Levee Maintenance Manager

Levee Maintenance Manager

Salary : $5,119.00 - $9,211.00 Monthly

Location : Marrero, LA

Job Type : Classified

Job Number : 215035

Opening Date : 11 / 19 / 2025

Closing Date : 12 / 3 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Central

About This Job

Our mission is to protect homes and businesses on the West Bank by ensuring the flood protection system operates as designed.

Minimum Qualifications

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

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

Job Duties And Other Information

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.

• 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

Benefits

State employees earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program :