Laborer

Job Description Position: Laborer Department: Physical Plant - Grounds Department Hourly Rate: $8.39 Hourly Job Type: Classified, Full-time Location: Ruston, LA Closing Date: June 13, 2023 at 11:59 PM CT Thank you for your interest in Louisiana Tech University. Once you start the application process you will not be able to save your work, so ensure you have everything available to complete your application before you begin. Your application will not be considered if you do not complete the application in its entirety. Join our team of exceptional faculty and staff! Louisiana Tech University is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring all our students, faculty, and staff work in an environment of openness and acceptance. We strive to foster a culture where people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives can feel secure and welcome. Louisiana Tech offers outstanding perks and benefits to eligible employees that include a variety of health insurance plans and retirement options, paid time off for vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, substantially reduced-rate tuition for employees and their dependents, discounted memberships at the university’s sports and wellness center, professional development training, and promotional opportunities. In addition, market adjustment salary increases are awarded annually (pending funding availability) for eligible classified employees. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Civil Service test score is not required in order to be considered for this vacancy. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: No experience or training is required. FUNCTION OF WORK: To provide physical effort to accomplish a variety of unskilled tasks or to inspect levees for signs of slides and washouts for proper drainage and elimination of various other causes of damage. LEVEL OF WORK: Entry. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Close from a Laborer Foreman or other employee of higher grade. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from other unskilled jobs by close supervision required in performing most assigned tasks. EXAMPLES OF WORK: EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED. Cuts grass, weeds, trees, and brush; cleans culverts, drains, and ditches; moves, loads, and unloads materials, supplies, and equipment; removes obstructions from highway or premises; hauls or carries sand, lumber, asphalt, and cement; applies patching materials to highway surfaces; pours dirt, sand, and water into a mud jack and fills. Operates a tractor to cut grass; cleans farm equipment. Performs a wide variety of physical labor functions. Waters livestock; washes and cleans livestock living quarters. Directs traffic where road is under construction; washes and assists in servicing equipment. Assists skilled workmen by carrying materials and tools or performing unskilled tasks such as mixing concrete or digging holes; moves furniture, oxygen tanks, or other heavy equipment at an institution or public building; moves ice to a storage place. Digs post holes and ditches; does unskilled work in caring for seed beds and seedlings and in fighting wood fires with back pumps and rakes; mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes grass, and trash; performs other simple tasks in connection with nursery, greenhouse, forest, farm, and/or ground work. Chips, scales, cleans, and scrapes ironwork; assists in setting up or moving scaffolds. AS A LEVEE INSPECTOR Drives a vehicle over assigned area, inspecting levees for weak spots and other dangerous conditions; makes reports of conditions. Polices levees to keep livestock and vehicles off the levees. Supervises, as necessary, labor crews in emergency maintenance and repair work on levees. Checks construction of fencing, installation of pipes, gas, and water lines for compliance with regulations of Department of Public Works and of the Levee Board. Remains on constant duty during high water stages looking for washes, sand boils, and slides. Directs draining and sacking to keep levees in good condition and to prevent overflows. To view the Civil Service Job Spec, click on the following link: https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=129140 APPLICANTS MUST APPLY BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT DEADLINE. *The State of Louisiana only accepts online applications. Paper applications will not be accepted. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Any information about a job on your resume that was not included in the work history section of the online application cannot be used to evaluate your qualifications for the posted vacancy. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. * NOTE TO CURRENT EMPLOYEES: For current Louisiana Tech University Employees you MUST apply for this vacancy internally. To apply for this vacancy internally, click on the “Career” app from your Workday dashboard. Select "Find Jobs," open the position and click on "Apply." For further information about this vacancy contact: Louisiana Tech University, Office of Human Resources P.O. Box 3173 Ruston, LA 71272 Phone: 318-257-2235 Fax: 318-257-2482 Louisiana Tech University is an AA/ADA/EEO employer. Louisiana Tech recruits, selects, employs and promotes without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information in its admission and recruitment of students, educational programs, and activities, or employment policies. Louisiana Tech may require a criminal background check to be conducted on candidate(s) selected for hire and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials. Please Note: Applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on the Job Closing Date to ensure consideration. Louisiana Tech offers students an unparalleled educational experience in its 79 undergraduate majors, 32 master’s degree programs, and nine doctoral programs. Founded in 1894, the University has been recognized as one of America’s Top Colleges in Forbes and as the No. 1 college in the state of Louisiana for value in Kiplinger’s. The University has been ranked as a Top Tier research university in US News and World Report for 10 years, and is the only university in the state of Louisiana to be recognized in the Times Higher Education (THE) 2020 University Impact Rankings for its commitment to sustainable development. The University has a history of and commitment to creating programs that are the first in their fields, like biomedical and cyber engineering. Louisiana Tech’s partnerships with business, government and the military help create both academic programs and job development in the I-20 Cyber Corridor. Louisiana Tech is an economic driver for our region and state, and our campus is a home for new and growing enterprises. This connection to innovation impacts our academic programs and provides job opportunities for our students in fields like cybersecurity and engineering. The traditional core campus of approximately 280 acres connects with the Enterprise Campus, a home for new and growing enterprises and to the heart of Ruston. Louisiana Tech and the City of Ruston continue to work hand in hand to create a healthier and more environmentally responsible community by developing safe pedestrian paths, lighting, sustainable landscaping, bicycle paths and more. Louisiana Tech University adheres to the equal opportunity provisions of federal and civil rights laws, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. Mortissa Harvey – Title IX Coordinator Office Location: Wyly Tower 1536 Phone: 318.257.5911 Email: mharvey@latech.edu

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