Transportation Technician ; Senior Construction Technician - Bay TSC

Position: Transportation Technician 11 (Senior Construction Technician) - Bay City TSC
This position functions as a senior level Construction Technician responsible for overseeing multiple activities occurring within a project and ensuring the timely completion of all activities to ensure overall project efficiency. Resolves issues and discrepancies between other technicians, consultants, and seasonal staff. Determines what sampling needs to be completed; schedules the various testing of concrete, density, hot mix asphalt (HMA), and aggregate testing for the whole project;

tracks time and expenses for all or several activities; negotiates prices for activities performed by contractors and recommends them to the Engineer; interacts with multiple contractors to ensure cohesiveness and multiple pay items for many contractors performing individual activities.

Additionally, this position performs a full range of duties including, but not limited to, all areas of inspection, surveying, construction staking, and office work on construction of highways, bridges, and allied transportation facilities. Assigns and reviews work assignments, determines priorities, resolves problems related to projects, and trains employees. This also includes assisting with these duties throughout the Bay Region, if and when required, due to operational need.  

This position requires possession of a valid driver's license to perform daily field inspections.

The "Salary" listed above is a range that reflects the minimum rate through the maximum rate of the Transportation Technician 11 position.  

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* Transportation Technician 11 position description

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Education

Possession of an Associate's degree in concrete technology, civil technology, construction technology, surveying technology, construction management, mathematics, or computer science.

Experience

Three years of experience equivalent to a Transportation Technician, including one year equivalent to a Transportation Technician E10.

Transportation Technician 8 - 12

Possession of a Bachelor's degree or higher in an Applied Science with 16 semester hours (24 term) credits in job specific or related course work qualifies for the Transportation Technician E10 level.

OR

Completion of 60 semester (90 term) credits including 24 semester (36 term) credits in any combination of course work in the following areas: structures, materials, soils, hydrology, surveying, design, bituminous, concrete, aggregate, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental science, computer science, highway or traffic technology, construction management, engineering, or mathematics may be substituted for the associate's degree.

OR

Four years of technician level experience consisting of quality control inspections, drafting, materials and testing, surveying, or traffic may be substituted for the Associate's degree.

OR

Current certification in bituminous (hot mix), concrete, density testing, or aggregate gradation and one year of related field experience may be substituted for the associate's degree.

OR

Current certification in bituminous (hot mix), concrete, density testing, or aggregate gradation and three years experience equivalent to a Transportation Maintenance Worker 9 may be substituted for the associate's degree.

OR

Current certification in bituminous (hot mix), concrete, density testing, or aggregate gradation and completion of 16 semester (24 term) credits in any combination of course work in the following areas: structures, materials, soils, hydrology, surveying, design, bituminous, concrete, aggregate, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental science, computer science, highway or traffic technology, construction management, engineering, or mathematics may be substituted for the Associate's degree.

To be considered for this position you must:

* Possess a valid driver's license.

* Possession of the following within 12 months of the date of hire into the position and must maintain throughout employment in the position:

* Comprehensive Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control (SESC) certification.

* Construction Storm Water Operator (CSWO) certification.

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All newly hired state employees are required to submit and pass a pre-employment drug test and physical (if applicable) prior to their actual appointment. Criminal and driving records will also be checked if applicable. Any position offer will be conditional until results of the drug test, physical, criminal…