Transportation Technician Apprentice - Highway Maintenance

IdahoPTV; Arco (ID); On-site; USD 44,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Idaho Transportation Department in Arco, Idaho, is hiring a Transportation Technician Apprentice - Highway Maintenance. This 3-5 year horizontal career path combines on-the-job and classroom training with staged wage increases as steps are completed.

Starting at $21.05–$21.55 per hour, progression to $22.60, $24.14, and $25.83 follows successful step completions; a Class A CDL must be obtained within 60 days, with training and costs provided.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Experience operating vehicles with manual transmissions.

Responsibilities

• Perform entry-level traffic services such as snow plowing, striping, and replacing and repairing traffic signs and posts.
• Perform entry-level technical highway maintenance and engineering work.
• Operate a variety of power tools and light and heavy highway and construction equipment to maintain roadways, signs, bridges and other transportation facilities.
• Conduct routine inspections and field tests on construction and maintenance projects.
• Conduct sample and routine material testing.
• This work involves physically demanding tasks such as clearing brush and lifting and carrying heavy objects.
• This work involves working in all types of weather conditions, under hazardous conditions, on congested highways, around operating equipment and in a noisy environment.
• May require irregular shifts, overtime, weekends, and holidays, along with frequent travel to and from the work site which may include occasional overnight stays.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Manual transmission experience

Job description

Idaho Transportation Department in Arco, Idaho, is hiring a Transportation Technician Apprentice - Highway Maintenance. This 3-5 year horizontal career path combines on-the-job and classroom training with staged wage increases as steps are completed.

Starting at $21.05–$21.55 per hour, progression to $22.60, $24.14, and $25.83 follows successful step completions; a Class A CDL must be obtained within 60 days, with training and costs provided.