Transportation Worker I / Division 4

State of North Carolina•Wilson, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Transportation Worker I performs work involving standard hand tools, power equipment, vehicles, and heavy equipment for preventative maintenance, repair, and construction of roads and roadside features in North Carolina’s highway and roadway systems. Duties may include flagging, inspecting work, maintaining work-zone safety, participating in snow and ice removal, assisting with road maintenance and repair projects, installing signs, assisting paint crews and Electronics Technicians, controlling vegetation, removing debris, and maintaining grass and wildflower installations. Work may also include carpentry, welding, steel fabrication, or concrete activities. The position requires work outdoors in adverse weather, including snow, ice, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and may involve extended daily hours, weekends, and holidays. Employees are exposed to extreme environmental conditions and hazards at highway construction sites, including heavy equipment and traffic. Safety-toe footwear is required. The employee must be able to legally operate CDL-required equipment and trucks with manual and automatic transmissions, either upon hire or within 360 days after hire. A current Commercial Driver’s License at hire or a North Carolina CDL obtained through on-the-job training and completion of applicable federal requirements within 360 days is required. The hiring process includes a driver-license check. Applicants must meet NCDOT driving standards, including limits on moving-violation and alcohol- or drug-related traffic convictions, and hold an appropriate valid driver’s license. Applicants with out-of-state license history may need to provide driving records. Pre-employment drug testing is required, and employment is contingent on successful completion of NCDOT’s post-offer employment evaluation. A release form and background statement must be signed to permit checks with previous employers regarding controlled-substance and alcohol testing during the past three years.

Requirements

High school education, a General Educational Development Diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Possess a current Commercial Driver’s License on the date of hire, or obtain a North Carolina CDL through on-the-job training and meet applicable Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations requirements within 360 days of hire.
Be able to legally operate CDL-required equipment and trucks with manual and automatic transmissions at hire or within 360 days of hire.
Hold a valid, current driver’s license appropriate for the vehicle operated; qualifying employees permanently residing in adjacent states may use a valid, appropriate license from their state of residence.
Meet NCDOT driver standards: no more than two moving-violation convictions within the past three years and no alcohol- or drug-related traffic offense convictions within the past five years.
Provide driving records from applicable states if the applicant has held an out-of-state driver’s license within the past ten years or currently holds one.
Complete required pre-employment drug testing.
Sign the required release form and background statement permitting checks with previous employers regarding controlled-substance and alcohol testing during the past three years.
Successfully complete the NCDOT post-offer employment evaluation.
Wear safety-toe footwear.
Be available for work in adverse weather and potentially extended daily hours, weekends, and holidays.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating power tools such as chainsaws, weed eaters, skill saws, drills, compactors, or jackhammers.
Experience using small hand tools such as shovels, rakes, brooms, post-hole diggers, hammers, screwdrivers, or torches.
Experience performing manual labor.

Responsibilities

Operate standard hand tools, power equipment, vehicles, and heavy equipment for road and roadside maintenance, repair, and construction.
Inspect work and help ensure work-zone safety.
Participate in snow and ice removal.
Flag and assist with maintenance and repair projects using tools, vehicles, and equipment such as tractors, rollers, compactors, trucks, and roadwork machinery.
Assist paint crews and install or replace road signs.
Assist Electronics Technicians with signal maintenance and installation.
Control vegetation and remove debris.
Assist with grass and wildflower installation and maintenance.
Perform or assist with carpentry, welding, steel fabrication, and concrete work activities as needed.
Operate CDL-required equipment and trucks with manual and automatic transmissions.