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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION K307 MNT Regional Transportation Tech I, II, or III - Maintenance Division in Abilene, Texas
MNT Regional Transp Tech ITravels 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 IITravels 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.MNT Regional Transp Tech IIITravels 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 andAssists 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.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.MNT Regional Transp Tech III:All of the above andMay 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.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.