Highway Technician I

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet•Alexandria, KY

17h•$22 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is committed to meeting or exceeding the needs and expectations of our customers. Our focus is on people: our customers, our employees and our partners. We will continually improve both the delivery of our products and services and the processes which support that delivery. To provide a safe, efficient, environmentally sound and fiscally responsible transportation system that delivers economic opportunity and enhances the quality of life in Kentucky. By joining our Campbell County Unit as a Highway Technician I, you will have the opportunity to perform intermediate level work in roadway or roadside maintenance operations. Operates intermediate equipment. Learns to operate advanced equipment such as boom saws, bulldozers, cranes, graders, lowboys, milling machines, self-propelled pavers, semi-trucks and trailers. Performs technical tasks. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Must have 4 years of construction or highway maintenance experience.
Experience in operating Intermediate equipment.
Experience in quality assurance for single activities of construction and maintenance work.
Experience in traffic control.
Experience in operating snow and ice plowing skills
High school graduate.
Must be 18 years of age.
Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and a Class A commercial driver's license with tanker endorsement to qualify for employment in this job classification.
The employee must successfully complete the KYTC Highway Technician Academy Level 2 or equivalent within one year of employment in this job classification.
Must maintain any required licensure(s), certification(s), or other credentials for the length of employment in this job classification.

Nice To Haves

Graduate of a college or university with an associate's degree in engineering technology, construction management, engineering science, engineering mechanics, geology, earth science, industrial drafting, design technology, construction technology or a related field will substitute for two (2) years of the highway related experience in construction and maintenance.
Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree in engineering will substitute for four (4) years of the highway related experience in construction and maintenance.
College coursework related to any of these fields will substitute for experience on a year- for-year basis.

Responsibilities

Operating dump trucks with snow plow and salt spreader to work in the winter months.
Operates intermediate equipment such as asphalt distributors, backhoes, belt loaders, concrete mixers, front-end loaders, hydro-seeders, pipe cleaners, road wideners, rollers, skid steers, slope mowers, tandem trucks, and low pavers.
Rolling of hot mix, application of chemicals.
Installation of drainage structures.
Learn to operate advanced equipment like bulldozers, cranes, excavators, graders, boom saws, lowboys, milling machines, self-propelled pavers, semitrucks and trailers to perform duties such as advanced carpentry work, concrete finishing, Installation of complex signs, milling and patching pavement and the grading of slopes.
Serve as quality assurance inspector for pipe laying, concrete coring, earthwork, asphalt laying and guardrail Installation for compliance with plans and specifications.
Flagger to provide traffic control.
Performs basic surveying activities.