Maintenance Technician II

TransCore, LP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Maintenance Technician II in Houston, Texas, where you will be responsible for the installation and maintenance of critical traffic control and surveillance equipment. This role demands a proactive approach to troubleshooting and repairing hardware issues, ensuring that systems operate efficiently. You will work in a dynamic environment, tackling challenges that involve both technical skills and effective communication. If you are passionate about technology and enjoy hands-on work in a fast-paced setting, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of related experience in maintenance and installation.
• Ability to communicate effectively and perform work assignments.

Responsibilities

• Perform installation and maintenance of toll collection equipment.
• Assist in restoring equipment to operational status quickly.

Skills

Installation and repair skills

Electrical wiring experience

Mechanical aptitude

Computer tech experience

Traffic signal controller experience

CCTV camera experience

Computer network experience

Cellular modem experience

Effective communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

One-year certificate from college or technical school

Tools

Traffic controllers

CCTV cameras

RF antennas

Network communications equipment

Job description

TransCore (TRN), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking a Maintenance Technician II to join our team in Houston, Texas.

Job Description: The Maintenance Technician II position performs installation, preventive and corrective maintenance of equipment including but not limited to traffic controllers, CCTV cameras, RF antennas, switches, fiber optic patch panels, cabling, various terminal blocks, roadway signage and lighting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assist in restoring equipment to operational status as quickly as possible.
• Traffic control placement in high and low speed environments.
• Installation, preventive and corrective maintenance of toll collection equipment to include computers, video surveillance equipment, RFID, and network communications equipment.
• Completes reports, logs and performs shift-to-shift communications in accordance with established policies, procedures and local practices.
• Diagnoses and repairs hardware issues.
• Reports technical status of system with accuracy and completeness.
• Maintenance of spare equipment and parts including inventory management.
• Field test of units or components.
• Electronic filing of work orders.

Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED). One-year certificate from college or technical school preferred.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Typically requires a minimum of 2-4 years of related experience
• Working knowledge of the practices, tools, equipment, and materials utilized within the trade
• Communicate effectively to perform work assignments
• Valid Texas driver's license with a clean driving record
• Installation and repair skills
• Electrical wiring experience
• Mechanical aptitude
• Computer tech experience
• Prior toll maintenance and electronic bench repair experience preferred

Desired Skills:

• Computer network experience
• Cellular modem experience
• CCTV camera experience
• Traffic Signal controller experience

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Driving is a key requirement for this position.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, outdoor weather conditions, and moving traffic. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.