Transportation Worker I - Division 12

State of North Carolina•Cleveland County, NC

About The Position

The Transportation Worker I performs road and roadside maintenance, repair, and construction work for North Carolina’s highway and roadway systems. Work primarily involves operating standard hand tools, power equipment, vehicles, and heavy equipment. Duties may include flagging, inspecting work areas and ensuring work-zone safety, assisting with maintenance and repair projects, removing snow and ice, controlling vegetation, removing debris, installing and maintaining signs, assisting paint crews, and helping maintain or install traffic signals. Work may also involve carpentry, welding, steel fabrication, or concrete activities. Equipment used may include tractors and attachments, curb machines, cutoff saws, dump and flatbed trucks, rollers and compactors, pulverizer mixers, paint-removal and thermoplastic machines, trenchers, and line-painting equipment. Employees may work in adverse weather, including snow, ice, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and may have extended workdays or work weekends and holidays. The work is outdoors and involves extreme environmental conditions and hazards at highway construction sites, including heavy equipment and traffic. Safety-toe footwear is required. The employee must be legally able to operate equipment and trucks requiring a commercial driver’s license (CDL), with manual and automatic transmissions, at hire or within 360 days of hire. Applicants must meet the stated driving-record standards. Pre-employment drug testing and a post-offer employment evaluation are required. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the evaluation.

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 Commercial Driver’s License 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 both manual and automatic transmissions at hire or within 360 days of hire.
Meet driver eligibility 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.
Have a valid, current driver’s license appropriate for the vehicle operated; qualifying residents of adjacent states may use a valid license from their state of residence.
Provide driving records from any state in which the applicant held an out-of-state driver’s license during the past ten years, when applicable.
Complete pre-employment drug testing and sign forms authorizing checks with previous employers regarding controlled-substance and alcohol testing for the past three years.
Successfully complete the NCDOT post-offer employment evaluation.
Wear safety-toe footwear.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating power tools such as a chainsaw, weed eater, skill saw, drill, compactor, or jackhammer.
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 preventative maintenance, repair, and construction of roads and roadside features.
Inspect work and help ensure work-zone safety.
Flag and assist with the completion of maintenance and repair projects.
Participate in snow and ice removal.
Assist paint crews and erect or replace road signs.
Assist Electronics Technicians with maintenance and installation of signals.
Perform vegetation control and debris removal.
Assist with grass and wildflower installation and maintenance.
Assist with carpentry, welding, steel fabrication, or concrete work as needed.

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