Department of Transportation
Application Methods:
Electronic (Using your CalCareer Account)
By Mail
Drop-off
Job Description and Duties
As a Transportation Engineering Technician, the incumbent performs non-professional design activities under the supervision of the Senior Transportation Engineer. In this capacity, the incumbent assists transportation engineers in the preparation of contract plans, specifications, and estimates by using analytical and computer-oriented processes and equipment. May assist in the preparation of designs, plans, estimates, reports, and specifications for all types of highway and bridge projects; prepares working plans and detailed drawings; plots boundary lines and calculates land areas; may act as a lead person in construction, materials testing, or in other work; and prepares reports and correspondence; assists with research or investigation work on road or bridge materials or methods of construction; calculates traverses or earthwork quantities or prepares them for machine processing; uses engineering and computer-oriented processes to compile data for the design, construction, alteration, maintenance, and operation of a wide variety of transportation engineering projects.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Transportation 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.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Minimum Requirements
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
Desirable Qualifications
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: A wide knowledge of details including software, methods and layouts used in the preparation of contract plans and construction drawings, mathematics, highway design practices, conventional and state-of-the-art computer applications to transportation engineering work, and technical level civil engineer skills in order to understand and apply Caltrans manuals and standards. Must have the ability to make accurate mathematical calculations, demonstrate the potential to assume progressive technician journey level responsibility, organize/arrange data to produce effective work products without repetitious direction, and possesses interpersonal skills necessary to be an effective team member.
Benefits
Click HERE to view the Benefits Summary for Civil Service Employees in the State of California.
Contact Information
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.
Human Resources Contact:
Shirley Panugaling
(279) 599-8482
shirley.panugaling@dot.ca.gov
Hiring Unit Contact:
Esteban Sanchez
(510) 407-8403
esteban.sanchez@dot.ca.gov
