Transportation Engineering Technician II - Sample Management Technician (61032168)

We’re hiring a Sample Management Technician! Every highway construction materials test starts with a sample that’s correctly identified, logged, and ready for the lab. As a Sample Management Technician (Engineering Technician II) in SCDOT’s Office of Materials and Research, you’ll connect field crews and lab teams and help keep materials testing moving for highway projects across South Carolina.

If you enjoy hands-on work, solving problems, and keeping track of details, this role offers a mix of all three. You’ll handle incoming samples, help field staff resolve questions about sample information, and use tools like Excel, AASHTOware, and ProjectWise to track samples and support test reporting.

What you’ll do

• Receive, verify, log, and store highway construction materials samples submitted for testing.
• Help inspectors and technicians correctly identify samples and enter the information labs need.
• Track work orders for outside testing and coordinate with field and lab staff on samples tied to change orders.
• Help lab teams upload final reports and send notifications when samples fail to meet requirements.

A high school diploma and one (1) year of experience that is related to the area of employment, or an approved acceptable equivalence.

The physical demands for the essential functions involves frequent bending, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to 50 lbs. Walking for extended periods, treading rough terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and in natural environmental hazards. May require occasional exposure to noise. May require working outside of normal work schedules and weekends.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation is committed to a diverse workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.