Transportation Maintenance Tech I or II - Livingston, Groveton or Shepherd

Transportation Maintenance Spec I/II

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; 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.
• Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights‑of‑way, maintenance yards, and comfort stations.
• Drives to remove/pick up litter and roadway debris.
• Operates light equipment such as a front‑end loader (~1 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 time‑keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
• Sands and 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.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

• Assists in inspecting traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications, safety laws, rules, regulations, and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• Maintains highways and rights‑of‑way; performs skilled roadway repairs; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers, and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
• Operates heavy equipment such as a front‑end loader (~1.5 cubic yards or more), tractor‑trailer haul truck, large dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
• Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Education:

No education required.

Experience:

• TMT I – No experience required.
• TMT II – 1 year experience in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work.
• Experience may be met with full‑time or prorated part‑time equivalent. Related technical training or education from an accredited institution can substitute for experience on a year‑per‑year basis. Substitutions for minimum qualifications apply.

• Transportation Maintenance Tech I:
  Valid driver’s license at time of application; must obtain a Commercial Class “A” Driver’s License with an “N” endorsement (or obtain a CDL “A” license) within 120 calendar days from date of employment.
• Transportation Maintenance Tech II:
  Must hold a Commercial Class “A” Driver’s License at time of application and obtain an “N” endorsement within 120 calendar days from date of employment.
• Currently Military or Veterans: US Military CDL Equivalent. Candidates must successfully obtain Texas Class “A” CDL within 120 days of employment. (See…