Transportation Construction Technician Series

Department & Location

Department of Transportation, Southwest Construction Group
2243 E Gila Ridge Rd, Yuma, AZ 85365

• Salary Range: $42,350 - $56,870.53
• Grade: 17-19
• Closing Date: 02/25/2026

This series exists to perform a broad scope of high level transportation duties and/or supervisor responsibility. Serves as a senior technician performing a variety of journey-level work related to highway construction activities.

Note:

Positions will be assigned based on experience and qualifications listed below.

• Transportation Construction Technician 1: $20.36/hr grade 17

  Transportation Construction Technician 1 is the entry level position for the Transportation Construction Technician series. The scope of the duties and basic tasks to be learned include: inspection of work on highway construction projects, techniques to ensure compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and public safety, use specialized software and Google applications for correspondence/measurements/temperatures/etc., read and interpret plans, contract documents, specifications and standard drawings, perform field tests, sample materials and complete sample transmittals, calculate areas of geometric and irregular shapes, attend safety meetings/partnering meetings/trainings.

• Transportation Construction Technician 2: $22.68/hr grade 18

  Transportation Construction Technician 2 is the intermediate level position for the Transportation Construction Technician series. The scope of the duties and basic tasks: inspect highway construction to assure compliance, examine materials, surface conditions, tracking, structural features, perform field material tests for quality assurance, inspect and examine engineering project records, field notes, computations, and other documentation, research and interpret MVD Policy, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona Administrative Code, and regulations, confer with engineers, conformance to specifications and plans, consult manuals, rulebook codes, or regulations, record all workflow, attend training and safety meetings.

• Transportation Construction Technician 3: $27.34/hr grade 19

  Transportation Construction Technician 3 is the full journey classification for the series. Responsible for performing a broad scope of high level duties and responsibilities. Some duties and basic tasks include: inspection of highway construction work for compliance, documentation and quant lists, confer with engineers, conformance to specifications and construction plans, attend meetings and training sessions, perform field tests, consult manuals/ specifications/ drawings/ regulations, record work history, and inspect project records.

• Transportation Construction Technician 1

  The preferred candidate for this position will have: 1 year of job related construction experience as determined by the assigned area’s needs which may include principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans.

• Transportation Construction Technician 2

  The preferred candidate for this position will have: 2 years of job related construction experience as determined by the assigned area’s needs which may include principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans.

• Transportation Construction Technician 3

  The preferred candidate for this position will have: 3 years of job related construction experience as determined by the assigned area’s needs which may include principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans.

• Transportation Construction Technician I - One year construction related experience.
• Transportation Construction Technician II…