Tunnel Maintainer Position Available In Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Tunnel Maintainer
Salary
$52,097.00

• $64,762.

00 Annually
Location Allegheny County, PA
Job Type
Non-Civil Service Permanent Full-time
Job Number

N-2025-27201

Department
Department of Transportation
Division
TR Tunnel Mntnc
Opening Date
06 18 2025
Closing Date
7 1 2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Job Code
91410
Position Number
Multiple positions may be filled from this posting
Union
AFSCME
Bargaining Unit
J1
Pay Group
ST04
Bureau Division Code
00081130
Bureau Division
TR

• Tunnels Organization
  Worksite Address
  45 Thoms Run Road
  City
  Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
  Zip Code
  15017
  Name
  Todd Caddy
  Phone
  412-535-8120
  Email

THE POSITION

If you are eager to advance your career and make the most of your CDL skills, consider joining the Department of Transportation as a Tunnel Maintainer. In this vital position, you will be responsible for maintaining tunnels, managing traffic, and handling incidents to ensure smooth traffic flow in and around tunnels. Do not miss out on this chance to leverage your experience, today and enjoy outstanding benefits along with opportunities for professional growth.
OF WORK
In this position, you will be responsible for conducting routine, scheduled, and emergency maintenance of tunnels and portal buildings. Your tasks will involve manually cleaning gutter lines, inlets, and drainage systems, as well as sweeping garages, outdoor plazas, tunnel offices, and fan floors. You will also engage in painting facilities, repairing tunnel structuralponents, and clearing debris from upper air-chamber floors and roofs. ly, you will collect litter around facilities and tunnel entrances, mow grass, and maintain the grounds. Key responsibilities include managing incidents that disrupt traffic flow, utilizing equipment, tools, fire extinguishers, and materials to assist motorists and first responders in restoring normal traffic conditions. This epasses towing or pushing disabled vehicles, controlling traffic, removing debris, and performing minor repairs on motorists’ vehicles. You will monitor tunnel conditions for traffic flow, carbon monoxide levels, fire hazards, over-height vehicles, and other incidents deviating from normal operations, ensuring effectivemunication with PennDOT employees and first responders through phone, radio, and in-person interactions to maintain situational awareness. Interested in learning more? details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Information:

Full-time , rotating 24 7 operations. Work hours are varied and are based upon operational considerations. Shifts can range from the following: 9:30 PM

• 5:30 AM; 5:30 AM
• 1:30 PM; 1:30 PM
• 9:30 PM, with 30-minute lunch.

Travel, overtime and shift work required.

Salary:

In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
You will receive furthermunication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam junk folders, for these notices.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

Two years of experience in roadway maintenance and repair, emergency services, towing and roadside assistance, or traffic control work; or
An equivalentbination of experience and training.

Special Requirements:

All positions require possession of an active Medical Examiner’s Certificate in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations.
All employees must demonstrate successful operation of equipment with a manual transmission.
All employees must possess an active Pennsylvania Class A Commercial Driver’s License with the Air Brake Restriction (L) removed, or equivalent on their first day of .
All employees must obtain within the probationary period an active certification issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the operation of heavy trucks and loaders.
All positions in this job require additional certifications issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on assigned pieces of equipment during the probationary period.

Requirements:

You must be able to perform essential job functions.
How to :
Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained tin will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience education).
If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
Failure toply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Veterans:

Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about preferences for veterans, go to and click the Veterans’ Preference tab or contact us at .
Telmunications Relay Service (TRS): 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need amodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for amodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date. The Commonwealth is an equal opportunity employer and ismitted to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to . Tunnel Maintainer