Transportation Construct Technician

DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION

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Structure Lab Materials Technician

Job Location:

4326 - CENTRAL MATERIALS TESTING

1221 N. 21st Ave

Phoenix, AZ 85009

Posting Details:

Salary: $42,350 - $56,870

Anticipated hourly: $20.3610 - $27.3416

Grade: 17 - 19

Closing Date:
June 28, 2026

Job Summary:

What does it take to build the massive concrete bridge girders that carry thousands of Arizona drivers every day?

Join ADOT's Structural Materials team and find out. Our technicians work directly with bridge construction materials from the earliest stages of fabrication through final acceptance. You'll inspect rebar cages, observe concrete placements, verify quality standards in the field, and perform laboratory testing that helps ensure Arizona's bridges are built to last. This position offers a unique blend of field inspections and hands-on laboratory work, providing variety, technical challenges, and opportunities to learn something new every day.

If you're looking for a career where every project is different and your work has a visible impact on the infrastructure around you, this is not your typical technician job.

Note:

Positions will be assigned based on experience and qualifications listed below.

Job Duties:

Transportation Construction Technician 1: $20.36/hr grade 17

Transportation Construction Technician 1 is the entry level position for the Transportation Construction Technician series. The scope of the duties and basic tasks to be learned include; inspection of work on highway construction projects, techniques to ensure compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and public safety, use specialized software and Google applications for correspondence/measurements/temperatures/etc., read and interpret plans, contract documents, specifications and standard drawings, perform field tests, sample materials and complete sample transmittals, calculate areas of geometric and irregular shapes, attend safety meetings/partnering meetings/trainings.

Transportation Construction Technician 2: $22.68/hr grade 18

Transportation Construction Technician 1 is the intermediate level position for the Transportation Construction Technician series. The scope of the duties and basic tasks; inspect highway construction to assure compliance, examine materials, surface conditions, tracking, structural features, perform field material tests for quality assurance, inspect and examine engineering project records, field notes, computations, and other documentation, research and interpret MVD Policy, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona Administrative Code, and regulations, confer with engineers, conformance to specifications and plans, consult manuals, rulebook codes, or regulations, record all workflow, attend training and safety meetings.

Transportation Construction Technician 3: $27.34/hr grade 19

Transportation Construction Technician 3 is the full journey classification for the series. Responsible for performing a broad scope of high level duties and responsibilities. Some duties and basic tasks include; inspection of highway construction work for compliance, documentation and quant lists, confer with engineers, conformance to specifications and construction plans, attend meetings and training sessions, perform field tests, consult manuals/ specifications/ drawings/ regulations, record work history, and inspect project records.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Transportation Construction Technician 1:

The preferred candidate for this position will have: 1 year of job related construction experience as determined by the assigned area's needs which may include principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans.

Transportation Construction Technician 2:

The preferred candidate for this position will have: 2 years of job related construction experience as determined by the assigned area's needs which may include principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans.

Transportation Construction Technician 3:

The preferred candidate for this position will have: 3 years of job related construction experience as determined by the assigned area's needs which may include principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans.

Selective Preference(s):

Transportation Construction Technician I - One year construction related experience.

Transportation Construction Technician II - Two years construction related experience.

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