Highway Technician 5, CPA (Construction Division), PNs

Schedule: Full-time

Highway Technician 5, CPA (Construction Division), PNs: 20049720, 20049762, 20049656

INTERNAL POSTING – Open to current Permanent ODOT Employees.

Job Description:

Acts as lead inspector on complex project &/or multiple construction projects to ensure contractor compliance with State specifications, plans &/or proposals &/or performs laboratory &/or field tests on materials to ensure quality control of project materials (e.g., roadway, drainage, demolition & clearing, foundations for embankment, sub grades, piles, guardrails &/or median barriers, landscaping slope protection, detours, temporary roads, bridge painting, inspects complex structures, verifies plans quantities & calculations with blueprints, tests concrete for air, slump & yield, operates nuclear gauges or embankment kit to test compaction & density & collects material samples to be forwarded to district or central office, performs specific laboratory or field tests on materials proposed for construction &/or on producers’ or suppliers’ stock obtained from field to determine compliance with state specifications & to monitor quality control testing, or monitor sampling & quality control testing, performs job control & quality control sampling of various plants in assigned work area, receives cross training in testing & construction, approves construction in line with environmental documents, designs & approves mix designs, researches & designs new materials to recommend changes, aggregates quality testing including the interpretation of results, rejects or accepts specific aspect of project pending review by engineer) & has authority to stop work by contractor, reconciles final project quantities, signs inspection reports as a certified inspector (i.e. fully certified inspector), performs maintenance duties which include serving as a lead worker (e.g., mentors Highway Maintenance Construction Worker, provides oversight of consultant inspectors), emergency response & clean-up, layout & placement of maintenance of traffic devices, snow & ice control & related maintenance duties by operation of snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments pursuant to the current Highway Technician MOU between ODOT & OCSEA/AFSCME.

Prepares & maintains project records & reports (e.g., daily diary, inspection reports, pay item quantities, progress estimates, contractor’s construction methods, material inspection); utilizes applicable systems & devices to record information & generate reports; maintains records of samples tested; calibrates & maintains laboratory & field test equipment & instruments; operates personal computer to input data & create records.

Successful completion of all Highway Technician level 1, 2, 3, & 4 courses (i.e., construction/field &/or lab track) & construction experience requirements per the current Highway Technician MOU between ODOT & OCSEA/AFSCME; Certification in ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I, Aggregate Level 1, & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license.

-Or completion of associate core program in construction technology or comparable core program; 18 months experience or training in roadway construction inspection &/or materials testing; Certification in ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I & Aggregate Level 1 & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license.

-Or completion of certification program from National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technology (NICET); 24 months experience or training in roadway construction inspection &/or materials testing; Certification in ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I & Aggregate Level 1 & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license.

-Or 36 months experience or training in roadway construction inspection &/or materials testing; Certification in ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I & Aggregate Level 1 & Nuclear Gauge; valid driver’s license.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Highway Maintenance

Professional Skills: Attention to Detail, Flexibility, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Continuous Improvement

Technical Skills: Transportation