Roadway Maintenance Tech/Equipment Operator/Inspector IV or V

As a Roadway Maintenance Technician/Equipment Operator/Inspector, you will play a vital role in inspection of and maintaining highways, repairing road surfaces, managing drainage systems, and operating heavy equipment to support critical infrastructure projects. If you are safety-focused, enjoy working as part of a dedicated team, and take pride in maintaining public roadways, this is an excellent opportunity to build a rewarding career with competitive benefits, professional growth, and job stability.

Position Title	Salary Grade/Range
Transportation Maintenance Tech IV	A19: $48,244 - $76,028
Transportation Maintenance Tech V	A20: $51,158 - $81,351

This position is for a Transportation Maintenance Tech VI or V. The Texas Department of Transportation reserves the sole right in determining the level of position based on the applicant's work experience, education, skill level, and all other appropriate factors, and based on business needs.

As a Roadway Maintenance Technician/Equipment Operator/Inspector, you will play a vital role in inspection of and maintaining highways, repairing road surfaces, managing drainage systems, and operating heavy equipment to support critical infrastructure projects. If you are safety-focused, enjoy working as part of a dedicated team, and take pride in maintaining public roadways, this is an excellent opportunity to build a rewarding career with competitive benefits, professional growth, and job stability.

Position Title	Salary Grade/Range
Transportation Maintenance Tech IV	A19: $48,244 - $76,028
Transportation Maintenance Tech V	A20: $51,158 - $81,351

This position is for a Transportation Maintenance Tech VI or V. The Texas Department of Transportation reserves the sole right in determining the level of position based on the applicant's work experience, education, skill level, and all other appropriate factors, and based on business needs.

Navarro/Ellis Ae/Ellis Maint (18ELLISCO)
124 FM 876
Waxahachie, 75167

At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:

• Retirement Plans

• Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules

• Paid Leave and Holidays

• Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees

• On-the-Job Training

• Tuition Assistance Program

• Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives

• Career Development and Advancement Opportunities

• Family-Friendly Policies and Programs

In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites. These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.

For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our Total Compensation Package website

To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit Benefits at a Glance | ERS (texas.gov)

At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:

• Retirement Plans

• Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules

• Paid Leave and Holidays

• Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees

• On-the-Job Training

• Tuition Assistance Program

• Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives

• Career Development and Advancement Opportunities

• Family-Friendly Policies and Programs

In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites. These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.

For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our Total Compensation Package website

To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit Benefits at a Glance | ERS (texas.gov)

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV: Performs advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Transportation Maintenance Tech V: Performs highly advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Essential Duties:

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV

• Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,
  laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.
• Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.
• Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.
• Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
• Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
• Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
• Inspects 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.
• Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files for
  compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
• Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy
  asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.
• Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large
  dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotary
  broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
• Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various
  required reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
• Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during
  emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
• Trains other employees.
• Inspects routine and non-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.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
  

Transportation Maintenance Tech V

• Consults with contractors' superintendent on work progress and maintenance problems; reviews equipment utilization data
  and time/cost estimates.
• Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts and total maintenance, performance based, and/or bundled bid
  contracts.
• Performs detail design and quantity checks for plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E).
• Serves as project leader responsible for maintenance construction inspection activities for large and/or complex maintenance construction projects or for multiple district projects.
• Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
• Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
• Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
• Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,
  laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.
• Inspects 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.
• Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files for
  compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
• Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy
  asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.
• Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large
  dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotary
  broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
• Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.
• Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.
• Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various
  required reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
• Reviews and assists in the development of traffic control plans, coordinates with law enforcement agencies, monitors lane
  closures at construction sites, documents changes in the traffic control setup and coordinates with the Public Information
  Officer.
• Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) documents and
  files; assists in PS&E processing for letting, to include reproducing and distributing documents.
• Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during
  emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
• May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
• Trains other employees.
• Inspects routine and non-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.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
  
  

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV: Performs advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Transportation Maintenance Tech V: Performs highly advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Essential Duties:

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV

• Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,
  laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.
• Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.
• Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.
• Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
• Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
• Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
• Inspects 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.
• Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files for
  compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
• Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy
  asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.
• Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large
  dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotary
  broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
• Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various
  required reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
• Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during
  emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
• Trains other employees.
• Inspects routine and non-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.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
  

Transportation Maintenance Tech V

• Consults with contractors' superintendent on work progress and maintenance problems; reviews equipment utilization data
  and time/cost estimates.
• Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts and total maintenance, performance based, and/or bundled bid
  contracts.
• Performs detail design and quantity checks for plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E).
• Serves as project leader responsible for maintenance construction inspection activities for large and/or complex maintenance construction projects or for multiple district projects.
• Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.
• Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.
• Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
• Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,
  laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.
• Inspects 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.
• Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files for
  compliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.
• Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy
  asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.
• Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, large
  dragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.
• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotary
  broom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.
• Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.
• Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.
• Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes various
  required reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.
• Reviews and assists in the development of traffic control plans, coordinates with law enforcement agencies, monitors lane
  closures at construction sites, documents changes in the traffic control setup and coordinates with the Public Information
  Officer.
• Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) documents and
  files; assists in PS&E processing for letting, to include reproducing and distributing documents.
• Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed during
  emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
• May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
• Trains other employees.
• Inspects routine and non-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.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

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