Transportation Maintenance Tech I​/II​/III; Pecos

Transportation Maintenance Technician (Pecos)

Position:
Transportation Maintenance Tech I/II/III at Pecos Maintenance Office, Texas.

Tech I: $49,200–$61,130 annually (Grade A16). Tech II: $54,000–$64,469 (Grade A17). Tech III: $56,400–$71,055 (Grade A18). Salary subject to experience and business needs.

• Perform routine transportation operations and maintenance support work such as roadway maintenance, repair, and equipment operation.
• Operate heavy and light equipment including front-end loaders, excavators, bulldozers, mowers, and truck trailers.
• Execute traffic control activities at incidents, e.g., place cones, barricades, and traffic signs.
• Maintain and repair highway structures, guard rails, markers, signposts, and handrails.
• Assist law enforcement at accident sites and provide support to stranded motorists.
• Conduct preventive maintenance inspections, routine servicing, and minor repairs on equipment.
• Respond to emergency situations (floods, tornadoes, hazardous material spills, etc.) and perform related tasks.

• Inspect traffic control devices compliance with specifications and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• Operate complex heavy equipment such as motor graders, excavators, bulldozers, cranes, herbicide trucks, asphalt paving machines, and profiling milling machines.

• Inspect traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance.
• Serve as work crew project lead ensuring work meets specifications.
• Train other employees and conduct welding tasks as needed.
• Identify, repair, and install signage, delineators, mailbox supports, and posts.

• No experience required for Tech I; 1 year for Tech II; 2 years for Tech III in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, or heavy equipment operation.
• Valid driver’s license required;
  Commercial Class A with N endorsement within 120 days of employment.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform required tasks.

• Knowledge of intermodal transportation engineering, highway bridge construction, equipment operation and safety procedures.
• Ability to use hand and power tools, apply basic mathematics, organize work assignments, and follow written and verbal instructions.
• For Tech II: basic vehicle mechanics and maintenance procedures;
  Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• For Tech III: extensive knowledge of public relations, computer applications, and advanced technical functions.

• Wearing protective gear such as respirator, hard hat, steel-toed boots; work in extreme temperatures, noise, vibration, mud, and hazardous materials.
• Lift, carry, reach, bend, kneel, and walk as required; pre‑employment physical may be required.
• Must pass a drug test and be able to respond to emergencies within 30 minutes on a 24‑hour basis.

The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.