Department of Transportation
Will Consider Junior Engineering Technician
Under the supervision of the Branch Chief of Transportation Permits Issuance, a Senior Transportation Engineer (Supervisor), the incumbent, a Transportation Engineering Technician, serves as the Transportation Permits Writer in the Transportation Permits Issuance Branch.
The incumbent performs complex technical work pertaining to transportation permits. The incumbent serves as a Permit Writer (single trip, annual, repetitive, and/or variance permits) for processing applications for extra-legal vehicles and/or loads to travel on State highways; acts as a Construction/Maintenance Liaison by keeping the program’s database current with restrictions that affect permit routing; reviews/inspects the work of others as a secondary audit; and assists supervisors with reviewing and updating Caltrans’ permit policies, best operating practices, and permits processing software.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Transportation Engineering Technician / Junior Engineering Technician exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.
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You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
