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:

Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations and records results.
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.
Operates light and heavy equipment; performs preventive maintenance and repairs on equipment; performs roadway maintenance.
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.
Serves as project leader responsible for construction inspection activities for a medium to large construction project or for several small projects.
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:

Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
Commercial Driver License (class A) or must obtain within 120 days

Preferred Qualifications:

Commercial Driver’s License

Competencies:

Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes
Performing calculations to include material and labor estimates, expenses, technical survey data and engineering calculations
Using light highway equipment
Maintaining a safe working relationship

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

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 hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
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
Crouching-bending body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine
Standing-prolonged periods of time
Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading
Close Visual Acuity-using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts
Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
Visual Acuity-determine work quality/make general observations of facilities/structures

Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)

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.

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