Senior Field Technician (Transportation Engineering Technician V)

Nature of Work

This position is in the Office of Materials Technology's (OMT) Asphalt Technology Division and serves as a Quality Assurance (QA) Inspector for the Asphalt Quality Assurance (QA) Program. The position is essential to OMT operations and to Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) as a whole, and serves as the on-site OMT representative for all asphalt plant and project acceptance operations. The Senior Field Technician audits, evaluates, and enforces the proper manufacture, shipment, and placement of asphalt mixes statewide. This role ensures that the asphalt mix accepted for payment in SHA projects complies with complex quality level standards and specifications. The acceptable quality level of asphalt mix is audited, evaluated, and enforced by supervising the complex sampling, testing, and inspection activities performed by the contractor’s Quality Control (QC) Certified Technicians who work at the manufacturing and placement sites. The Senior Field Technician has the authority and responsibility to make independent, on-the-spot decisions regarding material acceptance or rejection, or to mandate immediate corrective action to assure quality of materials.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from a standard high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Experience: Eight (8) years of experience in technical engineering related work in the areas of design, traffic, construction, materials testing, engineering surveys, maintenance, or planning.
• Selective Qualification: Three (3) years of experience in engineering applications of asphalt mixtures, binders or emulsions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Excellent computer and data analysis skills.
• Knowledge of Asphalt Mix Design, Plants and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Testing procedures.
• Knowledge of construction and material specifications.

Benefits

MDOT offers a generous and competitive benefits package. You can learn about our amazing benefits here: MDOT Benefits Guide.

The State Highway Administration (SHA) has been named Training Magazine’s Awards winner for the seventh consecutive year.

Additional Information

• Special Requirements: Employees in this role are on-call and must be able to be reached by phone. Employees will be required to work various shifts, and on weekends depending on assignments. Employees will be required to travel long distances in Maryland and neighboring states (Asphalt plants that are supplying material for SHA projects).
• To Apply: All applicants must submit an application online at http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd (use of this option allows the application to be saved). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. To receive credit for your work history and credentials you must list the information in the online DTS-1 application form. You may refer to a resume only to expand on information offered in the body of the online DTS-1 application.

Notes

• Applicants may substitute education in a civil engineering curriculum at an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 semester credit hours for each year of the required experience, up to a maximum of three years.
• Applicants who possess an associate degree in either engineering, construction management or surveying or surveying technology from an accredited community college, college or university are considered to have met two years of the eight-year experience requirement.

Special Requirements

• Candidate must possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the state of Maryland.
• Hot Mix Asphalt Plant Level I and Hot Mix Asphalt Field Certifications must be received within one (1) year (or next available class) of assuming the position.

Additional Information

• Employees in this role may be a member of a covered bargaining unit.

Application Instructions

All applicants must submit an application online at http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd (use of this option allows the application to be saved). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. To receive credit for your work history and credentials you must list the information in the online DTS-1 application form. You may refer to a resume only to expand on information offered in the body of the online DTS-1 application.

Background and Reference Checks

The selected candidate may be subject to background and reference checks.

Legal Requirements

• The selected candidate may be subject to background and reference checks.
• Applicants who have education obtained outside of the U.S. will be required to provide proof of the equivalent U.S. education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service, such as the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services ( http://www.naces.org ) or World Education Services: International Credential Evaluation ( https://www.wes.org/ ).

Equal Opportunity Employer

SHA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.