Intern Maintenance Tech - San Jacinto County

About the role

Performs entry-level and routine maintenance work. Work involves physical labor tasks such as: plant and landscape maintenance, maintenance of comfort stations and rights-of-way, minor equipment repair, and assisting with roadway repair.

Responsibilities

• Assists in repairing and erecting signs and repairing drums and/or barricades; as required moves items related to these duties.
• Affords assistance in warehousing and supply functions.
• Affords assistance with repairs to potholes, roadway shoulders and edges, guardrails, signs, and other related work.
• Affords assistance with traffic control to include placing and gathering cones, flagging traffic, and other related work.
• Operates light equipment.
• Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights-of-way, maintenance yards and comfort stations.
• Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.
• Performs minor maintenance and repairs on equipment.
• Performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees, brush and mowing, fertilizing and watering, as required moves items related to these duties.
• Performs some carpentry work.
• Performs some clerical duties.
• Repairs and installs posts and mailbox supports, as required moves items related to these duties.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Must be a student in high school or other educational institution or accepted into a college, university or educational institution.
• Experience: No Experience Required (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).

Qualifications

• Must be at least 16 years of age, a student currently enrolled in high school or any institution of higher education to include a trade/vocational school.
• Employees at least 18 years of age with valid driver's license may be assigned driving duties and may use power tools.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Required to wear protective hard hat, or other personal protective equipment/devices.
• Subject to outside environmental conditions; no effective weather protection.
• Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling.
• Kneeling-bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee(s).
• Lifting-raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position.
• Reaching-extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing-prolonged periods of time.
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes visual inspection of small defects/parts.
• Close Visual Acuity-using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts.
• Visual Acuity-operate machines, such as drill presses, power saws, and mills.

Benefits and Perks

• Retirement Plans.
• Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules.
• Paid Leave and Holidays.
• Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees.
• On-the-Job Training.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives.
• Career Development and Advancement Opportunities.
• Family-Friendly Policies and Programs.

Position Information

TxDOT's San Jacinto Maintenance Section is looking to add an Intern Maintenance Tech to our San Jacinto County Maintenance Section!

Did you know that members of our Executive Leadership team, including our Executive Director, were paid interns at TxDOT? A paid internship is a great opportunity to explore what TxDOT has to offer to the citizens of Texas, expand your knowledge acquired from school, and possibly serve as a gateway to future job opportunities with the agency. It is no surprise that many students choose to come back to TxDOT year-after-year to rejoin our team.

TxDOT’s Internship Program provides current high school and college students the opportunity to gain valuable paid hands-on experience. At TxDOT, you will join a workforce that is passionate about their careers. You have nothing to lose and lots to gain such as invaluable work experience that can carry you into the future. Make the choice and join TxDOT for your brighter tomorrow today.

To qualify, students must:

• Must be 16 years old.
• Be a U.S. Citizen or be eligible to work in the U.S.
• Be currently enrolled as a student at a high school, technical school, college or university.