Transportation Engineer jobs in Salisbury, NC

• Perform progressively responsible maintenance tasks in the preventive maintenance, repair, and construction of State Maintained roads and road features.
• Install pipes and perform shoulder and ditch maintenance.
• Perform asphalt pavement repair.
• Install traffic control and erosion control devices.
• Operate construction equipment, including hand, and power tools.
• Respond to emergency situations including traffic accidents, snow and ice removal, and other emergencies.
• Operate equipment, such as a backhoe, track hoe, track loader, skid steer, and dump truck.
• Transport inmates for work details.

• Knowledge of Intermediate Work Zone Safety and NCDOT Workplace Safety policy and practices.
• Experience in 1 of the following:  shoulder and ditch maintenance, pipe installation, or asphalt patching.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and train others in equipment operations and directing work crew daily activities.
• Experience in snow and ice removal operations.
• Experience in the operation of at 2 pieces of the following equipment:  backhoe, tandem dump truck, motor grader, front end loader, forklift, force feed loader, asphalt distributor, asphalt patcher, crack sealing machine, track excavators, skid steer, or sweeper.
• Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.
• Commercial Driver’s License with Tanker (N) endorsement. (Still apply if you don't have this yet. You can get it through our on-the-job training program within 360 days of hire.)
•   Safety toe shoes.

• You will be subject to outside extreme environmental conditions, in addition to hazards at highway construction sites, including heavy equipment and highway traffic.
• An inmate card approved by the NC Department of Public Safety must be issued to NCDOT employees to transport inmates. In order to obtain an inmate card you must undergo a criminal history check, complete necessary training and orientation, and be at least 21 years old.
• We will conduct a pre-employment criminal history check, drug test, and check with your employers over the past 3 years for alcohol/drug abuse.

• High school/GED diploma, and
• 5 years of relevant experience; or
• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Call me: Lisa Long at 336-224-3200.