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Senior Transportation Worker - NEW HIGHER PAY!

NC Department of Transportation
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How to Apply

You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/2t3pkfsf by April 30.

  

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NEW HIGHER PAY: $34,270 - $59,973

The Challenge

We are hiring an experienced Transportation Worker III to join our Traffic Services team.

 

In this role, you will:

  • Perform maintenance involving the installation, maintenance, and repair of traffic control devices along the NC road network across 7 counties.
  • Perform maintenance activities, including posting of signs (speed limits, no parking zones, traffic warnings, etc.), flagging, installing historical makers, repairing/replacing damaged/weathered signs, speed zones, vegetation removal, road closures, and properly signing detour routes.
  • Perform annual nighttime sign reviews for the condition of sign reflectivity and maintain proper documentation for use in developing annual maintenance plan.
  • Perform snow and ice control operation during storm conditions.
  • Maintain inventory of all signs and materials kept on the truck such as posts, nuts, bolts, and specialized hardware for historical markers and decorative sign posts.
  • Perform heavy lifting.
  • Oversee 2+ sign crews by organizing, planning, prioritizing work, and training less experienced transportation workers.
  • Complete facility and worksite audits.

What You Bring

  • Experience installing traffic controls, such as detours, lane closures, and roadway signs.
  • Experience evaluating sign condition and retro reflectivity.
  • Intermediate Work Zone Safety experience.
  • Experience operating a sign truck with attachments.
  • Good eyesight to evaluate signs.
  • Safety toe footwear.
  • Communications skills to communicate well with people.
  • Ability to work effectively in extreme temperature conditions and walk/stand for long periods of time on uneven and sloping terrain and around high volumes of traffic.
  • Strength to perform heavy lifting.
  • Ability to safely operate CDL-required equipment/trucks with manual and automatic transmissions at hire or within 360 days
  • Class A Commercial Driver’s License with tanker (N) endorsement. (Don't have it? Still apply! You can get it within 360 days of hire through our on-the-job training program).

  

Notes

  •  The job may require evening and weekend work.
  • We will conduct a pre-employment drug test and check with your employers over the past 3 years for alcohol/drug abuse.

 

Education & Experience

  • High school/GED diploma, and
  • 5+ years of relevant experience; or
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

Questions?

Call me:  Mark Santiago at 919-536-4000.

 

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