At TxDOT, we value work-life balance and are committed to providing our employees with a comprehensive range of benefits and programs, including:

• Retirement Plans
• Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules
• Paid Leave and Holidays
• Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees
• On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives
• Career Development and Advancement Opportunities
• Family-Friendly Policies and Programs

In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites. These recognitions reflect our dedication to supporting families and promoting a healthy work-life balance.

For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our website at: Total Compensation Package
To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit: Benefits at a Glance (ERS.texas.gov)

Coordinates and supervises multiple crews engaged in highly specialized transportation maintenance operations within a district to include, but not limited to seal coat operations, bridge repair, roadway reconstruction and/or hot mix overlay. Work requires extensive contact with private entities. Work requires responding to emergency notification on an as needed basis. Employees at this level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence.

Essential Duties:

• Coordinates with maintenance supervisors for specific incident clean-up and removal.

• Coordinates, plans and schedules multiple crews, equipment and material needed for highly specialized maintenance jobs; as required responds to office/work location to assist with emergency situations/conditions.

• Ensures that projects follow established guidelines.

• Ensures that vehicles are properly equipped and maintained.

• Oversees major maintenance projects involving roadways, bridges, right-of-way, buildings and grounds.

• Performs some administrative duties such as maintaining records on materials, supplies and personnel.

• Prepares daily or weekly work schedules.

• Trains employees on the use of equipment and procedures.

• Troubleshoots unusual problems and may perform some direct work.

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education High School Grad or Equivalent in general high school studies.

Experience

• 8 years highway maintenance, maintenance support experience. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent). Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
• Must have 1 year supervisory/managerial experience. Project leader or lead worker experience may substitute for supervisory/managerial experience.

Licenses and Certifications

• Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

• Must have a Class "A" Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

Competencies:

Extensive knowledge of

• Methods, procedures, equipment, and materials used in intermodal transportation engineering construction and maintenance work.

• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance.

• The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

• Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specification codes

Expert skill in

• Supervising technical staff.

Proficient Skill in

• Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external.

• Coordinating labor, materials, and equipment.

• Evaluating products, equipment and material.

• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems.

Other attributes

• Collaborates and cooperates with others and builds effective working relationships with internal and external members to accomplish organizational goals.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Subject to environmental conditions; protection from weather but not temperature changes.

• Subject to outside environmental conditions; no effective weather protection.

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.

• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour.

• Subject to noise.

• Subject to vibration.

• Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals.

Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)

• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.

• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.

  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.

TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category.

To view the MOS codes please click on link below and click on the appropriate occupational category.

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions

The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.

Please click this link to read the information for applicants: Additional Applicant Information