No experience or training is required.

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

Job Duties:

• May operate front end-loaders, dump trucks, and other equipment in the SLFPA-E’s Right-of-Way.

• Operates one or more of the following types of equipment as a primary, regular and recurring function of the job: field tractors with power ratings up to and including 125hp; tractors which may be equipped with attachments such as bush-hogs, belly attachment, blades, loaders, hoes, flail mowers, brooms and gang mower up to 21 feet across, etc.; forklifts with lifting capacity over 10,000 lbs. or lift height over 12 feet

• Makes minor repairs to equipment and performs user maintenance necessary to keep equipment in clean, good working order.

• Performs miscellaneous labor duties such as cleaning of maintenance yard, washing vehicles, trimming trees, graffiti removal, sand-bagging where problems develop.

• May perform incidental repair and construction tasks such as installation of guard rail, fencing, fender systems and cabling at moveable bridges and other structures. May assist with the training and guidance of other newly hired , Mobile Equipment Operator Light's

• Works with weed eaters, chainsaws, pole saws, and various other hand tools to remove weeds, grass, brush and trees from levees and the properties owned and maintained by the SLFPA-E.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational
Career Progression: This position does participate in a Career Progression Group and may be filled as a Mobile Equipment Operator 1 or 2.

Louisiana isa 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 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:
Sage Celestin
Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
scelestin@floodauthority.org
(504)286-3112