Transportation Maintainer - Electrical

Introduction

Are you an electrical professional with a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) looking to advance your career? Do you enjoy performing highly skilled tasks, with experience working at heights in a bucket truck and working with high voltage repairs within your trade? If so, come make an impact by serving your State! Read below & apply today!

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (DOT), is seeking qualified applicants to apply to our Transportation Maintainer 2 - Electrical positions, with the target class of Qualified Craft Worker in the Milford Electrical Facility.

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• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

• Office/On-Site
• Full Time, 40 hours per week.
• First Shift, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
• Monday through Friday.
• Location:
  
  Milford
• PLEASE NOTE:
  
  Prior to hire, selected candidates will be required to complete a preemployment physical and work assessment, which will include a respirator physical to be in compliance with the Department's Respirator Policy. A respirator fit test will be performed upon hire.

The purpose of this position to perform electrical repairs, installation and maintenance the Department's traffic lights and highway illumination within the District 2.

• Possess formal electrical education, with proof of certification, and at least 2 years of working experience in the electrical field; please refer to the 'Preferred Qualifications' listed below.
• Candidates must indicate they hold a current and valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with tank endorsement in the 'Licenses and Professional Certifications' section of the application, or they will not be considered. Applicants invited to interview will be required to produce a copy of their current valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class A or B, reflecting the 'tank endorsement,' and valid Medical Examiner's Card (MEC) at time of interview.
• Incumbents in this class must be willing to accept assignment to emergency duties, including snow and ice removal, whenever his or her services are needed; to include mandatory winter overtime from November 1 through April 30. Various storm events will require employees to stay at work for the duration of the storm; which at times could be up to a period of several days, to include holidays and weekends.
• Candidates must be willing to accept emergency duty assignments to include working at heights in a bucket truck on highways and secondary roads, performing high voltage repairs to highway lighting and traffic signals whenever your services are needed.
• Incumbents in this class will be required to have a 30-mile residency from the posted job location.
• Candidates will be required to bring a copy of their Master Application at the time of interview and a thoroughly completed Connecticut Department of Transportation Commercial Driver Supplement form (CTDOT-CDL-1).
• Candidates must show how they meet the required knowledge and experience on their application to proceed further in the hiring process.

As one of Connecticut’s largest State agencies, DOT employees approximately 3,000 individuals statewide in five distinct bureaus. It is our mission to provide a safe, accessible and efficient multimodal transportation network that improves the quality of life and promotes economic vitality for the State and the region. We have a significant transportation infrastructure system that is essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses and supporting economic and community development while preserving environmental and cultural resources.

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