Transportation Maintenance Worker 6-8 (Region Wide Crews Sign Shop) - Bay Region
State of Michigan
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Transportation Technician 11 (Senior Construction Technician) - Bay City TSC
State of Michigan
Transportation
Location
Michigan, 48909
Salary
$30.63 - $44.30
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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March 20, 2026
SES Pay Grade
Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading teams of technicians on highway and bridge construction projects in Michigan, overseeing inspections, testing materials like concrete and asphalt, and coordinating with contractors to keep everything on track and within budget.
It also includes surveying, staking sites, handling office tasks, and training staff as needed across the region.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in construction fieldwork, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced outdoor environment.
Key Requirements
- Possession of an Associate's degree in concrete technology, civil technology, construction technology, surveying technology, construction management, mathematics, or computer science
- Three years of experience equivalent to a Transportation Technician, including one year equivalent to a Transportation Technician E10
- Valid driver's license for daily field inspections
- Ability to oversee multiple project activities, resolve issues between technicians, consultants, and staff
- Skills in scheduling and performing testing for concrete, density, hot mix asphalt (HMA), and aggregates
- Experience in inspection, surveying, construction staking, and office work on highways, bridges, and transportation facilities
- Capability to assign/review work, determine priorities, train employees, and negotiate contractor prices
Full Job Description
This position functions as a senior level Construction Technician responsible for overseeing multiple activities occurring within a project and ensuring the timely completion of all activities to ensure overall project efficiency.
Resolves issues and discrepancies between other technicians, consultants, and seasonal staff.
Determines what sampling needs to be completed; schedules the various testing of concrete, density, hot mix asphalt (HMA), and aggregate testing for the whole project; tracks time and expenses for all or several activities; negotiates prices for activities performed by contractors and recommends them to the Engineer; interacts with multiple contractors to ensure cohesiveness and multiple pay items for many contractors performing individual activities.
Additionally, this position performs a full range of duties including, but not limited to, all areas of inspection, surveying, construction staking, and office work on construction of highways, bridges, and allied transportation facilities.
Assigns and reviews work assignments, determines priorities, resolves problems related to projects, and trains employees.
This also includes assisting with these duties throughout the Bay Region, if and when required, due to operational need.
This position requires possession of a valid driver’s license to perform daily field inspections.
The "Salary" listed above is a range that reflects the minimum rate through the maximum rate of the Transportation Technician 11 position.
For additional information, please see the links below:
For information on benefits, visit www.mi.gov/employeebenefits or www.mi.gov/orsstatedc.
The State of Michigan has been recognized as a leading U.S. employer by new graduates from 2021-2023 and a best large U.S. and state employer.
Recognized on the international stage for fostering positive employee engagement, the State of Michigan is a past recipient of a North America Government Agency Employees Engagement Award.
Requirements
Education
Possession of an Associate's degree in concrete technology, civil technology, construction technology, surveying technology, construction management, mathematics, or computer science.
Experience
Three years of experience equivalent to a Transportation Technician, including one year equivalent to a Transportation Technician E10.
Qualifications
Transportation Technician 8 - 12
Possession of a Bachelor's degree or higher in an Applied Science with 16 semester hours (24 term) credits in job specific or related course work qualifies for the Transportation Technician E10 level.
OR
Completion of 60 semester (90 term) credits including 24 semester (36 term) credits in any combination of course work in the following areas: structures, materials, soils, hydrology, surveying, design, bituminous, concrete, aggregate, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental science, computer science, highway or traffic technology, construction management, engineering, or mathematics may be substituted for the associate's degree.
OR
Four years of technician level experience consisting of quality control inspections, drafting, materials and testing, surveying, or traffic may be substituted for the Associate's degree.
OR
Current certification in bituminous (hot mix), concrete, density testing, or aggregate gradation and one year of related field experience may be substituted for the associate's degree.
OR
Current certification in bituminous (hot mix), concrete, density testing, or aggregate gradation and three years experience equivalent to a Transportation Maintenance Worker 9 may be substituted for the associate's degree.
OR
Current certification in bituminous (hot mix), concrete, density testing, or aggregate gradation and completion of 16 semester (24 term) credits in any combination of course work in the following areas: structures, materials, soils, hydrology, surveying, design, bituminous, concrete, aggregate, chemistry, physics, geology, environmental science, computer science, highway or traffic technology, construction management, engineering, or mathematics may be substituted for the Associate's degree.
Additional Information
To be considered for this position you must:
- Possess a valid driver’s license.
- Possession of the following within 12 months of the date of hire into the position and must maintain throughout employment in the position:
- Comprehensive Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control (SESC) certification.
- Construction Storm Water Operator (CSWO) certification.
View the classification specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/T/TransportationTechnician.pdf
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Criminal and driving records will also be checked if applicable.
Any position offer will be conditional until results of the drug test, physical, criminal background, and driving records indicate eligibility for employment.
The department reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
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If you have questions related to this posting, please contact Camryn Nauta at nautac@michigan.gov.
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