Transportation Worker II - Durham Co Maint
About The Position
The Transportation Worker II works in the Durham County Maintenance Unit in Durham, North Carolina, performing progressively responsible preventive maintenance, repair, and construction tasks on state-maintained roads and roadside features. Duties include installing traffic and erosion-control devices, clearing rights of way, grading roadways, machining unpaved roads, repairing pavement, installing pipes, performing drainage work, inspecting contract work, and monitoring manual tasks. The employee responds to emergencies, including traffic accident cleanup, snow and ice removal, and hurricane cleanup, and may perform other assigned duties. The role involves operating heavy equipment such as bulldozers, excavators, backhoes, skid steers, tandem dump trucks, forklifts, front-end loaders, tractor trailers, motor graders, and rollers. The employee also performs flagging and manual labor, including chain-saw operation, shoveling, driving trucks, and litter pickup. Work takes place outdoors in extreme weather and at highway construction sites, with exposure to heavy equipment and traffic. The position may require extended daily hours, weekends, holidays, and emergency call-backs. Safety-toe shoes are required. The employee must be able to legally operate CDL-required vehicles and equipment with manual and automatic transmissions at hire or within 360 days of hire. A current Commercial Driver’s License at hire or a North Carolina CDL obtained through on-the-job training and required federal requirements within 360 days is necessary. Employment is contingent on successful completion of an NCDOT post-offer employment evaluation. Pre-employment drug testing and driver-license checks are required.
Requirements
- High school diploma or General Educational Development diploma and three years of experience operating equipment directly related to the area of specialization, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Working knowledge of principles involved in operating and using assigned equipment.
- Ability to perform assigned tasks and follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to operate at least the minimum equipment required at the preceding level.
- Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle and possess a valid North Carolina Class A Commercial Driver’s License with N endorsement, or obtain the required North Carolina CDL through on-the-job training and required federal requirements within 360 days of hire.
- Ability to 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, including no more than two moving-violation convictions in the prior three years and no alcohol- or drug-related traffic-offense convictions in the prior five years.
- Possess a valid, current driver’s license appropriate for the vehicle operated; applicants with relevant out-of-state license history may need to provide driving records.
- Complete required pre-employment drug testing and sign forms authorizing checks with previous employers regarding controlled-substance and alcohol testing.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly, climb, bend, traverse steep and uneven terrain, and work in extreme temperatures.
- Wear safety-toe shoes.
- Successfully complete the NCDOT post-offer employment evaluation.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of basic work-zone safety and traffic control.
- Experience in shoulder and ditch maintenance, pipe installation, or asphalt patching.
- Experience operating at least two of the following: asphalt distributor, asphalt mixer, asphalt patcher, crack-sealing machine, ditching machine, forklift, force-feed loader, front-end loader, skid steer, street sweeper, tandem dump truck, or tractor A-boom mower.
Responsibilities
- Perform preventive maintenance, repair, and construction on state-maintained roads and roadside features.
- Install traffic and erosion-control devices, clear rights of way, grade roadways, machine unpaved roads, repair pavement, install pipes, and perform drainage tasks.
- Inspect contract work and monitor manual tasks.
- Respond to emergencies, including traffic accident cleanup, snow and ice removal, hurricane cleanup, and other emergencies.
- Operate assigned heavy equipment and vehicles, including bulldozers, excavators, backhoes, skid steers, dump trucks, forklifts, loaders, tractor trailers, motor graders, and rollers.
- Perform flagging operations to guide traffic safely through work zones.
- Perform manual labor, including chain-saw operation, shoveling, driving trucks, and litter pickup.
- Follow oral and written instructions from the supervisor and perform other assigned duties.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
