Highway Technician 5, CPA, PN's: 20049647, 20074355

Highway Technician 5, CPA, PN's: 20049647, 20074355

Who We Are: 

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5^th largest interstate system and the 2^nd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and for the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency’s vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.

ODOT's Mission Statement: 

To provide easy movement of people and goods from place to place. We will:

-Take care of what we have

 -Make our system work better

-Improve safety

-Enhance capacity

Job Description:

Acts as lead inspector on complex project &/or multiple construction projects  to ensure contractor compliance with State specifications, plans &/or proposals &/or performs laboratory &/or field tests on materials to ensure quality control of project materials (e.g., roadway, drainage, demolition & clearing, foundations for embankment, sub grades, piles, guardrails &/or median barriers, landscaping slope protection, detours, temporary roads, bridge painting, inspects complex structures, verifies plans quantities & calculations with blueprints, tests concrete for air, slump & yield, operates nuclear gauges or embankment kit to test compaction & density & collects material samples to be forwarded to district or central office, performs specific laboratory or field tests on materials proposed for construction &/or on producers’ or suppliers’ stock obtained from field to determine compliance with state specifications & to monitor quality control testing, or monitor sampling & quality control testing, performs job control & quality control sampling of various plants in assigned work area, receives cross training in testing & construction, approves construction in line with environmental documents, designs & approves mix designs, researches & designs new materials to recommend changes, aggregates quality testing including the interpretation of results, rejects or accepts specific aspect of project pending review by engineer) & has authority to stop work by contractor, reconciles final project quantities, signs inspection reports as a certified inspector (i.e. fully certified inspector), performs maintenance duties which include serving as a lead worker (e.g., mentors Highway Maintenance Construction Worker, provides oversight of consultant inspectors), emergency response & clean-up, layout & placement of maintenance of traffic devices, snow & ice control & related maintenance duties by operation of snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments pursuant to the current Highway Technician MOU between ODOT & OCSEA/AFSCME. 

Prepares & maintains project records & reports (e.g., daily diary, inspection reports, pay item quantities, progress estimates, contractor’s construction methods, material inspection); utilizes applicable systems & devices to record information & generate reports; maintains records of samples tested; calibrates & maintains laboratory & field test equipment & instruments; operates personal computer to input data & create records. 

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED TO REMAIN IN THE CLASSIFICATION AFTER EMPLOYMENT: 
Maintenance of certification requirements as noted in minimum qualifications & position description; must obtain & maintain 
Commercial Driver’s License pursuant to approved position description on file during probationary period (Class A CDL w/tanker endorsement without airbrake restriction). 

For positions in Test Lab, during probationary period must successfully obtain & maintain certification in Aggregate Level 2 & 
Asphalt level 2 and maintain thereafter. 
 

UNUSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS:Exposed to construction equipment, traffic, dust, noise, adverse weather conditions, 
high areas (e.g., beams, bridges), rough terrain, sewer odor; may be exposed to unsafe conditions during inspections of 
projects, may work varying hours; requires travel.

Successful completion of all Highway Technician level 1, 2, 3, & 4courses (i.e., construction/field &/or lab track) & construction experience requirements per the current Highway Technician MOU between ODOT & OCSEA/AFSCME;Certification in ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I, Aggregate Level 1, & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license.

-Or completion of associate core program in construction technology or comparable core program; 18 months experience or training in roadway construction inspection &/or materials testing; Certification inACI Field Testing Technician Grade I & Aggregate Level 1 & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license.

-Or completion of certification program from National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technology (NICET); 24 months experience or training in roadway construction inspection &/or materials testing; Certification in ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I & Aggregate Level 1 & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license. 

-Or 36 months experience or training in roadway construction inspection &/or materials testing; Certification inACI Field Testing Technician Grade I & Aggregate Level 1 & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Highway Maintenance 

Professional Skills: Attention to Detail, Flexibility, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Continuous Improvement

Technical Skills: Transportation