Transportation Construction Technician

Department of Transportation

Be a part of an innovative and collaborative team driving a safer transportation system for Arizona.

Job Location:

4315‑TUCSON REGIONAL LAB, 1221 S. 2nd Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713

Salary: $42,350 – $56,870.53

Anticipated hourly: $20.36 – $27.34

Grade: 17–19

Closing Date:
January 4, 2026

Ever notice when it rains in Arizona, a simple puddle can turn into quite the tsunami? Luckily, employees of the Materials Lab at ADOT are doing their best to ensure roads are compacted to decrease water retention. Our technicians and inspectors work together to ensure all road projects comply with ADOT specifications and federal requirements. As a lab technician, you’ll receive the materials inspectors collect in the field and test them according to AZ and AASHTO methods, splitting, grading, and sizing soil, aggregate, and asphalt.

This series performs a broad scope of high‑level transportation duties and/or supervisory responsibilities. Technicians serve as senior techs performing journey‑level highway construction activities.

Entry‑level duties include inspection of work on highway construction projects, ensuring compliance with standards and specifications, using specialized software and Google applications for correspondence, reading and interpreting plans, sample materials, and completing transmittals. Tasks also involve calculating areas of geometric shapes and attending safety meetings, trainings, and partnering meetings.

Intermediate duties include inspecting highway construction for compliance, examining materials and structural features, performing field material tests, reviewing engineering project records and computations, researching MVD policy and state codes, consulting with engineers, and maintaining workflow documentation.

Full‑journey duties include inspecting highway construction for compliance, documenting climate and quantity lists, consulting manuals and specifications, attending meetings and training sessions, performing field tests, and maintaining project record histories.

Preferred candidate has 1 year of centrally related construction experience, including principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, manual of uniform traffic control, equipment operation, and reading construction documents and plans.

Preferred candidate has 2 years of construction experience, including the same set of skills as Technician 1.

Preferred candidate has 3 years of construction experience, including the same set of skills as Technician 1.

• Transportation Construction Technician I – One year construction–related experience.
• Transportation Construction Technician II – Two years construction–related experience.
• Transportation Construction Technician III – Three years construction–related experience.

• American Concrete Institute and Arizona Technical Testing Institute certification required within 1 year of hire.
• Medical/physical evaluation required prior to appointment.
• Must possess a current, valid class‑appropriate driver’s license and maintain acceptable driving records.
• Driver training and liability insurance as required by Arizona Administrative Code.

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave – up to 12 weeks per year for newborn or newly‑placed foster/adopted child (pilot program)
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long‑term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short‑term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit the benefits page.

Mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System (ASRS) is required.

For questions about this career opportunity, contact ADOT Human Resources Recruitment via email at srecruitment or phone call at (602) 712‑8188 option 2.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 712‑8188 option
3. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. ADOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.