Roadway Maintenance Tech III or IV

About the role

This posting covers two levels: Transportation Maintenance Tech III and Transportation Maintenance Tech IV. Both perform highly complex transportation operations and maintenance support work including contract maintenance and material/process inspection, roadway maintenance and repair, operation of light and heavy equipment, preventive and minor equipment maintenance, traffic control, public assistance during emergencies, and training other employees. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at both levels perform work independently on assignments; unusual issues are referred to the supervisor. The Tech IV level adds advanced responsibilities including complex maintenance contract inspection, oversight of larger projects, pavement evaluations, traffic control plan development, and coordination with law enforcement and public information officers.

Responsibilities

Transportation Maintenance Tech III

• Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications, safety laws, rules, regulations, and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
• Trains other employees.
• Provides support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites; provides assistance to stranded motorists.
• Verifies and processes maintenance contract inspection data to build work orders and request payment funding.
• Serves as the only maintenance contract inspector on a small project.
• Assists with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic.
• Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
• Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
• Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
• 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 highly skilled 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.
• Moves/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 heavy equipment such as a front-end loader (1.5 cubic yards or more), tractor-trailer haul truck, large dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader (1.25 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.
• 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.
• Identifies, repairs, and installs signs, delineators, mailbox supports and posts; performs welding; and uses/moves equipment/tools, materials and products.
• Inspects routine and non-routine 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.

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV (includes all Tech III duties, plus:)

• Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.
• Maintains files of shop drawings and monitors progress of construction activities.
• Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.
• Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.
• Reviews and assists in the development of traffic control plans, coordinates with law enforcement agencies, monitors lane closures at construction sites, documents changes in the traffic control setup and coordinates with the Public Information Officer.
• Serves as project leader responsible for maintenance construction inspection activities for a medium to large maintenance construction project or for several small projects.

Requirements

Education

None required.

Experience

• Tech III: 2 years of experience in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, 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.
• Tech IV: 3 years of experience in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, 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.

Licenses and Certifications

• Valid driver’s license (position requires driving a state vehicle).
• Commercial Driver Certificate.
• Commercial Driver's License (Class A CDL required at time of application).
• Must obtain an "N" endorsement within 120 days.

Competencies

• 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
• Plan review methods, processes and procedures
• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
• The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specification codes
• Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
• Performing calculations to include material and labor estimates, expenses, technical survey data and engineering calculations
• Using basic mathematical fundamentals
• Prioritizing and organizing work assignments
• Preparing and maintaining confidential and sensitive records, files, and reports
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems
• Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade
• Operating light and heavy highway equipment
• Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others
• Communicate effectively
• Follow verbal and written instructions

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Subject to environmental conditions; protection from weather but not temperature changes
• Subject to outside environmental conditions; no effective weather protection
• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32°F and/or above 100°F for more than one hour
• Subject to noise
• Subject to vibration
• Subject to hazards: moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
• Required to wear protective gear: respirator, hard hat, or other device
• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
• Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
• 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)
• Crouching: bending body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine
• Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Standing: prolonged periods of time
• Walking: moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work site to another
• Pushing: using upper extremities to press against object with force to move in a direction
• Pulling: using upper extremities to exert force moving objects in a sustained motion
• Lifting: raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position
• Fingering: picking, pinching, typing; working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand
• Grasping: applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm
• Feeling: determining size, shape, temperature or texture of objects
• Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
• Hearing: perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication
• Repetitive Motion: substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Close Visual