Transportation Maintenance Specialist II
Pima CountyAbout the role
Job Description Summary
Department - TransportationJob Description
Job Type: Classified
Job Classification: 5665 - Transportation Maintenance Specialist II
Salary Grade: 9
Pay Range
Hiring Range: $23.61 - $28.33 Per Hour
Pay Range: $23.61 - $33.05 Per Hour
Range Explanation:
Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.
The Pima County Department of Transportation is seeking a skilled and motivated Transportation Maintenance Specialist II to lead sign fabrication and inventory management in the Planning and Engineering Division. This role handles all aspects of traffic sign production and sign warehouse inventory, along with conducting periodic field investigations, creating work orders, and submitting utility locate requests. If you're ready to make an impact on roadway safety and keep things moving, we want to hear from you!
The Transportation Maintenance Specialist II performs advanced-level responsibilities maintaining transportation infrastructure and working independently as the department's expert in specialized maintenance tasks. This role requires technical proficiency and leadership in complex projects, distinguishing it from the Transportation Maintenance Supervisor, which oversees a full crew.
Position currently works four, ten-hour shifts, Monday-Thursday, 5:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
Essential Functions:
As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.
Leads and/or participates in advanced or expert level duties to maintain and construct transportation infrastructure;
Performs operational and preventive maintenance reviews of transportation infrastructure;
Interprets and applies required codes or standards to work situations;
Interprets complex blueprints, schematics and diagrams to facilitate work;
Recommends to engineering, support staff and management, modifications to current infrastructure and systems to enhance operability, reliability and/or compliance with industrial or governmental standards or to enhance and protect transportation infrastructure;
Acts as work center shift supervisor in the absence of the Transportation Maintenance Supervisor;
Coordinates transportation infrastructure maintenance or construction with operations and maintenance staff, supported facility managers or end-users to assure minimal disruption of services;
Conducts or coordinates specialized training for transportation maintenance staff in the systems being supported;
Maintains comprehensive records of work performed, modifications to equipment or systems, and related operations logs;
Prepares periodic and special reports for management on equipment, systems and/or facilities supported or maintained.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Six years of journey-level advanced or expert level work experience in transportation-related construction and/or maintenance activities;
OR:
Three years of experience with Pima County as a Transportation Maintenance Specialist I or closely related position as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment.
(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)
Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.
Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):
Experience with sign layout and fabrication using digital printing (e.g., HP 730) and related tools/software.
Experience in sign inventory management: issuing/returning, purchasing, counts, stocking, for
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