Tunnel Maintainer

State of Pennsylvania•Bridgeville, PA

43d•$52,097•Onsite

About The Position

If you are eager to advance your career and make the most of your CDL skills, consider joining the Department of Transportation as a Tunnel Maintainer. In this vital position, you will be responsible for maintaining tunnels, managing traffic, and handling incidents to ensure smooth traffic flow in and around tunnels. Do not miss out on this chance to leverage your experience, apply today and enjoy outstanding benefits along with opportunities for professional growth. In this position, you will be responsible for conducting routine, scheduled, and emergency maintenance of tunnels and portal buildings. Your tasks will involve manually cleaning gutter lines, inlets, and drainage systems, as well as sweeping garages, outdoor plazas, tunnel offices, and fan floors. You will also engage in painting facilities, repairing tunnel structural components, and clearing debris from upper air-chamber floors and roofs. Additionally, you will collect litter around facilities and tunnel entrances, mow grass, and maintain the grounds. Key responsibilities include managing incidents that disrupt traffic flow, utilizing equipment, tools, fire extinguishers, and materials to assist motorists and first responders in restoring normal traffic conditions. This encompasses towing or pushing disabled vehicles, controlling traffic, removing debris, and performing minor repairs on motorists' vehicles. You will monitor tunnel conditions for traffic flow, carbon monoxide levels, fire hazards, over-height vehicles, and other incidents deviating from normal operations, ensuring effective communication with PennDOT employees and first responders through phone, radio, and in-person interactions to maintain situational awareness. Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Requirements

Two years of experience in roadway maintenance and repair, emergency services, towing and roadside assistance, or traffic control work; or An equivalent combination of experience and training.
All positions require possession of an active Medical Examiner's Certificate in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations.
All employees must demonstrate successful operation of equipment with a manual transmission.
All employees must possess an active Pennsylvania Class A Commercial Driver's License with the Air Brake Restriction (L) removed, or equivalent on their first day of employment.
All employees must obtain within the probationary period an active certification issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the operation of heavy trucks and loaders.
All positions in this job require additional certifications issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on assigned pieces of equipment during the probationary period.
You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Responsibilities

Conducting routine, scheduled, and emergency maintenance of tunnels and portal buildings
Manually cleaning gutter lines, inlets, and drainage systems
Sweeping garages, outdoor plazas, tunnel offices, and fan floors
Painting facilities, repairing tunnel structural components, and clearing debris from upper air-chamber floors and roofs
Collecting litter around facilities and tunnel entrances, mowing grass, and maintaining the grounds
Managing incidents that disrupt traffic flow
Utilizing equipment, tools, fire extinguishers, and materials to assist motorists and first responders in restoring normal traffic conditions
Towing or pushing disabled vehicles, controlling traffic, removing debris, and performing minor repairs on motorists' vehicles
Monitoring tunnel conditions for traffic flow, carbon monoxide levels, fire hazards, over-height vehicles, and other incidents deviating from normal operations
Ensuring effective communication with PennDOT employees and first responders through phone, radio, and in-person interactions to maintain situational awareness

Benefits

Health coverage, vision, dental, and wellness programs.
Multiple retirement and investment plan options.
Paid vacation, paid sick leave, eight weeks of paid parental leave, military leave, and paid time off for most major U.S. holidays, as well as flexible work schedules and work-from-home opportunities.
Opportunities for internal mobility, professional development, and the opportunity to give back by participating in workplace charitable giving.
Special employee-only discounts and rates on a variety of services and memberships.

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