Equipment Operator

Equipment OperatorAre you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference in your community? Join the TxDOT Fort Bend Maintenance Office and help maintain safe, reliable roadways throughout Fort Bend County and the surrounding area. Our team of approximately 30 dedicated employees performs a wide variety of highway and roadway maintenance activities, including operating and maintaining light and heavy equipment, roadway repairs, pothole and edge repairs, brush and vegetation control, sign installation and maintenance, and much more. Equipment Operators play an important role in ensuring equipment is properly operated, maintained, and ready to safely complete daily maintenance operations. Safety is at the center of everything we do. Employees are expected to maintain strong work-zone awareness, follow established safety practices, and work together as a team to protect themselves, their coworkers, and the traveling public. We are looking for dependable individuals who take pride in their work, work well with others, and are committed to providing quality service to the community. At TxDOT, you will have opportunities to gain valuable experience, receive training, develop new skills, and grow your career while serving the public. If you enjoy working outdoors, operating equipment, solving problems, and want to take pride in helping maintain Texas roadways for your friends, family, and neighbors, we encourage you to apply and become part of the TxDOT Fort Bend Maintenance team!Performs complex transportation maintenance work operating heavy equipment such as: a tractor-trailer haul truck, motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt distributor, profiling/milling machine, and dump truck. Work requires contact with private entities. Employees at this level perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor. Essential Duties: Assists in providing support to local law enforcement officials at accident sites; assists stranded motorists as required. Assists with traffic control; places and gathers cones, warning signs and barricades; flags traffic. Operates one or more types of complex heavy equipment such as tractor-trailer haul truck, motor grader, large excavator, heavy bulldozer, crane, herbicide truck, heavy asphalt paving machine, self-propelled asphalt profiling/milling machine and dump truck. May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work performed meets project specifications. May train other employees on the operation of equipment and safety procedures Operates heavy equipment performing highly complex transportation maintenance and roadway repairs. May coordinate equipment operations for daily work assignments. Conducts herbicide application operations and oversees the procurement and inventory management of herbicide supplies. Sands or cleans bridges and roads, posting warning signs, helping the public and performing other work as directed during emergency situations such as floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, accidents and hazardous material spills Performs other job responsibilities as assigned