Student Highway Maintenance Tech - Albany, TX

Performs entry-level and routine maintenance work. Work involves physical labor tasks such as plant and landscape maintenance, maintenance of comfort stations and rights-of-way, minor equipment repair, and assisting with roadway repair. Employees at this level perform assignments following specific instructions and are subject to frequent review by the immediate supervisor.

Essential Duties:

•    Assists in repairing and erecting signs and repairing drums and/or barricades as required moves items related to these duties.
•    Assists in warehousing and supply functions.
•    Assists with repairs to potholes, roadway shoulders and edges, guardrails, signs, and other related work.
•    Assists with traffic control to include placing and gathering cones, flagging traffic, and other related work.
•    Operates light equipment. (Must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid driver's license.)
•    Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights-of-way, maintenance yards and comfort stations.
•    Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.
•    Performs minor maintenance and repairs on equipment.
•    Performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees, brush and mowing, fertilizing and watering, as required moves items related to these duties.
•    Performs some carpentry work.
•    Performs some clerical duties.
•    Repairs and installs posts and mailbox support, as required moves items related to these duties.
•    Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: 

• Must be a student in high school or other educational institution or accepted into a college, university or educational institution.

Experience: 

No Experience Required (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent) 

Other Conditions:

• Must be at least 16 years of age, a student currently enrolled in high school or any institution of higher education to include a trade/vocational school.
• Employees at least 18 years of age with valid driver's license may be assigned driving duties and may use power tools.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

•    Subject to environmental conditions; protection from weather but not temperature changes
•    Subject to outside environmental conditions; no effective weather protection
•    Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
•    Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour
•    Subject to noise
•    Subject to vibration
•    Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
•    Subject to atmospheric conditions-fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation
•    Subject to air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids
•    Required to wear protective gear-respirator, hard hat, or another device
•    Works frequently in small/crawl spaces; manholes; areas that can cause claustrophobia
•    Works in narrow aisles or passageways
•    Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs. at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
•    Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs.
•    Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
•    Climbing - ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc.
•    Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling
•    Stooping-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist
•    Kneeling-bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee(s)
•    Crouching-bending body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine
•    Crawling-moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
•    Reaching-extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
•    Standing-prolonged periods of time
•    Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work site to another
•    Pushing-using upper extremities to press against object with force to move in a direction
•    Pulling-using upper extremities to exert force moving objects in a sustained motion
•    Lifting-raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position
•    Fingering-picking, pinching, typing; working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand
•    Grasping-applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm
•    Feeling-determining size, shape, temperature or texture of objects
•    Talking expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
•    Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication
•    Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
•    Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading
•    Close Visual Acuity-work includes visual inspection of small defects/parts
•    Close Visual Acuity-using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts
•    Visual Acuity-operate machines, such as drill presses, power saws, and mills
•    Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
•    Visual Acuity-determine work quality/make general observations of facilities/structures

Conditions of Employment:

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions

• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.

• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.

  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.