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 of details.

Essential Duties:

The essential duties for the General Transportation Tech I include:

• Assists with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic.

• Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.

• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader-one and a quarter cubic yard 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 timekeeping, 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.

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned

Additional duties for General Transportation Tech II include:

• Assists in providing support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites; assists stranded motorists as required.

• 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

• 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

   

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Additional duties for General Transportation Tech III include:

• May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.

• Trains other employees.

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

No education required.

Experience: 

• GTT I = No experience required

• GTT II = 1 year experience

• GTT III = 2 years experience

*Experience must be in transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.  (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent).  Related technical training or education from an accredited institution may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications.

Licenses and Certifications:

• GTT I/II/III

  • Valid driver’s license at the time of application. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

• GTT I

  • Must have a Commercial Class "A" Driver's License with an "N" Endorsement or have obtained a CDL "A” License, within 120 calendar days from date of employment.

• GTT II-III

  • Must have a Commercial Class "A" Driver's License with an "N" Endorsement

Currently Military or Veterans: US Military CDL Equivalent Conditions of Employment: US Military License candidates must successfully obtain Texas Class “A” CDL within 120 days of employment. https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/military-skills-test-waiver         

Competencies:

The required competencies for the General Transportation Tech I include:

Some knowledge of:

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

• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques

• 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

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 of light and heavy highway equipment

• Using basic mathematical fundamentals

• Maintaining a safe working relationship

Ability to:

• Follow verbal and written instructions

Additional competencies for General Transportation Tech II include:

Considerable knowledge of:

• Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques

• Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures

• Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines and specification codes

Proficient skill in:

• Coordinating labor, materials, and equipment

• Using basic mathematical fundamentals

• Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others

• Prioritizing and organizing work assignments

• Using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems

Additional competencies for General Transportation Tech III include:

Extensive Knowledge of:

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

• Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements

• The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

Expert Skill in:

• Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others

Proficient Skill in:

• Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external

• Prioritizing and organizing work assignments

• Using of light and heavy highway equipment

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Required to wear protective gear, including, respirator, hard hat, steal toed boots, and other equipment or devices

• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour

• Subject to noise and vibration

• Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.

• Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks; long distance/from one work site to another. 

• Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication

• Visual Acuity-operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment

Conditions of Employment:

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions.

• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.

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

  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.

• Must be able to report for duty within 60 minutes of notification on a 24-hour basis to respond to emergency situations.