The Montana Department of Transportation is recruiting a Vegetation and Noxious Weed Spray Foreman. This position performs a variety of work as a laborer, equipment operator, and truck driver in conjunction with lead worker duties as a vegetation manager and noxious weed spray foreman. Has knowledge of union contracts. Participates in the coordination and delivery of the Division Area vegetation and roadside management program.  During the growing season (pre and post), performs work as an herbicide spray truck operator/driver and oversees minor repairs and calibration of the herbicide spray truck equipment.

For a full job description, please contact HR Generalist, Shannon Carter at scarter@mt.gov

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Required Application Materials:

A resume detailing your qualifications and work history.

Your online application and all required materials must be submitted before midnight on the closing date. Ensure all materials submitted are selected as “Relevant.”

Minimum Qualifications: 

·       Required to perform the duties of this position are: three (3) years of experience in a highway maintenance environment and one (1) year experience in herbicide application

o   OR three (3) years of herbicide application and noxious weed control experience and one (1) year of highway maintenance experience. 

·       A valid Montana Commercial Operators License (Class A, Type II) with no restrictions, a tank endorsement and a valid Medical Examiner’s Certificate (MEC). Obtain and maintain an Applicators License including for the use of restricted herbicides, within 4 months of hire date.

Successful applicant must live or relocate within 45 miles of the work headquarters and must have a telephone or be reasonably accessible to the section headquarters.

Other Qualifications:

Requires knowledge of noxious and nuisance weed identification, restricted herbicide application and storage procedures and the calibration and maintenance of equipment typically assigned to herbicide management operations, herbicide safe handling procedures. Knowledge of state weed laws applying to roadside vegetation management, basic math and record keeping procedures. 

Requires the ability to manage and train employees to apply herbicide per state law. Ability to communicate effectively with staff, state and local agencies, and the public.

A working knowledge of the Maintenance Manual, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), standard drawings, traffic engineering manual, and traffic control operations.  Contract administration in conjunction with contracted weed control projects.  Plans and assigns on-site work and instructs, trains, mentors, and monitors staff on roadside vegetation management procedures and operations. 

Other Information 

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is committed to continuous improvement of our employee safety program and our safety and health processes, and to achieving an injury-free workplace.  

The Montana Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans and disabled veterans are encouraged to apply. People with disabilities needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this job announcement in an alternative format may call the Human Resources and Occupational Safety Division, at 406.444.6054. 

Driver’s record will be verified. Successful applicants will be required to sign a release form which authorizes the Department to obtain the applicant’s permanent driving records. Compliance with Mont. Admin. R. 2.6.201, "State Vehicle Use," and MDT Policy #6.03.001, "State Vehicle Use Policy" are conditions of employment. 

Top candidates will be invited to participate in a behavioral-based interview prior to final selection.

This position is being posted in accordance with the AFSCME bargaining unit agreement. Non-bargaining unit employees or employees of another bargaining unit may apply. If the position is not filled with a bargaining unit applicant, the non-bargaining unit applicants may be considered. However, bargaining unit applicants will have preference.