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Form of workWho We Are:
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation's 5th largest interstate system and the 2nd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency's vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.
ODOT's Mission Statement:
To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.
Benefits to You:
- Extensive benefits including medical, vision, dental & basic life insurance
- 11 paid holidays per year
- Paid time off with vacation, sick and personal leave accruals
- At least a 14% employer contribution in to your OPERS pension plan
- Pay increases pursuant to the OCSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Work/Life Balance
- The opportunity to work on an important mission
Official Position Description:
In the Production/Real Estate Department, reviews utility relocation plans, cost estimates & related materials to determine compliance with state/federal regulations, approved plan estimates & construction requirements & coordinates & monitors relocation of utilities on state & federally funded local projects. Assures accurate and timely updating of management information systems as they relate to the delivery of the program, (i.e., ELLIS) and assures their business rules, policies, and procedures are implemented, used, and maintained as standard business practice in their designated work environments.
Prepares correspondence & reports (e.g., cover letters to forward materials in processing state; letters to districts notifying them of approvals granted); reviews &/or approves utility permit applications to use highway right of way; processes payments & utility rearrangement billings. Provides cost estimates for utility relocation; reviews highway construction plans prepared by consultants & District Production Department & makes recommendations regarding existing &/or proposed utility facilities; ensures utility betterment costs are properly charged to utility owner & utility work in plans are properly coded; requests & approves local, state & federal funding on projects with reimbursable utility involvement; reads & interprets highway plans to determine type of encroachments to be placed within highway right-of-way; reviews & checks legal instruments against right-of-way plan to assure compliance with ODOT's policies & applicable laws & regulations; records legal instruments concerning real estate in appropriate county offices; prepares necessary agreements (e.g., utility agreements for execution by public & private utility companies, cooperatives & local public agencies for federal participation for in-plans work, requests special agreements & waivers of damages or releases for reimbursable projects).
Acts as liaison with public & private utility companies, ODOT personnel, contractors, & other government agencies (e.g., resolves problems/issues; assists with difficult relocations; maintains contact with &/or meets with federal highway administration representative to resolve utility related problems; meets with public, government officials & property owners to provide information regarding projects; attends pre-construction meetings; arranges & attends field meetings between contractors, ODOT personnel & utility companies to resolve problems arising during construction concerning utility facilities); advises agency personnel of right-of-way requirements, laws & regulations.
Prepares monthly, annual &/or special reports; conducts title searches & examines governmental records as needed to determine ownership of & liens & encumbrances against properties to be acquired by state of Ohio; operates personal computer to perform data entry.
12 mos. exp. as Utilities Relocation Technician 1, 84581; must be able to provide own transportation. 24 mos. trg. or 24 mos. exp. in reading construction & right of way plans; 12 mos. trg. or 12 mos. exp. in public relations; 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in state & federal laws, policies & procedures pertaining to Utilities Relocation; must be able to provide own transportation. -Or equivalent of Minimum Qualifications For Employment noted above:
