Commercial Vehicle Compliance Inspector ; PCN

Base Salary Information

Commercial Vehicle Compliance Inspector 1 - $25.74 / hourly

Commercial Vehicle Compliance Inspector 2 - $29.36 / hourly

As a Commercial Vehicle Compliance Inspector, you will work with motor carriers to perform safety inspections on commercial vehicles and their drivers to ensure safety on Alaska’s roadways. Your work will make a difference by leading to a reduction in crash fatalities. You will also preserve roads and bridges through size and weight compliance by weighing and measuring commercial vehicles; your ability to identify unsafe vehicles based on federal and state regulations will allow you to take appropriate enforcement action including issuing citations.

Our goal is to enforce federal and state commercial vehicle regulations to ensure safe highways and to Keep Alaska Moving. We embrace the Department’s core values of integrity, excellence, and respect, and take pride in supporting the State’s commercial vehicle safety plan.

As our successful applicant, a unique set of training opportunities will be provided to you, including driver/vehicle inspection, hazardous materials, and more! Keep busy throughout the year with a variety of indoor and outdoor work while interacting with the motoring public.

This position is based at a Fairbanks fixed weigh station with potential to travel to various roadside locations throughout the state. Various shifts available.

• Reading Comprehension:
  Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
• Oral and Written Communication:
  Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Learning:
  Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills; uses training, feedback, or other opportunities for self-learning and development.
• Decision Making:
  Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

• North American Standard Course Parts A and B Certification (Motor Carrier Improvement Act of 1999, Title 49 CFR Part 350, AS 19.60, 17 AAC)
• Must obtain and maintain Certificate of Commission as Special Officer issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety. (AS 18.65.010, Motor Carrier Improvement Act of 1999, Title 49 CFR Part 350, AS 19.60, 17 AAC)
• Valid Alaska Driver’s License (AS 28.15.011(b))
• Incumbent must pass a background investigation, including fingerprinting, and be issued a security clearance in order to be granted access to Criminal Justice Information Systems. This clearance must be maintained throughout the length of employment. (Motor Carrier Improvement Act of 1999, Title 49 CFR Part 350, AS 19.10, 17 AAC)

High school diploma or General Educational Development certificate.

Work experience that demonstrates the knowledge and skills required of the job, including written and verbal communication, use of general office computer programs, situational awareness, and safety awareness.

Must be at least 19 years of age at time of appointment per AS 18.65.010.

Must possess a valid Alaska Driver's License.

Appointment and retention in this job class is dependent upon successful completion of a…