APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$38,774.16 to
$56,689.20
PAY GRADE: 29
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.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur
in this geographical location.
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.
Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform advanced-level work and may provide work direction and training to others.
This position is located within the Planning/Traffic Information Division, Las Vegas. Incumbent is responsible for the installation and removal of Statewide Portable volume counts, AVC counts, special counts and manual vehicle classification counts; document all related information; maintain traffic monitoring devices. 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:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Graduation from high school or equivalent education and three years of technical experience in collecting and recording data related to traffic and/or roadways; OR one year of experience as a Transportation Technician II in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Notes
The ability to travel up to 80% of the time is required.
Special Requirements
A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continued employment.
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.
Additional Position Criteria
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The Examination
Transportation Technician III - NDOT Traffic Div.
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.
1) Describe your experience in basic research principles and methods, to include a) data collection; and b) coding and tabulation of numeric data.
2) Describe your experience in traffic control.
3) Describe your experience in the preparation of statistical reports, to include reporting findings and making recommendations.
4) Describe your experience in the installation of traffic recording equipment in roadways.
5) Describe your experience in the operation of traffic recording equipment.
