Transportation Workers - Entry Level - 3 Openings!

How to Apply
You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/48a8u77d

This posting is for 3+ openings, and your application will be considered for all of them!

NCDOT is a Great Place to Work.
Looking for a great place to work with
⦁ A living wage
⦁ Job security
⦁ Full benefits (including the State Health Plan and a pension!)
⦁ A true team atmosphere, and
⦁ Work you can take pride in

This is an entry-level opening for you to begin a career with the NC Department of Transportation as a Transportation Worker I. You'll get to work on exciting projects, learn construction skills, and build your career. Join us!

**NEW HIGHER SALARY to $44,563

The Challenge**
We are looking for entry-level transportation workers to join our teams in Wayne county.

In this role, you will learn to:
⦁ Operate standard hand and power tools, vehicles, and heavy equipment in the preventive maintenance, repair, and construction of roads and roadside features for the State’s highway and roadway systems.
⦁ Conduct inspections.
⦁ Ensure work zone safety.
⦁ Perform snow & ice removal.
⦁ Perform flagging and assist with maintenance/repair project completion through the use of tools and equipment, such as tractors with various attachments, curb machines, cutoff saws, dump trucks, small wheel and sheep foot rollers, vibrator roller compactors, pulverizer mixers, and pneumatic tire rollers.
⦁ Assist paint crews.
⦁ Erect road signs.
⦁ Assist Electronics Technicians with signal maintenance and installation.
⦁ Operate hand tools for sign installation and replacement.
⦁ Run a dump truck, broom tractor, paint line removing machine, thermoplastic machine, trencher, and edge-line paint gun .
⦁ Perform vegetation control, debris removal, move snow, drive a tractor with attachments and mower, dump, and flatbed truck.
⦁ Assist in grass and wildflower installation and maintenance.
⦁ Assist with carpentry, welding, steel fabrication or concrete work.
⦁ Operate CDL-required equipment/trucks with manual and automatic transmissions within 360 days of hire.

What You Bring
⦁ An interest in a career in Transportation Construction, and commitment to a safe work environment.
⦁ Experience performing manual labor, and operating power tools such as a chainsaws, weed eaters, skill saws, drills, compactors, jackhammers, etc. or using small hand tools such as shovels, rakes, brooms, post hole diggers, hammers, screwdrivers, torches, etc.
⦁ A Commercial Driver’s License. (If you don't have it, still apply! You can get this after you are hired through on-the-job training within 360 days of hire.)
⦁ Safety toe footwear.

Notes
⦁ We will conduct a pre-employment drug and background check with previous employers for the past 3 years about controlled substances and alcohol testing.
⦁ The role requires work during any bad weather, such as snow and/or ice, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. that may lead to working extended daily hours, weekends, and holidays
⦁ You will be subject to outside extreme environmental conditions and hazards at highway construction sites, including heavy equipment and highway traffic.

Education & Experience
⦁ High school/GED diploma; or
⦁ An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Questions?
Call us: Tana Herring at 919-739-5330 for Maintenance, or Wendi Hawley at 252-640-6413 for Bridge Maintenance.

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