Hybrid General Transportation Tech I/II - Stephens co en Texas Department of Transportation

Ready to pave your future with purpose?
The Brownwood District of TxDOT is on the lookout for a driven individual to join the maintenance team in Breckenridge, TX as a General Transportation Tech I or II. This hands-on role goes beyond basic maintenance,  you’ll be inspecting bridges, operating machinery, navigating emergency situations with grit, and helping shape safer roads for Texans. Every day brings new challenges and meaningful impact. If you're passionate about keeping Texas moving and crave a career that's as solid as the roads you'll help maintain, this could be the perfect fit.

Want to take the wheel on something big? Let’s build it together.

Anticipated Starting Salary: 

• $4200 - $4500/monthly

The Texas Department of Transportation reserves the sole right in determining the level of position based on the applicant’s work experience, education, skill level and all other appropriate factors, and based on business needs.

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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:

• 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.
• Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.
• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a quarter cubic yards 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 time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Additional duties for General Transportation Tech II include:

• Maintains highways and rights-of-way; performs highly skilled roadway repairs; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
• Assists in providing support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites; assists stranded motorists as required.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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Minimum Qualifications:

Education: No education required.

Experience:  GTT I = No experience required; GTT II = 1 year experience*;

*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:

• • • 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 with "N" endorsement, within 180 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 within180  days of employment. https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/military-skills-test-waiver

Preferred Qualifications:

Licenses and Certifications: Commercial Driver’s License           

Competencies:

• 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
• Maintenance concepts, methods, policies and requirements
• 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
• Using applicable electronic test equipment
• Maintaining a safe working relationship
• Communicate effectively
• Follow verbal and written instructions

Additional competencies for General Transportation Tech II include:

• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
• Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures
• Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes
• Conducting traffic studies, surveys and estimates
• Using basic mathematical fundamentals
• Using surveying tools, equipment and instruments

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour
• Subject to noise
• Subject to vibration
• Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
• Subject to atmospheric conditions-fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation
• 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
• Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work site to another
• Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
• Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication
• Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment

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 30 minutes of notification on a 24-hour basis to respond to emergency situations.

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TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category. 

To view the MOS codes please click on link below and click on the appropriate occupational category.

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions

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The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.

Please click this link to read the information for applicants: Additional Applicant Information

 

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