MNT Regional Transp Tech I
Travels with Regional Crews throughout the state to perform 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 extensive travel. Work requires contact with private
entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details.
MNT Regional Transp 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. Work requires extensive travel. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level perform work
independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.
ion 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.
MNT Regional Transp 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; operates light and heavy
equipment; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and
training other employees. Work requires extensive travel. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level
perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.
Essential Duties:
MNT Regional Transp Tech I
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 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.
Maintains highways and rights-of-way; performs highly skilled roadway repairs; performs highway striping operations; erects and repairs guard rails, highway markers and signs; hauls materials and equipment to job sites.
Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
MNT Regional Transp Tech II
all of the above and
Assists in inspecting 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.
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.
MNT Regional Transp Tech III
all of the above and
May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.
Trains other employees.
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.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: No formal education required
Experience:
MNT Regional Transp Tech I: No experience required.
MNT Regional Transp Tech II: 1 year transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.
(Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated parttime equivalent)
MNT Regional Transp Tech III: 2 years transportation engineering support, roadway maintenance, construction inspection, heavy equipment operation, or related work experience.
(Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated parttime equivalent)
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 Transp Tech I
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 of light and heavy highway equipment
Maintaining a safe working relationship
Communicate effectively
Follow verbal and written instructions
MNT Regional Transp Tech II
all the above and
Applicable inspection methods, procedures and techniques
Basic vehicle mechanics, maintenance and repair procedures
MNT Regional Transp Tech III
all the above and
Using basic mathematical fundamentals
Prioritizing and organizing work assignments
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
MNT Regional Transportation Tech I
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-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
MNT Regional Transportation Tech II and III
all the above and
Kneeling-bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee(s)
Crouching-bending body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine
Lifting-raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position
Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)
- 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.
- 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.