Safety Service Patroller - VDOT TOC SSP 036 - SSPA01

Essential Duties

• Maintains the safety of roadways by monitoring for vehicle crashes, disabled/abandoned vehicles, debris, and lane-closing events.
• Provides roadside assistance to stranded motorists, including changing tires, giving battery jumps, providing fuel, removing debris from the travel lanes, etc.
• Collaborates with other first responders at highway incidents, offering incident response, on-scene traffic control, and basic first aid.
• Communicates with Traffic Operations Center (TOC) staff regarding disabled vehicles, abandoned vehicles, debris, and lane-closing events, and coordinates operations.

Physical Demands

• Ascend/descend steps and stairs
• Balance activities
• Bend and stoop
• Walk, stand, sit, crouch, kneel, squat
• Drive a truck approximately 200 miles per day
• See (including field of vision, distance close to eye)
• Move hands for holding, finger dexterity, and grasping
• Hear
• Lift up to 50 pounds
• Pull/push/reach using upper body force
• Perform repetitive motions
• Work with machine operations, oscillating equipment, small parts
• Work in an outside environment (cold-hot temperatures, inclement weather conditions, including rain and snow, light/daytime-dark/nighttime)
• Work around hazards (traffic)

Requirements

• High school diploma (equivalent)
• Able to perform the physical demands of the job as outlined above
• Strong command of the English language and ability to communicate both in writing and verbally; bilingualism in Spanish is an asset
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to work various shifts including morning, evening, overnight, weekends, and holidays in a variety of weather conditions
• Ability to work diligently in a noisy environment
• Use of personal protective equipment