Job Information
NC Department of Transportation Transportation Worker I (Lenoir County) in Kinston, North Carolina
This position with NCDOT offers full
State Benefits
, competitive salaries and many career development opportunities.
Salary Grade: NC04 / Salary Range: $31,200.00 - $52,813.00 - All recommended salaries are based on each applicants qualifying education and related experience in combination with the positions budgeted salary. The maximum hiring rate for this position is $44,563.
This is an extended posting through January 31, 2025, for Transportation Worker I positions in Division 2, Lenoir County. Multiple Transportation Worker I positions will be filled from each extended county posting. Interested applicants will only have to apply one time to be considered for all our Transportation Worker I vacancies in each respective county during this time frame. However, if an applicant is interested in applying for a Transportation Worker, I position in more than one county, they will need to apply to each respective county posting for which they are seeking employment. These are permanent NCDOT positions with full benefits including health insurance, retirement, vacation and sick leave, etc.
Work in this class primarily involves the operation of standard hand tools, power equipment, vehicles, and heavy equipment utilized in the preventive maintenance, repair, and construction of roads and roadside features for the States highway and roadway systems. Other duties include inspecting, ensuring work zone safety, and participating in snow and ice removal. Work may include flagging and assisting with maintenance/repair project completion through the use of standard tools and equipment such as tractor with various attachments, curb machine, cutoff saw, dump truck, small wheel and sheep foot rollers, vibrator roller compactor, pulverizer mixer, and pneumatic tire roller; assisting paint crews, erecting road signs, and/or assisting Electronics Technicians with maintenance and installation of signals; operating hand tools for sign installation and replacement as well as dump truck, broom tractor, paint line removing machine, thermoplastic machine, trencher, and edge-line paint gun operation; vegetation control, debris removal, pushing snow, tractor with various attachments and mower operation, dump and flatbed truck operation, assisting in grass and wildflower installation and maintenance. Work in this class may include assisting with carpentry, welding, steel fabrication or concrete work activities.
The selected applicant will be expected to legally operate a motor vehicle and have a valid North Carolina Class A Commercial Drivers License with N endorsement. Either possession of a current Commercial Drivers License on the date of hire, OR the North Carolina Commercial Drivers License must be obtained through completion of on-the-job training and all requirements mandated by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (Federal Registry 49 CFR 383) within 360 days of the date of hire. Position requires work during any adverse weather such as snow and/or ice, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. which can lead to working extended daily hours, weekends, and holidays. Employee will be subject to outside extreme environmental conditions, in addition to hazards at highway construction sites, including heavy equipment and highway traffic.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies
ApplicantmustmeetboththeminimumrequirementsandallpostedKnowledge,SkillsandAbilityrequirementstobe considered qualified for the position.
Qualified applicants
must submit
an application
that clearlyreflects workexperiencethatdemonstrates thefollowing
:
- Experience operating power tools such as chainsaw, weed eater, skill saw, drill, compactor, jackhammer, etc. and/or usingsmall hand tools such as shovels, rakes, brooms, post hole diggers, hammer, screwdriver, torch, etc.
- Experience performing manual labor.
Additional Expectations:
Pre-employmentdrugtestingisrequiredforthisposition.Asaconditionofemployment,areleaseform ALCDRG-01)anda backgroundstatement(ALCDRG-06)mustbesignedallowingtheNCDOTtocheckwithpreviousemployersforthepast three years about controlled substances and alcohol testing. Safety toe footwear is needed.
Offer
of
employment
will
be
contingent
upon
successful
completion
of
NCDOT
post
offer
employment
evaluation
.
