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Texas Department of Transportation · 4 months ago

Intern Maintenance Tech - Dallas District - Multiple Locations

Mesquite, TX

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

Texas Department of Transportation is seeking Intern Maintenance Techs across various locations in the Dallas Metro Area. This internship provides students with hands-on experience in routine maintenance work, including landscape maintenance, minor equipment repair, and assisting with roadway repair tasks.

Government Administration

Responsibilities

Assists in repairing and erecting signs and repairing drums and/or barricades; as required moves items related to these duties

Assists in warehousing and supply functions

Assists with repairs to potholes, roadway shoulders and edges, guardrails, signs, and other related work

Assists with traffic control to include placing and gathering cones, flagging traffic, and other related work

Operates light equipment. (Must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid driver's license.)

Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights-of-way, maintenance yards and comfort stations

Move/picks up litter and roadway debris

Performs minor maintenance and repairs on equipment

Performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees, brush and mowing, fertilizing and watering, as required moves items related to these duties

Performs some carpentry work

Performs some clerical duties

Repairs and installs posts and mailbox supports, as required moves items related to these duties

Performs other job responsibilities as assigned

Qualification

Minor equipment repairTraffic controlLight equipment operationPhysical laborPlant maintenanceCarpentry workClerical duties

Required

Must be a student in high school or other educational institution or accepted into a college, university or educational institution

Must be at least 16 years of age, a student currently enrolled in high school or any institution of higher education to include a trade/vocational school

Employees at least 18 years of age with valid driver's license may be assigned driving duties and may use power tools

Required to wear protective hard hat, or other personal protective equipment/devices

Subject to outside environmental conditions; no effective weather protection

Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs

Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling

Kneeling-bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee(s)

Lifting-raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position

Reaching-extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction

Standing-prolonged periods of time

Close Visual Acuity-work includes visual inspection of small defects/parts

Close Visual Acuity-using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts

Visual Acuity-operate machines, such as drill presses, power saws, and mills