BRIDGE INSPECTION TRANSPORTATION WORKER - 07072026-78901

About the role

The Bridge Inspection Transportation Worker is responsible for daily inspection tasks, including the operation of equipment, to help ensure TDOT's infrastructure is safe for all users. The position assists with the inspection processes for bridges, culverts, and other structures, ensuring thorough and accurate assessments are conducted.

Responsibilities

• Identify deterioration and deficiencies during inspection projects.
• Support the interpretation of project-specific procedures, plans, and specifications.
• Ensure activities align with state and federal laws.
• Communicate findings clearly.
• Support the input of data into the Bridge Management System.
• Empower safety as a priority.
• Help the public during emergency situations.
• Gain an understanding of team roles within projects.
• Effectively communicate with team members to learn objectives.
• Promote a safety-focused work environment.
• Learn to apply the TDOT Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Policies and the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to establish inspection work zones.
• Inspect and evaluate the quality of bridge assets.
• Absorb data related to employee time, equipment, structural conditions, and material usage on projects.
• Aid in the proper operation and basic maintenance of TDOT equipment.
• Obtain and maintain all required certifications for equipment operation.
• Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external customers.
• Work well with other teams, listen carefully, respond quickly to requests, keep accurate records, and communicate clearly.
• Participate in the Transportation Worker Proficiency Program.
• Investigate complaints and emergency scenarios.
• Effectively communicate with the foreman, peers, and emergency management crews.
• Help ensure proper documentation of all activities and information during roadside operations, inspections, and other emergency situations related to the monitoring and remediation of issues with the condition of bridge assets as required.
• Remain current on training related to emergency operations.
• Remain current on national best practices related to the NBIS, SNBI, BIRM, and inspection standards for TDOT employees, contractors, and the traveling public.
• Routinely collaborate with project teams, including Bridge Performance and Preservation Teams, and help document project-specific knowledge, including notable bridge deficiencies, that will maximize project successes, implement national best practices, and avoid past errors.
• Aid in inspecting ancillary structures.
• Attend field meetings with maintenance or repair teams to help assess bridge conditions for rehabilitation as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma; General Educational Development diploma.
• Transportation Worker 1: Entry level Transportation Worker. No prerequisites other than High School Education or equivalent.
• Transportation Worker 2: Must have successfully completed the required skills and competency elements* of the Transportation Worker 1 level.
• Transportation Worker 3: Must have successfully completed the required skills and competency elements* at the Transportation Worker 2 level.

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Knowledgeable in basic mathematical fundamentals.
• Basic report and form writing skills.
• Skilled in applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade.
• Skilled in the use of light and heavy highway equipment.
• Knowledgeable in basic vehicle and equipment maintenance and repair procedures.
• Recognize and take precaution for potential hazards to the transportation work crew.

Benefits

May be required to work weekends and holidays. May be required to work variable hours outside of the normal work schedule, including an on-call rotation. Required to work under exposure to inclement weather conditions.

Pay

$3,631 monthly/$43,572 annually.

Schedule

Full-Time.