MNT Regional Transportation Tech II
Travels with regional crews throughout the state to perform moderately complex transportation operations or maintenance support work such as maintenance contract and/or material and process inspections; roadway maintenance and repair; light and heavy equipment operation; preventive and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; and helping the public during emergency situations. Extensive travel and contact with private entities are required. Employees perform work independently on assignments, and refer unusual issues to the supervisor.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech III
Travels with regional crews throughout the state to perform highly complex transportation operations or maintenance support work such as contract maintenance and/or material and process inspection; roadway maintenance and repair; operations of light and heavy equipment; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Extensive travel and contact with private entities are required. Employees perform work independently on assignments, and refer unusual issues to the supervisor.
Essential Duties
MNT Regional Transportation Tech II
- Assists with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic.
- Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.
- Operates light equipment such as front‑end loaders (up to one cubic yard), pneumatic rollers, rotary brooms, spreader boxes, backhoes, street sweepers, and mowers.
- Performs preventive maintenance inspections, routine servicing, and minor repairs on equipment; completes 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 during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.
- Maintains highways and rights‑of‑way; performs highly skilled roadway repairs, highway striping operations; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers, and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
- Assists in inspecting traffic‑control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications, safety laws, rules, regulations, and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
- Operates heavy equipment such as front‑end loaders (up to one and a half cubic yards), tractor‑trailer haul trucks, large draglines, shovels, paint strippers, and dump trucks.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech III
- All of the above.
- May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
- Trains other employees.
- Operates complex heavy equipment such as motor graders, large excavators, heavy bulldozers, cranes, herbicide trucks, heavy asphalt paving machines, self‑propelled asphalt distributors, and profiling/milling machines.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience:
- Tech II: 1 year of transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.
- Tech III: 2 years of transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.
Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year‑per‑year basis.
Licenses and Certifications
- Valid driver’s license; this position requires driving a state vehicle.
- Must have a Class “A” Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) at the time of hire.
Competencies
MNT Regional Transportation Tech II
- Methods, procedures, equipment and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work.
- Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance.
- The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
- Maintenance concepts, methods, policies and requirements.
- Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes.
- Using applicable hand and power tools, equipment and mechanical devices of the trade.
- Using light and heavy highway equipment.
- Maintaining a safe working relationship.
- Communicating effectively.
- Following verbal and written instructions.
- Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques.
- Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures.
MNT Regional Transportation Tech III
- All of the above.
- Using basic mathematical fundamentals.
- Prioritizing and organizing work assignments.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
- Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour.
- Subject to noise.
- Subject to vibration.
- Subject to hazards from moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals.
- Subject to atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, and poor ventilation.
- Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
- Kneeling and bending at the knees to come to a rest on the knees.
- Crouching and bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
- Lifting and raising objects from lower to higher positions or horizontally to a different position.
Position Information
Travel the great state to help Maintenance Specialty Crews as a Regional Transportation Tech. Extensive weekly travel is required while still enjoying a 3‑day weekend. The right candidate should live within 140 miles or 2 hours from the Abilene District Headquarters. CDL holders are encouraged to apply.Location: 4250 North Clack, Abilene, TX 79601.This position requires 100% overnight travel.
Benefits and Perks
- 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
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 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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