Transportation Construct Technician

Job Location: 4674 - Santan Field Office, 7130 W. Fairview Street, Chandler, AZ 85226

About the Role

This series exists to perform a broad scope of high-level transportation duties and/or supervisor responsibilities. Positions serve as senior technicians performing a variety of journey-level work related to highway construction activities. Positions will be assigned based on experience and qualifications.

Pay

• Transportation Construction Technician 1: $20.36 hourly ($42,350 annually) – Grade 17
• Transportation Construction Technician 2: $22.68 hourly – Grade 18
• Transportation Construction Technician 3: $27.34 hourly ($56,870.53 annually) – Grade 19

Responsibilities

Transportation Construction Technician 1 (Entry Level)

• Inspect work on highway construction projects
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and public safety
• Use specialized software and Google applications for correspondence, measurements, and temperatures
• Read and interpret plans, contract documents, specifications, and standard drawings
• Perform field tests, sample materials, and complete sample transmittals
• Calculate areas of geometric and irregular shapes
• Attend safety meetings, partnering meetings, and trainings

Transportation Construction Technician 2 (Intermediate Level)

• Inspect highway construction to assure compliance
• Examine materials, surface conditions, tracking, and structural features
• Perform field material tests for quality assurance
• Inspect and examine engineering project records, field notes, computations, and other documentation
• Research and interpret MVD Policy, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona Administrative Code, and regulations
• Confer with engineers to ensure conformance to specifications and plans
• Consult manuals, rulebook codes, or regulations
• Record all workflow
• Attend training and safety meetings

Transportation Construction Technician 3 (Journey Level)

• Inspect highway construction work for compliance
• Prepare documentation and quantity lists
• Confer with engineers to ensure conformance to specifications and construction plans
• Attend meetings and training sessions
• Perform field tests
• Consult manuals, specifications, drawings, and regulations
• Record work history and inspect project records

Requirements

• American Concrete Institute and Arizona Technical Testing Institute Certification required within 1 year of hire date
• Medical/physical evaluation required prior to appointment
• Valid, unexpired, and non-revoked/suspended driver’s license required (position requires driving as an essential function)
• Must complete all required driver training and maintain acceptable driving records
• Personally owned vehicles used for state business must maintain statutorily required liability insurance
• Must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify)

Qualifications

Transportation Construction Technician 1

• 1 year of job-related construction experience, which may include:
  • Principles and practices of civil engineering
  • Construction inspection methods
  • Materials testing procedures
  • Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones
  • Operation of equipment
  • Reading construction documents, maps, and plans

Transportation Construction Technician 2

• 2 years of job-related construction experience, which may include:
  • Principles and practices of civil engineering
  • Construction inspection methods
  • Materials testing procedures
  • Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones
  • Operation of equipment
  • Reading construction documents, maps, and plans

Transportation Construction Technician 3

• 3 years of job-related construction experience, which may include:
  • Principles and practices of civil engineering
  • Construction inspection methods
  • Materials testing procedures
  • Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones
  • Operation of equipment
  • Reading construction documents, maps, and plans

Benefits

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks per year for newborn or newly placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan (mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System)
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional benefits:
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Deferred compensation plans
  • Supplemental life insurance