Transportation Technician

Are you a dedicated and skilled individual who is looking to make a significant contribution in ensuring our transportation system operates efficiently and effectively? If so, consider joining the Department of Transportation as a Transportation Technician. Here you will expand your knowledge and experience as you ensure compliance with contract documents to meet Department goals of reduced cost while maintaining quality. Apply today to be a part of our dynamic team and enjoy a rewarding yet challenging career that could open new roads to a successful future!

In this position, you will play a key role in reviewing completed work unit documentation and materials to ensure they align with Department policies. You will also help manage and coordinate the District's field construction project records, utilizing tools such as the Computer Documentation System (CDS v3), ECMS, and the PennDOT Project Collaboration Center (PPCC) on a PennDOT-issued iPad. Your responsibilities will include conducting technical reviews of material costs for highway and bridge projects, performing thorough audits to confirm the accuracy of documentation and work orders submitted by Project Management, and ensuring that final quantities and costs reported by construction personnel are correct. Additionally, you will assist in inspecting road and bridge construction operations to verify compliance with plans and specifications, complete daily narrative reports using the ECMS project database, and prepare other necessary project status and quality control reports. You will also support the placement and maintenance of work zone traffic control signs and devices in accordance with the Work Zone Traffic Control Plan and relevant publications.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• You will work closely with vendors and work hours may change based on vendor availability.
• Schedule may be subject to change due to seasonal/operational needs
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, on an ad-hoc basis, with managers approval. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Bridgeville.
• 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:

• One year of experience in highway or bridge surveying, design, construction, or inspection work; or
• One year of experience in quality control of materials or building or construction industry experience, which includes reading and interpreting blueprints, plans, or schematics; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.
  

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• 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.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.