Have your CDL and looking for a fresh opportunity? Move your career forward with the Department of Transportation as a Tunnel Maintainer! In this role, you will perform tunnel maintenance, traffic control & monitoring, and incident management to ensure the efficient flow of traffic through tunnels and surrounding roadways. This is a full-time position with excellent benefits and opportunities for career advancement.
Join the PennDOT Tunnels Maintenance team with this exciting career opportunity!
Perform routine, planned, and emergency maintenance of the tunnels and portal buildings. This includes manually cleaning gutter lines, inlets, and the drainage system, sweeping garages, outside plazas, tunnel offices, fan floors, painting facilities, repair of tunnel structure components and cleaning upper air-chamber floors and roof areas of debris. Must also pick up litter around facilities and tunnel entrances, as well as mow grass and otherwise maintain the grounds.
Perform incident management duties by responding to any incident that affects traffic flow and use equipment, tools, fire extinguishers and materials to provide assistance to motorists and 1st responders to restore traffic flow to normal conditions. This includes towing/pushing disabled vehicles, traffic control, debris removal, and minor repairs of motorists' vehicles.
Monitor tunnel conditions for traffic flow, carbon monoxide (CO), fire, over-height vehicles, and any other type of incidents outside of normal conditions.
Use clear, concise communications with PennDOT employees and 1st Responders by phone, radio, and face-to face to maintain situational awareness.
Perform Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) duties of I-279 and the HOV lane. This includes patrol of the area, towing/pushing disabled vehicles, traffic control, assist 1st responders, and minor repairs of motorists' vehicles. Individual must perform opening and closing procedures on the HOV lane. This includes manual operation of the gates to assist in snow removal. CPR & First Aid Certification is required to perform these duties.
Perform towing duties that involve using towing apparatus and tow or push disabled vehicles to a safe area. Employee must mount equipment, operate hand and foot controls, hydraulic tow levers, chains and slings.
Perform Tunnel washing duties using the wash truck, pressure washer, and other equipment. Operator must climb ladders to the catwalk on these vehicles, fill the tanker, and operate during tunnel washings and other cleaning operations. Tanker endorsement is required to perform these duties.
Working hard and serving Pennsylvania each day is a rewarding job. You will go home each day feeling fulfilled and productive. Apply today and make a difference at PennDOT!
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The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.