Transportation Worker I – Division 9
About The Position
The Transportation Worker I performs work primarily involving operation of standard hand tools, power equipment, vehicles, and heavy equipment for preventive maintenance, repair, and construction of roads and roadside features in North Carolina’s highway and roadway systems. Duties may also include inspecting work, ensuring work-zone safety, and participating in snow and ice removal. Work may involve flagging and assisting with maintenance and repair projects using equipment such as tractors with attachments, curb machines, cutoff saws, dump trucks, rollers, compactors, and pulverizer mixers. Other activities may include assisting paint crews; erecting and replacing road signs; helping electronics technicians maintain and install signals; operating equipment for vegetation control, debris removal, snow removal, mowing, and roadway painting; and assisting with grass and wildflower installation and maintenance. The role may also assist with carpentry, welding, steel fabrication, or concrete work. The position requires working outdoors in adverse weather, including snow, ice, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Work may involve extended daily hours, weekends, and holidays, and exposure to extreme environmental conditions and hazards at highway construction sites, including heavy equipment and traffic. Safety-toe footwear is required. The selected candidate must be able to legally operate equipment and trucks requiring a CDL, with manual and automatic transmissions, either at hire or within 360 days of hire. A current CDL at hire or completion of required on-the-job training and federal requirements to obtain a North Carolina CDL within that period is required. A driver-license check is conducted after interviews and before an offer. Applicants must meet NCDOT driving-record standards. Pre-employment drug testing is required, and employment is contingent on successful completion of the post-offer employment 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 at hire, or obtain a North Carolina CDL through on-the-job training and all required federal 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 NCDOT driver eligibility standards: no more than two moving-violation convictions within the past three years and no alcohol- or drug-related traffic convictions within the past five years.
- Have a valid, current driver’s license appropriate for the vehicle operated; eligible residents of adjacent states may use a valid appropriate license from their state of residence.
- Provide driving records from relevant states if the applicant has held an out-of-state license within the past ten years or currently holds an out-of-state license.
- Complete required pre-employment drug testing and sign forms allowing NCDOT to check with previous employers about 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, and/or 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 preventive maintenance, repair, and construction of roads and roadside features.
- 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.
- Assist paint crews, erect and replace road signs, and assist electronics technicians with signal maintenance and installation.
- Perform vegetation control, debris removal, mowing, and roadway painting activities.
- Assist with grass and wildflower installation and maintenance.
- Assist with carpentry, welding, steel fabrication, or concrete work as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
