General Engineering Tech I - Hillsboro (Waco District)

Performs and coordinates advanced transportation engineering operations or maintenance support work such as construction and/or complex maintenance contract inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. May serve as a lead worker. Employees at this level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence.

Essential Duties:

• Reviews and coordinates with area engineers on monthly and final estimates, field changes, supplemental agreements, extra work orders and revised estimates of quantities

• Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results

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

• Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards

• Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety, laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures

• Inspects construction and routine and non-routine contract maintenance methods and workmanship to ensure contractors build and maintain roadways, bridges traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications

• Moves equipment, tools, materials, and products

• Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications for devices, safety laws, rules, regulations and The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

• May serve as a lead worker and the related tasks

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: High School Grad or Equivalent in general high school studies.

Experience: 4 years in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated parttime equivalent).

Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications

• General Engineering Tech I: Valid driver’s license and must obtain a Commercial Class "A" Driver's License or have obtained a "CDL" "A" License, with "N" endorsement, within 90 calendar days from date of employment. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Commercial Driver’s License

    
Competencies:

Extensive knowledge of

• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques

• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance

Considerable knowledge of

• Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements

• Construction record auditing

Proficient skill in

• Performing calculations to include material and labor estimates, expenses, technical survey data and engineering calculations

• Using surveying tools, equipment and instruments

Some skill in

• Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others

• Training in a classroom, office, or field environment

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions

• Subject to noise

• Subject to vibration

• Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals

• Required to wear protective gear-respirator, hard hat, or other device

• Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks; long distance/from one work site to another

• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

• Standing prolonged periods of time

• Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words

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

Conditions of Employment:
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• 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.