General Transp Tech I or II - Cotulla Maintenance Office

Performs routine transportation operations or maintenance support work such as: roadway maintenance and repair; light and heavy equipment operation; preventive and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; and helping the public during emergency situations. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details.

Essential Duties:

The essential duties for the General Transportation Tech I include:

• Assists in identifying, repairing and installing signs, delineators, mailbox supports and posts; performs basic welding as needed; as required uses/moves equipment/tools, materials and products related to these activities.

• Assists with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic.

• Determines placement of traffic control devices and installs/moves devices.

• Maintains highways and rights-of-way; performs roadway repairs; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.

• Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights-of-way, maintenance yards and comfort stations.

• Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.

• Mows rights-of-way and picnic and rest areas; performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees and brush.

• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a quarter cubic yard or less, pneumatic roller, rotary broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.

• Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various required reports including timekeeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.

• Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.

• Assists with inspecting maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors build and maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned

Additional duties for General Transportation Tech II include:

• Assists in providing support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites; stranded motorists as required.

• Determines placement of traffic control devices and installs/moves devices.

• Inspects routine and non routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship

• Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a half cubic yard or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.

• Mows rights-of-way and picnic and rest areas; performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees and brush.

• Serves as the only maintenance contract inspector on a small project.

• Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.

• Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various required reports including timekeeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.

• Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains PS&E documents and files.

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

No education required.

Experience: 

• GTT I = No experience required

• GTT II = 1 year experience*

*Experience must be in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.  (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent).  Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Valid US driver’s license at the time of application. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

• Must have a Commercial Class "A" Driver's License with an "N" Endorsement  from date of employment.

Competencies:

The required competencies for the General Transportation Tech I include:

Some knowledge of:

• Methods, procedures, equipment, and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work

• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques

• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance

• Maintenance concepts, methods, policies, and requirements

Some Skill in:

• Using basic mathematical fundamentals

• Prioritizing and organizing work assignments

• Using of light and heavy highway equipment

• Using light and heavy highway equipment

• Maintaining a safe working relationship

• Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade

Ability to:

• Follow verbal and written instructions

Additional competencies for General Transportation Tech II include:

• Considerable knowledge of:

• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques

• Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures

• Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes

Proficient skill in:

• Coordinating labor, materials, and equipment

• Prioritizing and organizing work assignments

• Using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems

   

   

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Required to wear protective gear, including, respirator, hard hat, steal toed boots, and other equipment or devices

• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions

• Standing prolonged periods of time

• Lifting-raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position

• Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.

• Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling

• Talking expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words

• Kneeling-bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee(s)

• Reaching-extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction

• Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication

• 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.

• Must be able to report for duty within 45 minutes of notification on a 24-hour basis to respond to emergency situations.