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APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$40,862.16 to
$60,092.64
PAY GRADE: 31
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
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Transportation Technicians perform a variety of technical duties related to traffic and roadway characteristics on State highways; install traffic monitoring devices; perform minor repairs on traffic control and monitoring equipment, and compile and maintain detailed records and information.
This position is located within the Planning Division, Traffic Information Section in Carson City. The incumbent will supervise the installation and removal of traffic monitoring devices; prioritize, schedule, delegate, and monitor work assignments; coordinate with NDOT divisions, local public agencies, consultants, and private contractor personnel to ensure correct physical locations of traffic data collection sensors on construction contracts; collect traffic data statewide for portable volume counts, AVC counts, special counts, manual vehicle classifications, and passing sight distance studies; and complete monthly reports of all GPS and traffic data collected. This position requires statewide travel 50% of the time or more.
Women and under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. Nevada Department of Transportation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information (GINA), or gender identity and expression.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Graduation from high school or equivalent and four years of progressively responsible technical experience in collecting and recording data related to traffic and/or roadways; OR one year of experience as a Transportation Technician III; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. |
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Some positions require a valid driver's license at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment. |
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As a condition of employment, pursuant to NRS 284.4066, this position has been identified as affecting public safety. Persons offered employment in this position must first submit to a pre-employment screening test for controlled substances. |
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The exam will consist of a rating of training and experience weighted 100%. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. Your score will be based on the information provided in your application and your responses to the questions asked below. If there are several parts to a question, answer each part separately. Along with each answer, identify the position(s) and/or training (as described in your application) where you gained the background asked for in the question. Absence of experience/training asked for in a question is not necessarily disqualifying. Failure to answer the questions will result in a score based solely on the application.
Qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. |
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1) Describe your experience, including the number of years, as a lead worker utilizing supervisory practices and procedures.
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2) Describe your experience, including the number of years, reading and interpreting construction sheets, including measurements and/or stationing in the field.
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3) Describe your experience, including number of years, utilizing intermediate Excel. Be very detailed in your response.
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4) Describe your experience, including the number of years, in basic research principles and methods, to include:
a) traffic data collection;
b) coding and tabulation of numeric data;
c) GIS data collection.
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5) Describe your experience, including the number of years, in the installation and operation of traffic recording equipment and/or training of others in this equipment.
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1) If offered this position are you willing to travel 50% of the time or more?
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