Transportation Technician

Grow your technical abilities and contribute to safe and reliable transportation systems! As a Transportation Technician with the Department of Transportation, you will help support construction projects that benefit travelers and communities across the Commonwealth. This role offers the chance to learn valuable skills while assisting with inspections and documentation. Join a team that strives for quality and accuracy in every project!

This role provides technical support for construction inspections, documentation reviews, and audit activities across transportation projects. You will assist with field reviews, material testing, and recordkeeping that help maintain compliance with department standards. As a Transportation Technician, you will perform the following duties:

• Inspection Support: Assist in inspecting materials and field work to ensure accuracy and compliance with project requirements
• Documentation Review: Examine project records and verify that quantities, calculations, and payments follow department standards
• Audit
  
  Activities:
  
  Participate in audits of estimates and work orders to confirm correctness and proper documentation, as well as finding and resolving discrepancies
• System Navigation: Use online database systems to support project documentation, reviews, and audits
• Record Management: Help prepare, organize, and archive project documents according to department policy
• Technical Assistance: Support construction personnel by reviewing specifications, sampling methods, and related requirements

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch.
• Vendor controlled hours; schedule may be subject to change due to seasonal or operational needs
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $40,685.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year of experience in highway or bridge surveying, design, construction, or inspection work; or
• One year of experience in quality control of materials or building or construction industry experience, which includes reading and interpreting blueprints, plans, or schematics; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides…