Transportation Maintenance Tech I - Tyler - Special Jobs

Transportation Maintenance Tech I – Tyler

If you like working outdoors in a job that allows you to contribute to the safety of the traveling public, TxDOT’s Tyler District has the perfect opportunity. Throughout the district you will find a welcoming atmosphere and leadership that promotes safety and a good work/life balance.

Join TxDOT and build a career as big as Texas! TxDOT offers company-sponsored CDL training with no upfront cost. Earn your full salary while training, with lodging, transportation and per diem provided, if necessary.

Work Location: 3721 N NE LOOP 323, Tyler, 75702

• Minimum Salary: $40,918.00
• Maximum Salary: $61,130.00
• Pay Basis: Yearly
• FLSA Status: Nonexempt
• Travel: Yes, 5 % of the time
• Shift: Day (Mon‑Thur, 40 hrs)
• Location Flexibility: Onsite

Performs routine transportation operations or maintenance support work such as 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 follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision.

• Assist in identifying, repairing and installing signs, delineators, mailbox supports and posts; perform basic welding as needed; use and move equipment, tools, materials and products related to these activities.
• Assist with traffic control; place and gather cones, warning signs and barricades; flag traffic.
• Maintain highways and rights‑of‑way; perform roadway repairs; erect and repair guard rails, highway markers and signs; haul materials and equipment to job sites.
• Move or pick up litter and roadway debris.
• Perform preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment; complete required reports including time‑keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms and PMI.
• Sand or clean bridges and roads, post warning signs, help the public and perform other work directed during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents and hazardous material spills.
• Assist with inspecting 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.
• Perform other job responsibilities as assigned.

• Experience: No experience required.
• Valid driver’s license: Required at time of application. Must have a Commercial Class “A” Driver’s License with an “N” Endorsement or obtain a CDL “A” License within 120 calendar days from date of employment.

Some knowledge of:

• Methods, procedures, equipment and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work.

Some skill in:

• Using computers and applicable programs, applications and systems.
• Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment and mechanical devices of the trade.
• Using light and heavy highway equipment.
• Maintaining a safe working relationship.

Ability to:

• Follow verbal and written instructions.

• Required to wear protective gear, including respirator, hard hat, steel‑toed boots and other equipment or devices.
• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 °F or above 100 °F for more than one hour.
• Subject to hazards such as moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals.
• Subject to atmospheric conditions—fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation.
• Medium work: lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
• Balancing—walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling.
• Visual acuity—operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.

• Job identified as physically demanding; requires a pre‑employment physical.
• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions; subject to random drug testing.
• Medical marijuana is not accepted as a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test under 49 CFR Part 40.
• Must be able to report for duty within 45 minutes of notification on a 24‑hour basis to respond to emergency situations.

• Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) apply to all positions.