Construction Technician/Construction Inspector 1 (Statewide)
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Under direct supervision, the Transportation Tech 1 provides entry-level technical support in one or more areas, including construction, maintenance, surveying, utilities, planning, environmental, intermodal, or traffic. The selected applicant must take the Construction Technician test administered by the Georgia Department of Transportation. The position requires a high school diploma or GED; the agency prefers candidates able to learn routine support duties and equipment operation, assist with data collection, perform basic computations, and provide quality customer service.
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TRT050, Transportation Tech 1 - Construction Technician/Construction Inspector 1
Pay Grade G
Job Salary: $41,600.00
JOB SUMMARY: Under direct supervision, provides entry level technical support in one or more of the following areas: OMAT, maintenance, construction, intermodal, planning, utilities, surveying, environmental or traffic.
*JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES:*Under direct supervision, provide entry-level technical support in one or more of the following areas: Maintenance, Construction, Intermodal, Planning, Utilities, Surveying, Environmental or Traffic. Selected applicant will be required to take the Construction Technician test administered by the GA Dept. of Transportation
STATE ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school diploma or GED
AGENCY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
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Ability to learn to perform routine support duties for assigned program area (i.e. construction, surveying, traffic operations, lab testing or data collection).
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Ability to learn to operate equipment and/or instruments as required.
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Ability to assist in data gathering or collect data as requested.
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Ability to perform computations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division correctly.
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Demonstrates basic math skills (percentages, area of a triangle, trapezoid or circle, volume of a cylinder, rectangular prism, and unit conversions).
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Commitment to providing quality customer service.
/IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GDOT JOBS/
The interview is just one part of the overall selection process and is not the only criteria used to make the final selection. In addition to the interview, the final selection is based on the applicant’s work history and performance (documented in HR and/or Office files), PeopleSoft/employee status (i.e. rehire code), employee performance reviews, personnel file review (HR & Office Files), criminal background check, employment reference checks (including references and commendations from Managers and other relevant documentation) and, for supervisory positions, demonstrated leadership skills based on past and current work history will be considered.
/Good Employment Standing:/
In accordance with the Interview and Selection Process (ISP), an applicant must have no active disciplinary actions to be in good employment standing. Actions that may disqualify an applicant include letters of reprimand (active for 12 months after issuance date); suspension without pay or disciplinary demotion (active for 12 months from the effective date); Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) and Leave Restriction Plans (active until 12 months after the date of conclusion). In addition, an employee must have an overall ePerformance rating score of three (3) or higher on their most current evaluation. Please note that Memorandums of Concern are not considered disqualifying factors. Human Resources may remove any employee from consideration for selection who is pending a disciplinary action; however, if the action is resolved in the employee’s favor, he or she will be allowed to compete.
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
THIS IS AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION.
THE SELECTED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO A REFERENCE CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHERE APPLICABLE
PLEASE INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT JOB INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION FOR
CONSIDERATION. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE PRESCREENED.
UPON PROMOTION, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE 10% or THE GDOT JOB SPECIFIC MINIMUM SALARY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
GDOT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
High school diploma/GED.
Job: *Transportation
Organization: *Transportation, Georgia Department of - GDOT
Title: Construction Technician/Construction Inspector 1 (Statewide)
Location: Georgia
Requisition ID: TRA05LH
How this job compares
Set against the 801 open Construction Inspector jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$42K/yr
- US median$76–115K/yr135 salary ranges
This rate, $42K, is 56% below the US median midpoint ($95K) — in the lowest quarter of Construction Inspector salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Construction Inspector jobs in Georgia and 801 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- 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 (557 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 430 of the 801 open Construction Inspector jobs (54%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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