Transportation Construction Technician Series

Be a part of an innovative and collaborative team driving a safer transportation system for Arizona.

About the role

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

• Transportation Construction Technician 1 ($20.36/hr., Grade 17) is the entry-level position. Duties include:
  • Inspection of work on highway construction projects
  • Techniques to ensure compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and public safety
  • Use of specialized software and Google applications for correspondence, measurements, temperatures, etc.
  • Reading and interpreting plans, contract documents, specifications, and standard drawings
  • Performing field tests, sampling materials, and completing sample transmittals
  • Calculating areas of geometric and irregular shapes
  • Attending safety meetings, partnering meetings, and trainings
• Transportation Construction Technician 2 ($22.68/hr., Grade 18) is the intermediate-level position. Duties include:
  • Inspecting highway construction to assure compliance
  • Examining materials, surface conditions, tracking, and structural features
  • Performing field material tests for quality assurance
  • Inspecting and examining engineering project records, field notes, computations, and other documentation
  • Researching and interpreting MVD Policy, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona Administrative Code, and regulations
  • Conferring with engineers and ensuring conformance to specifications and plans
  • Consulting manuals, rulebook codes, or regulations
  • Recording all workflow
  • Attending training and safety meetings
• Transportation Construction Technician 3 ($27.34/hr., Grade 19) is the full journey-level classification. Duties include:
  • Inspection of highway construction work for compliance
  • Documentation and quantity lists
  • Conferring with engineers and ensuring conformance to specifications and construction plans
  • Attending meetings and training sessions
  • Performing field tests
  • Consulting manuals, specifications, drawings, and regulations
  • Recording work history and inspecting project records

Requirements

• 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 of construction documents, maps, and plans.
  • Selective preference: One year of construction-related experience.
• 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 of construction documents, maps, and plans.
  • Selective preference: Two years of construction-related experience.
• 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 of construction documents, maps, and plans.
  • Selective preference: Three years of construction-related experience.

Pre-Employment Requirements

• American Concrete Institute and Arizona Technical Testing Institute Certification required within 1 year of hire date.
• A medical/physical evaluation is required prior to appointment.
• This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function. Requirements include:
  • Possession and retention of a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license
  • Completion of all required training and passing all necessary driver’s license record checks
  • The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended
  • Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training
  • If operating a personally owned vehicle on state business, maintenance of statutorily required liability insurance
• All newly hired State employees must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks per year for a newborn or newly placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

Mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System (ASRS) is required.

Pay

• Transportation Construction Technician 1: $20.36/hour ($42,350.88 annually)
• Transportation Construction Technician 2: $22.68/hour
• Transportation Construction Technician 3: $27.34/hour ($56,870.53 annually)

Location: Kingman Construction, 3664 E. Andy Devine Ave., Kingman, AZ 86401