Roadway Maintenance Tech; Transport Maint Tech II​/III: San Marcos Maintenance; Austin District

Job Title

Transportation Mntnce Spec II/III

• 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 with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic.
• Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.
• 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.
• Assists in providing support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites; assists stranded motorists as required.
• Roadway Accidents/Inclement Weather/Natural Disasters—must be able to respond 24/7 when notified. Assists in sanding or cleaning bridges and roads, posting warning signs, helping the public and performing other work as directed during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
• Learns to 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.
• 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.
• Mows rights‑of‑way and picnic and rest areas; performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees and brush.
• Inspects construction and routine contract maintenance methods and workmanship to ensure contractors build and maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.
• 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.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned. This position requires you to drive for TxDOT.

• Maintains highways and rights‑of‑way; performs highly skilled roadway repairs; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
• Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large gradall, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy asphalt paving machine, self‑propelled asphalt distributor and profiling/milling machine.

• 1 YEAR in engineering support, maintenance, construction, heavy equipment operation or roadway maintenance work.
• 2 YEARS in engineering support, maintenance, construction, heavy equipment operation, roadway maintenance work, or related experience.
• Experience can be satisfied by full‑time or prorated part‑time equivalent substitutions for Minimum Qualifications.
• No supervisory experience required.

• Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
• Must obtain a Commercial Class "A" Driver’s License or have obtained a CDL "A" License with "N" endorsement within one year from the date of employment. Professional training will be provided.

• Standing—prolonged periods of time.
• Medium work: lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and above 100 degrees for more than one hour.
• Subject to hazards—moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals.
• Required to wear protective gear—respirator, hard hat, or another device.
• Climbing—ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc.
• Balancing—walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling.
• Stooping—bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling—bending legs at the knee to come to a rest on one or both knees.
• Crouching—bending body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.
• Reaching—extending hand(s) and…