Transportation Engineering Technician III (61032491)

Job Responsibilities

• Performs inspection duties in areas such as pavement markings, guardrail, cable rail, encroachment permits, and surveying.
• Ensures all work complies with applicable contracts, plans, standards, and specifications.
• Performs asphalt inspection duties and ensures all work complies with applicable contracts, plans, standards, and specifications.
• Performs concrete inspection duties and ensures all work complies with applicable contracts, plans, standards, and specifications.
• Performs erosion control and earthwork inspection duties and ensures all work complies with applicable contracts, plans, standards, and specifications.
• Maintains daily, weekly, and monthly construction and office reports, forms, and logs.
• Coordinates with utility companies to ensure timely relocation of utilities on assigned projects.
• Ensures minimum sampling and testing requirements are met and that all required documentation is submitted in accordance with Department specifications.
• Monitors work zones on assigned projects as a certified Work Zone Inspector to ensure traffic control devices are installed and maintained in accordance with SCDOT and MUTCD standards.
• Notifies the contractor promptly of any traffic control deficiencies or safety issues and ensures they are corrected immediately.

Minimum And Additional Requirements

• A high school diploma and two (2) years of progressively responsible engineering technician related experience; or an approved acceptable equivalence.

Physical Requirement

• The physical demands for the essential functions of this position involve sitting or standing at a desk for extended periods of time.
• This position may require occasional travel.
• This position may require bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, climbing, balancing, and kneeling.
• This position requires driving and walking for extended periods, treading rough and uneven terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and natural environmental hazards.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• May be required to work outside of normal work schedule, especially during inclement weather and/or other departmental-related emergencies.
• This position may be exposed to outside environment in all weather conditions and noise.
• Normal forty (40) hour work week with intermittent overtime, night time, and weekend hours during peak construction seasons, hazardous weather or emergencies as required.
• Must be capable of traversing rough terrain, standing for long periods of time, lifting heavy objects, bending, stooping, and climbing.
• Must have the ability to work In all types of weather and to work around heavy traffic.
• A motor vehicle operator’s license is required.

Additional Comments

• Applications accepted on-line at careers.sc.gov.
• Supplemental questions are considered part of the application and must be completed.
• Additional questions regarding the application process should be directed to: District 6 HR at 843-740-1665.

Non Discrimination Statement

• The South Carolina Department of Transportation is committed to a diverse workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.