Maintenance Section Assistant - Dimmitt, TX

Overview

Maintenance Section Assistant – Dimmitt, TX (2601744).

At the Dimmitt Maintenance office, we value safety, our employees, and asset preservation. We strive for work-life balance and offer programs and benefits including compressed work schedules, wellness leave incentives, career development, tuition assistance, and other benefits. This role supports the Maintenance Section Supervisor and helps lead transportation maintenance crews and contractors in a designated geographic area. The position may require emergency response on an as-needed basis and operates with increasing independence, escalating unusual issues to the supervisor.

• Assist in budget preparation for the section.
• Assist the maintenance section supervisor in overseeing the work of the section and contracted crews, including scheduling equipment, material, and personnel for section projects.
• Assist with planning, coordinating, and implementing emergency response to inclement weather, accidents, and hazardous spills affecting area roadways.
• Complete reports on damaged railings and bridges.
• Inspect road conditions, work in progress, and work completed by crews and contractors.
• Lead the work of transportation maintenance crews and support staff as a lead worker; schedule daily work assignments and provide input on team members’ career conversations; approve leave requests to ensure operational coverage.
• Serve as a resource for complex questions and troubleshooting; present operational updates to the supervisor.
• Ensure operational coverage in the absence of the supervisor.
• Perform other job responsibilities as assigned.

• Education: High School graduate or equivalent.
• Experience: 6 years of experience in roadway maintenance or construction-related work. Experience can be satisfied by full-time or prorated part-time equivalent. Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
• Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver’s license; ability to drive a state vehicle. Commercial Driver Certificate and Commercial Driver's License may be required.

• Methods, procedures, equipment, and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance.
• Reading and applying applicable plans, specifications, estimates, and compliance requirements.
• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance.
• Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and relevant safety standards.
• Administrative support practices including writing, editing, and report writing; taking meeting notes and records management.

• Subject to extreme cold and heat; exposure to hazardous conditions and moving vehicles or machinery.
• Exposure to fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, and poor ventilation; may involve wearing protective gear.
• Work in confined spaces such as manholes; occasional lifting up to 50 lbs with varying weights for different tasks.
• Occasional long-distance travel between work sites.

This position is identified as physically demanding and may require a pre-employment physical.

Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety-impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and may be subject to random drug testing.

Please note:

The Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation does not authorize medical marijuana as a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for this position.

• Job: Maint/Skilled Craft/Ferry Ops
• Schedule: Full-time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Job Type: Standard
• Job Level: Manager
• Job Posting: Jul 17, 2026, 1:14:24 PM
• Unposting Date: Aug 1, 2026, 4:59:00 AM

State Job Title(s):
Transportation Maintenance Specialist VII

State Job Code(s): 9311

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 applicable laws.