Transportation Maintenance Tech I or II - Pool

Transportation Maintenance Tech I or II
- Job Pool Posting

This is a job pool, not a currently vacant position. We're collecting applications for future openings as business needs arise. Join TxDOT's Lufkin District and be part of the team that keeps Texas moving! With over 12,000 employees statewide, we offer exciting career paths, great benefits, and a strong commitment to work-life balance.

Minimum Salary: $40,918.00

Maximum Salary: $64,469.00

Anticipated Starting Salary: $4,300.00 / Month

Pay Basis:
Yearly

FLSA Status:
Nonexempt

Work Locations:
Nacogdoches, UST-Texas-Center, UST-Texas-San Augustine

Travel:
Yes, 5% of the time

Shift: Day Job

Shift Details: 40 hours, 4 - 10 hours shifts, Monday
- Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Location Flexibility:
Onsite

Benefits and Perks:
At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:
Retirement Plans, Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules, Paid Leave and Holidays, Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees, On-the-Job Training, Tuition Assistance Program, Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives, Career Development and Advancement Opportunities, Family-Friendly Policies and Programs. In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites.

These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.

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.

The essential duties for the Transportation Maintenance Tech I include:

• 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.
• 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-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 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.

Additional duties for Transportation Maintenance Tech II include:

• Assists in inspecting 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.
• 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-one and a half cubic yard or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
• Identifies, repairs, and installs signs, delineators, mailbox supports and posts; performs welding; and uses/moves…