Operating Engineer Foreman

Operating Engineer Master Or Foreman

Section 51/ Bridge Maintenance & Facilities Maintenance 51/130378/OEF/8.19.26-AS This is a departmental promotional opportunity open to DOTD employees and may be filled by Promotion or Detail to Special Duty. 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.

About This Position:
As an Operating Engineer Master or Foreman, you'll help keep DOTD facilities safe, comfortable, and running efficiently. You'll operate and maintain critical heating, cooling, ventilation, and power-generation equipment while responding to repairs and unexpected issues. This position combines hands-on mechanical work with leadership, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, and coordination with contractors and other employees. You'll work independently and as part of a team to make sure essential building systems remain reliable and operational.

Minimum Qualifications:

Four years of experience or training in the operation or maintenance of large stationary engines or mechanical equipment. Necessary Special Requirement:
For those positions in which incumbents will be working with and handling refrigerants, possession of an appropriate EPA refrigerant recycling and recovery certification for technicians will be required (as required under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, 1990).

Job Duties and Other Information:

Job Duties:

• Operates, monitors, and maintains boilers, chillers, pumps, cooling towers, generators, HVAC systems, and other central plant equipment to ensure reliable facility operations.
• Troubleshoots equipment problems, performs emergency repairs, and uses computerized energy management systems to monitor and control building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
• Coordinates and oversees preventative maintenance, inspections, daily equipment logs, repairs, contractors, and inventory of parts, chemicals, and supplies.
• Directs, trains, and evaluates operating engineers and other employees, assigns work, inspects completed work, and provides assistance during emergencies or disaster-related operations.

Position Specific Details:
Appointment Type:
Probational, Promotional, Job Appointment or Detail to Special Duty Compensation:
This position is a WS-215 which ranges from $24.10 up to $43.37 per hour and also eligible for premium pay of $2.00 extra per hour.

Benefits:
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through 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  Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). 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 ( ). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana ( ),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (  ), among others