Highway Maintenance Technician - CDL Driver / Equipment Operator - Whitehall

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real specific content. We need to parse the posting. First, job title is Maintenance Technician in Whitehall. Not to repeat as heading. We need to extract: - About the role: maybe a brief description: "This position performs a variety of work as a laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, and truck driver for highway maintenance activities." Also mention career ladder. - Responsibilities: list of duties: Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning, landslide removal, crack/mastic sealing, fence building or bridge repair, guardrail or sign installation, luminaire maintenance, roadway repair, vegetation and roadside maintenance, pavement marking and striping operations, and snow and ice control. - Requirements: maybe required education and experience: details about levels. - Qualifications: maybe required license etc. - Skills: maybe not explicit; could be omitted. - Benefits: list: Culture of public service and work/life balance, Health/Dental/Vision Insurance, Access to Montana Health Centers, State Retirement plan and additional savings opportunities (deferred compensation), Overtime compensation or compensatory time for >40 hrs, Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, Eligibility for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness, Benefits apply first day, Relocation assistance may be offered. - Pay: The posting includes pay rates for levels: Maintenance Tech Level I ($29.59), Level II ($30.09), Level III ($30.59). So we can include Pay section with those details. - Schedule: Not explicitly stated; maybe not. So omit Schedule. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, contact info, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting that are substantive. Let's extract details: From posting: - Position: Maintenance Technician in Whitehall. - Performs variety of work as laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, truck driver for highway maintenance activities. - Operates various trucks and a variety of heavy equipment to perform: culvert placement and installation/cleaning, landslide removal, crack/mastic sealing, fence building or bridge repair, guardrail or sign installation, luminaire maintenance, roadway repair, vegetation and roadside maintenance, pavement marking and striping operations, and snow and ice control. - For a full job description, please contact HR Generalist... (we drop contact info as boilerplate? It's application instruction; we should drop.) - This position is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities. - Benefits of working for MDT and the State of Montana include: (list) - Culture of public service and a commitment to work/life balance - Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance - Access to Montana Health Centers, low-cost clinics for state employees and their families - State Retirement plan and additional savings opportunities (deferred compensation) - Employees in this position receive overtime compensation or compensatory time for all time in a pay status over 40 hours in a workweek - Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays - Eligibility for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness - Benefits apply on first day of employment - Relocation assistance may be offered to the successful candidate at the time of offer - For information on MDT’s mission, vision, values: website (we drop as boilerplate? It's not substantive job info; maybe drop.) - Required Education And Experience: - Maintenance Tech Level I ($29.59): One (1) year experience driving heavy truck or operating construction equipment. A valid Montana Commercial Operators License (Class A, Type II) with no restrictions, a tank endorsement and a valid Medical Examiner’s Certificate (MEC). Applicants with a learner’s permit have 30 days to obtain the necessary Montana Commercial Operators License. Applicants not meeting the minimum qualifications may also be considered. If no qualified applicants, MDT is willing to consider a training assignment for individuals with no experience who would be eligible to obtain the CDL. - Maintenance Tech Level II ($30.09): Also requires one (1) year of documented experience from another city, county, or other state highway road department where you were employed for the purpose of road maintenance. - Maintenance Tech Level III ($30.59): Also requires three (3) or more years of documented experience from another city, county, or other state highway road department where you were employed for the purpose of road maintenance. This agency may use a training assignment. Employees in training assignments may be paid below the base pay established by the agency pay rules. Conditions of the training assignment will be stated in writing at the time of hire. - Required Application Materials: drop (application instructions). - Other Information: - Successful applicant must live or relocate within 45 road miles of the Whitehall Section House and must have a telephone or be reasonably accessible to the section headquarters. - Top candidates will be invited to participate in a practical test and behavioral-based interview prior to final selection. - 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. - This position is being posted in accordance with the 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. - This position is posted for the Whitehall Section. Employees hired in the Whitehall Section have the choice of the Teamsters Union or Operators Union. - Applicants may be eligible for placement up to a Maintenance Technician Level III if they have documented relevant experience from a city, county, or state highway road department(s) where they were employed for the purpose of road maintenance. Experience will determine level placement and wage. - The Montana Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer... (EEO boilerplate; drop) - People with disabilities needing assistance... (drop) - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is committed to continuous improvement... (drop) - Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire. Generally, sponsorship for work authorization is not available through the State of Montana. Effective 5/26/2026, MDT is participating in E-Verify... (drop as legal/boilerplate) - For more information about E-Verify, please visit... (drop) We need to keep substantive info: location requirement (45 road miles), practical test, driver record verification, release form, compliance with state vehicle use policy, bargaining unit info, union choice, placement up to Level III, experience determines level and wage. Also maybe include "career ladder with career advancement opportunities" under About the role or Responsibilities. We need to decide sections: - About the role: short paragraph summarizing role and career ladder. - Responsibilities: list of duties (the long list). - Requirements: maybe include location requirement, telephone accessibility, driver record verification, release form, state vehicle use compliance, bargaining unit preference, union choice. - Qualifications: maybe include education/experience details (levels) and license requirements. - Skills: maybe not needed; could omit. - Benefits: list as above. - Pay: include pay rates for levels. - Schedule: not present; omit. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". We have specific pay rates. We must not invent or summarize away detail: we need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include each bullet from benefits, each duty, each requirement, each qualification detail. Let's structure. First, About the role: maybe combine the first sentence and career ladder.

This position performs a variety of work as a laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, and truck driver for highway maintenance activities. It is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Operates various trucks and a variety of heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning
... etc. We need to split each duty as separate
• . The list includes many items separated by commas. We'll break them. List: - culvert placement and installation/cleaning - landslide removal - crack/mastic sealing - fence building or bridge repair - guardrail or sign installation - luminaire maintenance - roadway repair - vegetation and roadside maintenance - pavement marking and striping operations - snow and ice control Also maybe "Operates various trucks and a variety of heavy equipment to perform" is the intro; we can include that as part of each li? Better to have each li start with the duty. We'll phrase: "Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning", etc. Requirements: include location requirement, telephone accessibility, driver record verification, release form, state vehicle use compliance, bargaining unit preference, union choice, practical test, behavioral interview. We could also include "Must live or relocate within 45 road miles of the Whitehall Section House and must have a telephone or be reasonably accessible to the section headquarters." as a requirement. Also "Top candidates will be invited to participate in a practical test and behavioral-based interview prior to final selection." Also "Driver’s record will be verified." Also "Successful applicants will be required to sign a release form which authorizes the Department to obtain the applicant’s permanent driving records." Also "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." Also "This position is being posted in accordance with the 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." Also "Employees hired in the Whitehall Section have the choice of the Teamsters Union or Operators Union." Also "Applicants may be eligible for placement up to a Maintenance Technician Level III if they have documented relevant experience from a city, county, or state highway road department(s) where they were employed for the purpose of road maintenance. Experience will determine level placement and wage." We could put some of these under Qualifications (experience) but they are more about selection process. Maybe better to have: - Requirements: location, telephone, driver record, release form, state vehicle use compliance, bargaining unit preference, union choice. - Qualifications: education/experience, license, etc. - Responsibilities: duties. - About the role: brief. - Benefits: list. - Pay: list. We'll omit Skills. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, E-Verify, etc. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft.

  About the role

  This position performs a variety of work as a laborer, lead worker, equipment operator, and truck driver for highway maintenance activities. It is part of a career ladder with career advancement opportunities.

  Responsibilities

  • Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform culvert placement and installation/cleaning
  • Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform landslide removal
  • Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform crack/mastic sealing
  • Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform fence building or bridge repair
  • Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform guardrail or sign installation
  • Operates various trucks and heavy equipment to perform luminaire maintenance
  • Operates