Transportation Construction Tech

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TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN SERIES

Job Location:

4315-TUCSON REGIONAL LAB

621 E. 22nd Street Tucson, AZ 85713 Posting Details: Salary: $42,350 - 56,870.53 Anticipated hourly: $20.3610 - $27.3416 Grade: 17-19 Closing Date: July 6, 2026 Job Summary: Employees of the Materials Lab at ADOT ensure roads are compacted to decrease standing water. Technicians and inspectors work together to ensure all road projects comply with ADOT specifications and federal requirements. For a lab technician, being materialistic is all about being in the lab. You’ll receive the materials inspectors collect in the field, and test both according to AZ and AASHTO testing methods. You’ll be splitting, grading, and sizing soil, various aggregate, and asphalt. This series exists to perform a broad scope of high level transportation duties and/or supervisor responsibility. Serves as a senior technician performing a variety of journey-level work related to highway construction activities. Note: Positions will be assigned based on experience and qualifications listed below. Job Duties: Transportation Construction Technician 1: $20.36/hr. Grade 17 – Inspection of work on highway construction projects, techniques to ensure compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and public safety, use of specialized software and Google applications for correspondence/measurements/temperatures/etc., reading and interpreting plans, contract documents, specifications and standard drawings, field tests, sample materials and complete sample transmittals, calculating areas of geometric and irregular shapes, attending safety meetings, partnering meetings, trainings. Transportation Construction Technician 2: $22.68/hr. Grade 18 – Inspection of highway construction to assure compliance, examine materials, surface conditions, tracking, structural features, perform field material tests for quality assurance, inspect and examine engineering project records, field notes, computations, and other documentation, research and interpret MVD Policy, Arizona Revised Statutes, Arizona Administrative Code and regulations, confer with engineers, conformance to specifications and plans, consult manuals, rulebook codes, registry, record all workflow, attend training and safety meetings. Transportation Construction Technician 3: $27.34/hr. Grade 19 – Full journey classification. Responsible for performing a broad scope of high level duties and responsibilities, inspection of highway construction work for compliance, documentation and quantity lists, confer with engineers, conformance to specifications and construction plans, attend meetings and training sessions, perform field tests, consult manuals, specifications, drawings, regulations, record work history and inspect project records. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs): Transportation Construction Technician 1: Preferred candidate will have 1 year of job related construction experience, including principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans. Transportation Construction Technician 2: Preferred candidate will have 2 years of job related construction experience, including principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans. Transportation Construction Technician 3: Preferred candidate will have 3 years of job related construction experience, including principles and practices of civil engineering, construction inspection methods, materials testing procedures, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control for work zones, operation of equipment, reading of construction documents, maps and plans. Selective Preference(s): Transportation Construction Technician I – One year construction related experience. Transportation Construction Technician II – Two years construction related experience. Transportation Construction Technician III – Three years construction related experience. Pre-Employment Requirements: American Concrete Institute and Arizona Technical Testing Institute Certification required within 1 year of hire date. A medical/physical evaluation is required prior to appointment. This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, and the employee must possess a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. Employees who drive on state business must maintain acceptable driving records and complete required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance. Benefits: Sick leave Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year Paid Parental Leave – up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program) Health and dental insurance Retirement plan Life insurance and long-term disability insurance Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page. Retirement: Mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System (ASRS) is required. Contact Us: For questions about this career opportunity, please contact ADOT Human Resources Recruitment via email at View email address on click.appcast.io or phone call at View phone number on click.appcast.io option 2. The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling View phone number on click.appcast.io option 3. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. ADOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr Arizona State Government