Position Information

TxDOT's Yoakum District is looking for a General Transp Tech I or II in the Austin County Maintenance Section located in Sealy, Texas. We have a diverse workforce of over 12,000 employees statewide. If you want to build an exciting career, apply for this position! Please apply if you are a talented and motivated professional interested in unique challenges, a diverse work experience and opportunities for growth.

At TxDOT we value employee work-life-balance. In keeping with our commitment to this value our employees benefit from a wide array of programs and activities that include an extensive wellness program, career development programs, retirement benefits, tuition assistance, and various other benefits. For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our website at hidden_benefits.pdf (txdot.gov)

Benefits and Perks

At TxDOT, we value employee work-life balance. In keeping with our commitment to this value, our employees benefit from a wide array of programs and activities that include:

• Low Turnover
• Retirement Pension
• Alternative Work Schedules
• Paid Leave/Holidays
• Health Premiums paid at 100% for full-time employees
• On the Job Training
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Comprehensive Wellness Program/Wellness Leave Incentives
• Career Development Programs/Opportunities for advancement

For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our website at: Total Compensation Package

To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit: Benefits at a Glance (ERS.texas.gov)

Position Description

Essential Duties:

- Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large gradall, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor and profiling/milling machine.

- Assists with traffic control, places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades, flags traffic.

- Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications for devices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

- Trains other employees

- Maintains highways and right-of-way, performs highly-skilled roadway repairs, erects and repairs guard rail, highway markers and signs, hauls materials and equipment to job sites.

- Sands or cleans bridges and roads, post warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents and hazardous material spills.

- Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various required reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms and PMI.

- Provides support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites, and provides assistance to stranded motorists.

- Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.

- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience: 2 years transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated parttime equivalent). Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications:

• Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
• Must have a Class "A" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) or have obtained a Class "A" CDL, within 120 calendar days from date of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Commercial Driver's License

Competencies:

- The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

- Methods, procedures, equipment, and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work.

- Using basic mathematical fundamentals

- Prioritizing and organizing work assignments.

- Using of light and heavy highway equipment

- Follow verbal and written instructions

- Using computers and applicable programs, applications and systems.

- Communicate effectively

- Maintaining a safe working relationship

- Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

- Subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather but not temperature changes

- Subject to outside environmental conditions, no effective weather protection

- Subject to extreme cold and heat, below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour

- Subject to noise

- Subject to vibration

- Required to wear protective gear-respirator, hard hat, or other device.

- Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.

- Stooping-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist.

- Reaching-extending hand (s) and arms (s) in any direction.

- Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels, receive information by oral communication.

Conditions of Employment:

Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)

• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation - 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) - does not authorize "medical marijuana" under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.
• Must be able to report for duty within 60 minutes of notification on a 24-hour basis to respond to emergency situations.