
K624 Transportation Maintenance Tech
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Corsicana, TXJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The Texas Department of Transportation is hiring for Transportation Maintenance Tech IV and V work involving advanced transportation operations and maintenance support. The roles include inspecting maintenance and construction work, overseeing contracts and projects, operating equipment, evaluating pavement, testing construction materials, maintaining project records, and responding to emergencies. Tech V work includes large or complex projects and additional coordination with contractors and law enforcement.
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Transportation Maintenance Tech IV: Performs advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.Transportation Maintenance Tech V: Performs highly advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.Essential Duties: Transportation Maintenance Tech IVInspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.Maintains files of shop drawings and monitors progress of construction activities.Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.Serves as project leader responsible for maintenance construction inspection activities for a medium to largemaintenance construction project or for several small projects.Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications fordevices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files forcompliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavyasphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, largedragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotarybroom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes variousrequired reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains plans, specifications, and estimate (PSE) documents andfiles; assists in PSE processing for letting, to include reproducing and distributing documents.Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed duringemergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.Trains other employees.Inspects routine and non-routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors buildand maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.Transportation Maintenance Tech VConsults with contractors' superintendent on ork progress and maintenance problems; reviews equipment utilization dataand time/cost estimates.Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts and total maintenance, performance based, and/or bundled bidcontracts.Performs detail design and quantity checks for plans, specifications, and estimate (PSE).Serves as project leader responsible for maintenance construction inspection activities for large and/or complex maintenance construction projects or for multiple district projects.Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications fordevices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files forcompliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavyasphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, largedragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotarybroom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes variousrequired reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.Reviews and assists in the development of traffic control plans, coordinates with law enforcement agencies, monitors laneclosures at construction sites, documents changes in the traffic control setup and coordinates with the Public InformationOfficer.Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains plans, specifications, and estimate (PSE) documents andfiles; assists in PSE processing for letting, to include reproducing and distributing documents.Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed duringemergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.Trains other employees.Inspects routine and non-routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors buildand maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
How this job compares
Set against the 814 open Construction Inspector jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$79–115K/yr135 salary ranges
- Texas median$33–49/hr22 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 79 open Construction Inspector jobs in Texas and 814 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (this employer)20 open
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- Experience
- Construction Inspector postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 9 years (568 postings).
- Education
- 92 of the 814 open Construction Inspector jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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