PennDOT Winter Tunnel Maintainer (Seasonal)

The Department of Transportation is actively looking to hire a PennDOT Winter Tunnel Maintainer, a crucial role dedicated to ensuring the safety and efficiency of traffic flow through tunnels and their adjacent roadways. This position involves a variety of responsibilities, including conducting regular maintenance on tunnel infrastructure, implementing effective traffic control measures, and managing incidents that may disrupt the normal flow of vehicles. The ideal candidate will play a vital part in maintaining the operational integrity of these essential transit routes, particularly during the winter months when conditions can be challenging. If you are interested in contributing to the safety and efficiency of our transportation system, we encourage you to apply today!

In this position, you will be responsible for conducting routine, scheduled, and emergency maintenance on the tunnels and portal buildings. Your tasks will involve manually cleaning gutter lines, inlets, and the drainage systems, as well as sweeping garages, outdoor plazas, tunnel offices, and fan floors. Additionally, you will be tasked with painting facilities, repairing structural components of the tunnels, and clearing debris from upper air-chamber floors and roof areas. It is also essential to maintain cleanliness around the facilities and tunnel entrances by picking up litter and mowing grass to ensure the grounds are well-kept.

You will also engage in incident management by responding to events that disrupt traffic flow. This includes utilizing various equipment, tools, fire extinguishers, and materials to assist motorists and first responders in restoring normal traffic conditions. Your responsibilities will encompass towing or pushing disabled vehicles, managing traffic control, removing debris, and performing minor repairs on motorists' vehicles as needed.

Monitoring the conditions within the tunnels is another critical aspect of your role, as you will be tasked with overseeing traffic flow, carbon monoxide levels, fire hazards, over-height vehicles, and any other incidents that deviate from standard operations. Effective communication is vital; therefore, you will need to maintain clear and concise interactions with PennDOT employees and first responders through phone, radio, and face-to-face conversations to ensure situational awareness is upheld at all times.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Seasonal, Full-time employment
• Work hours vary between 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM, with 30-minute lunch.
• Work hours are based upon operational considerations. Shifts can range from the following: 9:30 PM to 5:30 AM; 5:30 AM to 1:30 PM; 1:30 PM to 9:30 PM.
• Travel, overtime, and shift work are required.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Two years of experience in roadway maintenance and repair, emergency services, towing and roadside assistance, or traffic control work; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirements:

• This position requires possession of an active Medical Examiner's Certificate in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations.
• This position requires employees must demonstrate successful operation of equipment with a manual transmission.
• This positions requires employees must possess an active Pennsylvania Class A Commercial Driver's License with the Air Brake Restriction (L) removed, or equivalent on their first day of employment.
• This position requires employees must obtain within the probationary period an active certification issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the operation of heavy trucks and loaders.
• This position requires additional certifications issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on assigned pieces of equipment during the probationary period.

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).

• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.