Maintenance Regional Transportation Tech I, II or III - Maintenance Division

Texas Department of Transportation•Houston, TX

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About The Position

MNT Regional Transportation Tech I Travels with Regional Crews throughout the state to perform routine transportation operations or maintenance support work such as roadway maintenance and repair; light and heavy equipment operation; preventive and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; and helping the public during emergency situations. Work requires extensive travel. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details. MNT Regional Transportation Tech II Travels with Regional Crews throughout the state to perform moderately complex transportation operations or maintenance support work such as maintenance contract and/or material and process inspections; roadway maintenance and repair; light and heavy equipment operation; preventive and minor maintenance on equipment, traffic control; and helping the public during emergency situations. Work requires extensive travel. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor. MNT Regional Transportation Tech III Travels with Regional Crews throughout the state to perform highly complex transportation operations or maintenance support work such as contract maintenance and/or material and process inspection; roadway maintenance and repair. Operates light and heavy equipment; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Work requires extensive travel. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Requirements

No education required.
Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech I: Must have a Class "A" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) or have obtained a Class "A" CDL, within 120 calendar days from date of employment.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech II/III: Must have a Class "A" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) at the time of hire.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech I: No experience required.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech II: 1 year transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech III: 2 years transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.
Methods, procedures, equipment and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work
Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Maintenance concepts, methods, policies and requirements
Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes
Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment and mechanical devices of the trade
Using of light and heavy highway equipment
Maintaining a safe working relationship
Communicate effectively
Follow verbal and written instructions
Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures
Using basic mathematical fundamentals
Prioritizing and organizing work assignments

Responsibilities

Assists with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic.
Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a quarter cubic yard or less, pneumatic roller, rotary broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various required reports including timekeeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
Maintains highways and rights-of-way; performs highly skilled roadway repairs; performs highway striping operations; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Assists in inspecting traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications for devices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a half cubic yard or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
Trains other employees.
Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.