Intern Maintenance Technician - East Area Maintenance

Performs entry-level and routine maintenance work. Work involves physical labor tasks such as: plant and landscape maintenance, maintenance of comfort stations and rights-of-way, minor equipment repair, and assisting with roadway repair. Employees at this level perform assignments following specific instructions and are subject to frequent review by the immediate supervisor.

Essential Duties:

• Assists in repairing and erecting signs and repairing drums and/or barricades; as required moves items related to these duties.
• Assists in warehousing and supply functions.
• Assists with repairs to potholes, roadway shoulders and edges, guardrails, signs, and other related work.
• Assists with traffic control to include placing and gathering cones, flagging traffic, and other related work.
• Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights-of-way, maintenance yards and comfort stations.
• Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.
• Performs minor maintenance and repairs on equipment.
• Performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees, brush and mowing, fertilizing and watering, as required moves items related to these duties.
• Performs some carpentry work.
• Repairs and installs posts and mailbox supports, as required moves items related to these duties.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Must be currently a student in high school or other educational institution, accepted into a college, university or educational institution or be currently enrolled in a minimum of 9 credit hours in a college, university or educational institution.

Experience:

NONE (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent)

Other Conditions:

• Must be at least 16 years of age, a student currently enrolled in high school or any institution of higher education to include a trade/vocational school.
• Employees at least 18 years of age with valid driver's license may be assigned driving duties and may use power too

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Subject to outside environmental conditions; no effective weather protection.
• Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs. at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
• Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling.
• Kneeling-bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee(s).
• Reaching-extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing-prolonged periods of time.
• Lifting-raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position.
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes visual inspection of small defects/parts.
• Close Visual Acuity-using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts.
• Visual Acuity-operate machines, such as drill presses, power saws, and mills.

Competencies

Proficient skill in

• Preparing correspondence/documents using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation; proofreading and reviewing documents for clarity and consistency.
• Using standard office equipment.
• Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others.

Ability to

• Follow verbal and written instructions.
• Work in varying weather conditions.
• Work in cramped spaces (bend, stoop, crawl) and at varied heights.
• Move up to 50 pounds (See essential duties for example of items to be moved.
• Follow applicable safety standards, practices and procedures.

Conditions of Employment:

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions

• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.