors, etc. in secure areas (state owned airports only);
• In addition to other duties, may be required to receive training in, stand by for and respond to fire and or crash emergency situations at state-owned airports;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • the construction, maintenance and repair techniques of roadways, roadsides, bridges or airports; 
  • the processes and materials used in the construction and maintenance of highway and bridges or airports; 
• Skills
  • interpersonal skills; 
  • oral and written communication skills; 
• Considerable ability to operate skillfully and make ordinary repairs to highly complex mechanical equipment as listed on the attached addendum; 
• Ability to utilize computer software.

Three (3) years of experience in the construction, landscaping, commercial driving, snow plowing, maintenance and repair of roadways, roadsides, bridges or airports, in work involving the operation and care of mechanical equipment or work in one of the recognized maintenance trades.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in the operation of complex equipment or the performance of skilled tasks.

Graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of the subject requirements in one of the maintenance trades may be substituted for two (2) years of the General Experience.

• Working knowledge and experience safely operating a Backhoe/Excavator.
• Experience trenching.

• Incumbents in this class may be required by the appointing authority to possess and retain appropriate current licenses, permits and/or certifications.
• Incumbents in this class must be willing to accept assignment to emergency duties, including snow and ice removal whenever their services are needed.

At state airports: In addition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application, a thorough background investigation of each candidate may be made before persons are certified for appointment.

• Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties.
• A physical examination may be required.

• Incumbents in this class are exposed to extremes of weather conditions, to frequent lifting of heavy weights, to highly dangerous road and traffic conditions, including exposure to heights when working on bridges, to poison ivy, insect bites and allergy irritants during summer months, and to loud and potentially dangerous machinery.
• The appointing authority may require completion of an asbestos removal program consistent with EPA guidelines for operations and maintenance during employment in this class. Incumbents may be required to use protective equipment such as respirators and safety goggles.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.