Job Description

Salary

$5,119.00 - $9,211.00 Monthly

Location

Marrero, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

215035

Department

SE LA Flood Protection Auth-West

Opening Date

11/19/2025

Closing Date

12/3/2025 11:59 PM Central

About this Job

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OUR MISSION

To protect homes and businesses on the West Bank by ensuring the Flood Protection system operates as designed.

Minimum Qualifications

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Five years of experience as a mechanic, or in the alteration, construction, maintenance, or repair of bridges, buildings, drainage facilities, grounds, levees, roads, or wharfs.

Job Specification

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The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

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Job Duties:


This position supervises field operations, provides oversight, trains and directs inspection, operation, maintenance and improvement activities for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West (SLFPA-W), such as grass cutting, herbicide application and maintenance of an extensive mitigation program. This position is responsible for oversight of the Operation, Maintenance, Repair, Rehabilitation, or Replacement (OMRR&R) of over 2800 acres of wetland mitigation property owned by the West Jefferson Levee District across six separate sites. The Maintenance Manager will report to the Levee Maintenance Administrator and ensure that all work such as vegetative control, data collection and sampling as well as physical maintenance such as earthwork or dredging are performed in accordance with the USACE provided O&M manuals as well as industry best practices. The position will manage 3 herbicide applicators who will execute the mitigation maintenance program.


Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type:

Probational

Career Progression Group:

This position does not participate in a Career Progression Group.

Work Schedule:

Monday - Thursday 6:00AM - 4:30PM

Compensation:

The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.


How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score or assessment

is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.


To apply for this vacancy, click on the

"Apply"

link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.


Resumes

WILL NOT

be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Matthew Edwards


Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - West


medwards@slfpaw.org


(504) 371-6855

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.



As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage

More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave

- Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave

- State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor


State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement

- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system*
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), * Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others