General Transp Tech II-Rockport Maintenance Office

Overview

Performs moderately complex transportation operations or maintenance support work such as: maintenance contract and/or material and process inspections; 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 perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

• 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.
• Identifies, repairs, and installs signs, delineators, mailbox supports and posts; performs welding; and uses/moves equipment/tools, materials and products.
• Inspects routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors build and maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Mows right-of-way and picnic and rest areas; performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees and brush.
• Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, herbicide truck, and self-propelled asphalt distributor.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Experience:

1 year transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent). Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications.

• Valid driver’s license at the time of application. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
• Must have a valid Commercial Class A Driver's License at time of application. Must have or obtain an N endorsement within 120 calendar days from date of employment.

NOTE:

Currently Military or Veterans: US Military CDL Equivalent Conditions of Employment: US Military License candidates must successfully obtain Texas Class A CDL within 120 days of employment.

• Methods, procedures, equipment, and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work
• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
• Using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems
• Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment, and mechanical devices of the trade
• Operating light and heavy highway equipment
• Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others
• Follow verbal and written instructions
• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
• The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures
• Using basic mathematical fundamentals
• Prioritizing and organizing work assignments

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour
• Subject to hazards—moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
• Subject to atmospheric conditions—fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation
• Subject to air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids
• Required to wear protective gear—respirator, hard hat, or other device
• Medium work:
  Lift up to 50 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
• Climbing—ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc.
• Standing—prolonged periods of time
• Talking—expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
• Hearing—perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication
• Visual Acuity—operate machines, such as drill presses, power saws, and mills
• Visual Acuity—operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment
• Visual Acuity—determine work quality/make general observations of…