Transportation Maintenance Tech I - Tyler - Special Jobs

If you like working outdoors in a job that allows you to contribute to the safety of the traveling public, TxDOT’s Tyler District has the perfect job for you! Throughout the Tyler District you will find a welcoming atmosphere and leadership that promotes safety and a good work/life balance. The Tyler District Special Jobs Office has an opening for a Transportation Maintenance Technician I (Gen Transp Tech I) based in Tyler, Texas. 

Join TxDOT and build a career as big as TEXAS! TxDOT offers company-sponsored CDL training with $0 upfront monetary commitment. Earn your full salary while training, with lodging, transportation and perdiem provided, if necessary. 

Work Location: 3721 N NE LOOP 323, Tyler, 75702 

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 with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic. 
- 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. 
- Move/picks up litter and roadway debris. 
- 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 

Licenses and Certifications: 
- 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.

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

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 of light and heavy highway equipment 
- Maintaining a safe working relationship 

Ability to: 
- Follow verbal and written instructions 

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 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. 
- Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling 
- Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment

Conditions of Employment: 

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions. 
- 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.