How to Apply
This is a recruitment opportunity with more than three positions open and your application will be considered for all positions.
NCDOT is a great place to work.
I’m looking for a great place to work
- Living wage
- Employment stability
- Full benefits (including state health insurance and pension)
- A true team atmosphere
- A job to be proud of
This is an entry level job opportunity to start your career as a Transportation Worker with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Join us and you’ll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, learn construction skills, and build your career.
New High Salary: $31,200 – $51,525
assignment
We are seeking an entry level transportation worker to join Nash County’s highway maintenance team.
In this role, you will learn to:
- Uses standard hand tools, power equipment, vehicles and heavy machinery in the preventive maintenance, repair and construction of roads and roadside facilities on the North Carolina highway and road system.
- Conducts inspections, ensures safety of work areas, and participates in snow and ice removal.
- Perform flagging and assist in completing maintenance/repair projects using tools and equipment such as tractors with attachments, curb machines, cut-off saws, dump trucks, small wheel and sheepsfoot rollers, vibratory roller compactors, grinding mixers and pneumatic tire rollers.
- Work with the painting team.
- Install road signs.
- Assists electronic technicians in maintaining and installing signals.
- Operate hand tools, dump trucks, broom tractors, paint line removal machines, thermoplastic machines, trenching machines and edge line paint guns for sign installation and replacement.
- Performs vegetation management, debris removal, and snow removal.
- Operate tractors with attachments, mowers and dump/flatbed trucks.
- Assist with the installation and maintenance of lawns and wildflowers.
- Assist with carpentry, welding, steel fabrication and concrete work.
What to bring
- You are interested in a career in the transportation construction industry and are committed to a safe work environment.
- Experience operating power tools such as chainsaws, weed whackers, skill saws, drills, compactors, and jackhammers, as well as manual labor.
- Commercial driver’s license.If you don’t have this, it still applies: You will have 360 days from your start date to complete our on-the-job training program.
Note
- You will work in severe weather conditions, including snow, ice, tornadoes, and hurricanes, which may require extended work hours each day and/or work on weekends and holidays.
- At highway construction sites, in addition to the dangers of heavy machinery and highway traffic, workers also work outdoors in harsh environmental conditions.
- Pre-employment drug testing is required and we will check with previous employers within the past three years for controlled drug and alcohol testing.
- Wearing safety shoes is mandatory.
Education and Experience
- High school diploma or GED diploma
- An equivalent combination of education and experience.
Have any questions?
Please call Jacob Ferry at 252-462-2560 for maintenance, Wendy Hawley at 252-640-6413 for bridge maintenance, or Susan Tyson at 252-640-6500 for traffic services.
