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Form of workHave your CDL and looking for a fresh opportunity? Move your career forward with the Department of Transportation as a Tunnel Maintainer! In this role, you will perform tunnel maintenance, traffic control & monitoring, and incident management to ensure the efficient flow of traffic through tunnels and surrounding roadways. This is a full time position with excellent benefits and opportunities for career advancement.
Join the PennDOT Tunnels Maintenance team with this exciting career opportunity!
Perform routine, planned, and emergency maintenance of the tunnels and portal buildings. This includes manually cleaning gutter lines, inlets, and the drainage system, sweeping garages, outside plazas, tunnel offices, fan floors, painting facilities, repair of tunnel structure components and cleaning upper air-chamber floors and roof areas of debris. Must also pick up litter around facilities and tunnel entrances, as well as mow grass and otherwise maintain the grounds.
Perform incident management duties by responding to any incident that affects traffic flow and use equipment, tools, fire extinguishers and materials to provide assistance to motorists and 1st responders to restore traffic flow to normal conditions. This includes towing/pushing disabled vehicles, traffic control, debris removal, and minor repairs of motorists' vehicles.
Monitor tunnel conditions for traffic flow, carbon monoxide (CO), fire, over-height vehicles, and any other type of incidents outside of normal conditions.
Use clear, concise communications with PennDOT employees and 1st Responders by phone, radio, and face-to face to maintain situational awareness.
Perform Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) duties of I-279 and the HOV lane. This includes patrol of the area, towing/pushing disabled vehicles, traffic control, assist 1st responders, and minor repairs of motorists' vehicles. Individual must perform opening and closing procedures on the HOV lane. This includes manual operation of the gates to assist in snow removal. CPR & First Aid Certification is required to perform these duties.
Perform towing duties that involve using towing apparatus and tow or push disabled vehicles to a safe area. Employee must mount equipment, operate hand and foot controls, hydraulic tow levers, chains and slings.
Perform Tunnel washing duties using the wash truck, pressure washer, and other equipment. Operator must climb ladders to the catwalk on these vehicles, fill the tanker, and operate during tunnel washings and other cleaning operations. Tanker endorsement is required to perform these duties.
Working hard and serving Pennsylvania each day is a rewarding job. You will go home each day feeling fulfilled and productive. Apply today and make a difference at PennDOT!
Interested to learn more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment.
- Work hours are varied and are based upon operational considerations. Shifts can range from the following: 9:30 pm - 5:30 am; 5:30 am - 1:30 pm; 1:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
- Lunch period: 30 minutes.
- These positions will work 40 hours a week and shift work will be required; working varying hours and days off.
- Salary:In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Two years of experience in roadway maintenance and repair, emergency services, towing and roadside assistance, or traffic control work; or
- An equivalent combination of experience and training.
- All positions require possession of an active Medical Examiner's Certificate in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations.
- All employees must demonstrate successful operation of equipment with a manual transmission.
- All employees must possess an active Pennsylvania Class A Commercial Driver's License with the Air Brake Restriction (L) removed, or equivalent on their first day of employment.
- All employees must obtain within the probationary period an active certification issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the operation of heavy trucks and loaders.
- All positions in this job require additional certifications issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on assigned pieces of equipment during the probationary period.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
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