Roadway Maintenance Tech I

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.

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

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

• 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.

• Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.

• 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

• No education required.

• No experience required

• Valid 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 or have obtained a CDL "A" License, within 120 calendar days from date of employment.

• Currently Military or Veterans: US Military CDL Equivalent Conditions of Employment: US Military License candidates must successfully obtain Texas Class "A" CDL within 120 days of employment.

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 computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems

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

• Maintaining a safe working relationship with others

Ability to:

• Follow verbal and written instructions

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Talking - expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words

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

• 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

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 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.

• When notified, the employee must report for duty within 60 minutes, regardless of the time of day, to assist in emergency response operations. This requirement is in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.