Between $48k and

$81k

Per Year

Position range in North Central $36k - $90k Per Year K624 Roadway Maintenance Tech/Equipment Operator/Inspector IV or V

TEXAS

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Occupation:

Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation

Location:

Waxahachie, TX - 75167

Job Type:

Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Posted:

08/05/2026

Positions available: 1

Source:

WorkInTexas

Web Site:

WorkInTexas

Onsite /

Remote:

Selection Required

Updated:

09/28/2026

Expires:

10/12/2026

Agency Job ID:

2601940

Job #: 17051230

Job Requirements and Properties

Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Work Onsite

Full Time Schedule

Full Time Job Type

Regular Duration

Permanent Employment Shift

Day Shift Help for .

Transportation Maintenance Tech IV:

Performs advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Transportation Maintenance Tech V:

Performs highly advanced transportation operations or maintenance support work such as complex maintenance contract inspection and/or material and process inspection; light and heavy equipment operation; roadway maintenance; preventative and minor maintenance on equipment; traffic control; helping the public during emergency situations; and training other employees. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.

Essential Duties:

Transportation Maintenance Tech IVInspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.

Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.

Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.

Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.

Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.

Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.

Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications fordevices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files forcompliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.

Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavyasphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.

Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, largedragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.

Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotarybroom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.

Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes variousrequired reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed duringemergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.

Trains other employees.

Inspects routine and non-routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors buildand maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.

Performs other job responsibilities as assigned. Transportation Maintenance Tech VConsults with contractors' superintendent on work progress and maintenance problems; reviews equipment utilization dataand time/cost estimates.

Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts and total maintenance, performance based, and/or bundled bidcontracts.

Performs detail design and quantity checks for plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E).Serves as project leader responsible for maintenance construction inspection activities for large and/or complex maintenance construction projects or for multiple district projects.

Conducts tests of highway construction materials, makes calculations, and records results.

Identifies, analyzes, and implements solutions for complex maintenance problems.

Inspects barricades to ensure compliance with barricade standards.

Inspects complex maintenance and construction-related work to include hot mix overlay to ensure compliance with safety,laws and regulations, contract specifications and departmental procedures.

Inspects traffic control devices and their placement at construction project sites for compliance with specifications fordevices, safety laws, rules, regulations and the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Maintains construction project records and/or bridge inspection records; processes related paperwork; reviews files forcompliance with the bridge inspection Manual of Procedures.

Operates complex heavy equipment such as a motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavyasphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, and profiling/milling machine.

Operates heavy equipment such as a front-end loader one and a half cubic yards or more, tractor-trailer haul truck, largedragline, shovel, paint striper, and dump truck.

Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader one and a quarter cubic yards or less, pneumatic roller, rotarybroom, spreader box, backhoe, street sweeper, and mower.

Oversees complex maintenance and spot improvement contracts.

Performs pavement evaluations and operates data collection equipment.

Performs preventive maintenance inspections (PMI), routine servicing and minor repairs on equipment and completes variousrequired reports including time-keeping, equipment forms, inventory, accident forms, and PMI.Reviews and assists in the development of traffic control plans, coordinates with law enforcement agencies, monitors laneclosures at construction sites, documents changes in the traffic control setup and coordinates with the Public InformationOfficer.

Reviews plans, enters data and updates, stores and maintains plans, specifications, and estimate (PS&E) documents andfiles; assists in PS&E processing for letting, to include reproducing and distributing documents.

Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posts warning signs, helps the public and performs other work as directed duringemergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents, and hazardous material spills.

May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications.

Trains other employees.

Inspects routine and non-routine maintenance contract construction methods and workmanship to ensure contractors buildand maintain roadways, bridges, traffic signals and related highway structures in accordance with plans and specifications.

Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.