Highway Maintenance Tech I
Cooper, Texas
Employer: Texas Department of Transportation
Industry: Maint/Skilled Craft/Ferry Ops
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Position Information
TxDOT is looking for a Highway Maintenance Tech I (General Transportation Tech I) in our Delta County Maintenance Section located in Cooper, TX. We have a diverse workforce of over 12,000 employees statewide. Join TxDOT and build a career as big as TEXAS!
If you enjoy working outdoors and would like to make the roadways safer for your family and friends, then apply for this position. Come join our TxDOT family! We offer company-sponsored CDL training with $0 upfront monetary commitment. Earn your full salary while training with lodging, transportation and per-diem provided if necessary.
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:
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
Performs routine transportation operations or maintenance support work such as: roadway maintenance and repair; light and heavy equipment operation; preventive and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; and helping the public during emergency situations. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details.
Essential Duties:
The essential duties for the General Transportation Tech I include:
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: No education required.
Experience: GTT I = No experience required;
*Experience must be in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent). Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications .
Licenses and Certifications:
Currently Military or Veterans: US Military CDL Equivalent Conditions of Employment: US Military License candidates must successfully obtain Texas Class "A" CDL within180 days of employment. https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/military-skills-test-waiver
Preferred Qualifications:
Licenses and Certifications: Commercial Driver's License
Competencies:
The required competencies for the General Transportation Tech I include:
Some knowledge of:
Some Skill in:
Ability to:
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)
TxDOT is looking for a Highway Maintenance Tech I (General Transportation Tech I) in our Delta County Maintenance Section located in Cooper, TX. We have a diverse workforce of over 12,000 employees statewide. Join TxDOT and build a career as big as TEXAS!
If you enjoy working outdoors and would like to make the roadways safer for your family and friends, then apply for this position. Come join our TxDOT family! We offer company-sponsored CDL training with $0 upfront monetary commitment. Earn your full salary while training with lodging, transportation and per-diem provided if necessary.
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
Performs routine transportation operations or maintenance support work such as: roadway maintenance and repair; light and heavy equipment operation; preventive and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; and helping the public during emergency situations. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details.
Essential Duties:
The essential duties for the General Transportation Tech I include:
- Assists in identifying, repairing and installing signs, delineators, mailbox supports and posts; performs basic welding as needed; as required uses/moves equipment/tools, materials and products related to these activities.
- Assists in providing support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites; assists stranded motorists as required.
- Assists with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic.
- Determines placement of traffic control devices and installs/moves devices.
- Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
- Maintains highways and rights-of-way; performs roadway repairs; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
- Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights-of-way, maintenance yards and comfort stations.
- Drives a state vehicle to move/picks up litter and roadway debris.
- Mows rights-of-way and picnic and rest areas; performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees and brush.
- Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a quarter cubic yard or less, pneumatic roller, rotary broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
- 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 preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various required reports including timekeeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
- Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts 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.
- Assists with inspecting maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors build and maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: No education required.
Experience: GTT I = No experience required;
*Experience must be in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent). Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications .
Licenses and Certifications:
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- Valid driver's license at the time of application. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
- Must have a Commercial Class "A" Driver's License with an "N" Endorsement or have obtained a CDL "A" License, within 180 calendar days from date of employment.
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Currently Military or Veterans: US Military CDL Equivalent Conditions of Employment: US Military License candidates must successfully obtain Texas Class "A" CDL within180 days of employment. https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/military-skills-test-waiver
Preferred Qualifications:
Licenses and Certifications: Commercial Driver's License
Competencies:
The required competencies for the General Transportation Tech I include:
Some knowledge of:
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- Methods, procedures, equipment, and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work
- Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
- Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
- The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- Maintenance concepts, methods, policies, and requirements
- Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes
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Some Skill in:
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- Using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems
- Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade
- Using of light and heavy highway equipment
- Maintaining a safe working relationship
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Ability to:
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- Communicate effectively
- Follow verbal and written instructions
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Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Required to wear protective gear, including, respirator, hard hat, steal toed boots, and other equipment or devices
- Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour
- Subject to noise and vibration
- Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
- Subject to atmospheric conditions-fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation
- Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
- Climbing - ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc
- Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling
- Stooping-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist
- Kneeling-bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee(s)
- Reaching-extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
- Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication
- Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
- Visual Acuity-determine work quality/make general observations of facilities/structures
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 45 minutes of notification on a 24-hour basis to respond to emergency situations.
Created: 2024-07-03
Reference: 2402435
Country: United States
State: Texas
City: Cooper
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