Highway Maintenance Tech I or II

Job Description - Highway Maintenance Tech I or II (2601712)

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) seeks a Highway Maintenance Technician I or II for the Paris District. The position is located in the Red River County Maintenance Section, Clarksville, TX.

Minimum: $44,400.00

Maximum: $64,469.00

Pay Basis:
Yearly (FLSA Status: Nonexempt)

Paris District – Red River County Maintenance Section, Clarksville, TX (3600 SW LOOP 286, Paris 75460).

Day shift:
Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (40 hours per week). Travel required, approx. 5% of the time. Site: onsite.

• 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

• Assist in identifying, repairing, and installing signs, delineators, mailbox supports, and posts; perform basic welding as needed.
• Support local law enforcement at accident sites and assist stranded motorists.
• Assist with traffic control, including placement and removal of cones, warning signs, and barricades; flag traffic.
• Inspect barricades for compliance with standards.
• Maintain highways and rights‑of‑way; perform roadway repairs; erect and repair guard rails, highway markers, and signs; haul materials and equipment to job sites.
• Maintain picnic and rest areas, rights‑of‑way, maintenance yards, and comfort stations.
• Collect litter and roadway debris; mow rights‑of‑way and rest areas.
• Perform plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees and brush.
• Operate 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.
• Carry out preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing, and minor repairs on equipment; complete required reports (timekeeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI).
• Sand or clean bridges and roads; post warning signs; support the public during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
• Inspect maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship; ensure contractors meet specifications for roadways, bridges, traffic signals, and related highway structures.
• Perform other assigned responsibilities.

• Serve as the sole maintenance contract inspector on a small project.
• Inspect traffic control devices and their placement at construction sites for compliance with specifications, safety laws, rules, regulations, and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• Maintain construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; process related paperwork; review files for compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
• Perform skilled roadway repairs; erect and repair guard rails, highway markers, and signs; haul materials and equipment to job sites.
• Operate 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.
• Identify, repair, and install signs, delineators, mailbox supports, and posts; perform welding; use/move equipment, tools, materials, and products.
• Inspect routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship; ensure contractors meet specifications for roadways, bridges, traffic signals, and related highway structures.
• Identify, analyze, and implement solutions for complex maintenance problems.
• Inspect materials, equipment, and production procedures in a manufacturing plant or at the point of supply to ensure construction materials meet Department specifications.
• Work on a survey crew; operate survey instruments such as theodolite, transit and level, electronic distance meter, and total survey station.
• Perform other assigned responsibilities.

• Education: Not…