Class Concept
Positions in this class are characterized by serving as a team lead of one or more crews in standard transportation maintenance work in one of five areas (i.e., roadway maintenance, traffic services, bridge maintenance, roadside environmental or geotechnical). Work in this class primarily involves the operation of specialized hand tools, power equipment, vehicles, and heavy equipment utilized in the preventive maintenance, repair, and construction of roads and roadside features for the State's highway and roadway systems. Other duties include inspecting, ensuring work zone safety, participating in snow & ice removal and training lower-level workers. Training may also involve safety training and CDL training and assessment. Positions in this class and level will specialize in a particular area of transportation and duties may include the oversight of minor to moderately complex roadway maintenance and retrofitting repair projects, oversight of contractor crews on projects, and/or oversight of inmate crews; equipment utilized includes all lower level equipment as well as asphalt paving machine, fine grade motor-grader, rubber tire excavator, and track excavator; oversight of rest area maintenance projects in their entirety, pesticide and chemical training, and operation of truck-mounted chemical sprayers to include determining proper mixing ratio and rate/spray pattern to ensure thorough application for a given scenario; assembling and placing concrete forms, general welding and carpentry tasks of moderate to high complexity, confined space entry, and training for safety, trenching and shoring, all of which may involve the utilization of tools and equipment to include welders, hand tools, and the most complex equipment such as cranes, rubber tire excavators, track excavators and tug boats, if needed.
