Overview
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 Roadway Maintenance Tech I include:
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Roadway Maintenance Tech II
* All duties listed for Tech I, plus:
* Serves as the only maintenance contract inspector on a small project.
* Assists in inspecting 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.
* Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files for compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
* Maintains highways and rights-of-way; performs skilled roadway repairs; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
* Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) documents and files; assists in PS&E processing for letting, to include reproducing and distributing documents.
* Identifies, repairs, and installs signs, delineators, mailbox supports and posts; performs welding; and uses/moves equipment, materials and products.
* Inspects routine and non-routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contracts build and maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.
* Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
* Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
* Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader (one and a half cubic yard or more), tractor-trailer haul truck, large dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
* Inspects materials, equipment, and production procedures in a manufacturing plant or at point of supply to ensure construction materials meet Department specifications.
* Works on a survey crew; operates survey instruments such as theodolite, transit and level, electronic distance meter, and total survey station.
* Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Roadway Maintenance Tech III
* Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.
* May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
* Trains other employees.
* Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: No education required.
Experience: RMT I = No experience required; RMT II = 1 year experience; RMT III = 2 years experience
*Experience must be in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full-time 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:
Roadway Maintenance Tech I:
* 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 120 calendar days from date of employment.
*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.
Roadway Maintenance Tech II-III:
* 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 at time of application.
Currently Military or Veterans: US Military CDL Equivalent Conditions of Employment: US Military License candidates must successfully obtain Texas Class A CDL within 120 days of employment. The text of the external link has been omitted here.
Preferred Qualifications:
Licenses and Certifications: Commercial Driver’s License
Competencies
The required competencies for the Roadway Maintenance Tech I include:
Some knowledge of:
* 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
Some Skill in:
* Using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems
* Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade
* Using light and heavy highway equipment
* Maintaining a safe working relationship
Ability to:
* Follow verbal and written instructions
Additional competencies for Tech II include:
Considerable knowledge of:
* Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
* Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures
* Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes
Proficient skill in:
* Coordinating labor, materials, and equipment
* Prioritizing and organizing work assignments
* Using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems
Additional competencies for Tech III include:
Extensive Knowledge of:
* Methods, procedures, equipment and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work
* Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
* The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Proficient Skill in:
* Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
* Using light and heavy highway equipment
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
* Required to wear protective gear, including a respirator, hard hat, steel-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 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.
* Must be able to report for duty within 60 minutes of notification on a 24-hour basis to respond to emergency situations.
* The Texas Department of Transportation reserves the sole right in determining the level of position offered based on the applicant's work experience, skill level and all other appropriate factors, and based on business needs.
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