Tunnel Maintainer

Join The Department of Transportation as a Tunnel Maintainer and help keep vital travel routes safe and reliable. Your work will keep tunnels clean, functional, and ready for any situation. If you enjoy hands-on tasks, teamwork, and making a visible impact, this role is for you. Step into a position where every shift makes a difference for motorists across the region

This role keeps tunnels, facilities, and surrounding grounds in safe, clean, and working condition while supporting incident response and traffic operations. You will monitor conditions, operate specialized equipment, and communicate clearly with team members and first responders to maintain situational awareness. As a Tunnel Maintainer, you will perform the following duties:

• Routine Maintenance: Perform planned and emergency upkeep of tunnels and portal buildings, including cleaning drainage systems and facilities, painting, repairing structural components, and clearing debris from upper air-chamber floors and roof areas
• Incident Response: Respond to traffic incidents to restore normal flow by assisting motorists and first responders, towing or pushing disabled vehicles, directing traffic, removing debris, and making minor vehicle repairs
• Tunnel Monitoring: Monitor traffic flow, carbon monoxide levels, fire conditions, and over-height vehicles, and address any incidents outside normal conditions
• HOV Lane Operations: Open and close the HOV lane, manually operate gates to assist with snow removal, and maintain CPR and First Aid certification required for these duties
• Towing and Washing: Use towing apparatus to move disabled vehicles safely and operate wash trucks and pressure washers; climb ladders to catwalks, fill tankers, and conduct tunnel washings, with tanker endorsement required
• Work Zones and Gates: Deploy cones, signs, crash trucks, and flashing arrows to close lanes, and operate the I-376 flood gates when conditions warrant opening or closing

• Full-time employment, rotating 24/7 operations.
• Work hours are varied and are based upon operational considerations. Shifts can range from the following: 9:30 PM - 5:30 AM; 5:30 AM - 1:30 PM; 1:30 PM - 9:30 PM, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Travel, overtime, and shift work required.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $52,097.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Two years of experience in roadway maintenance and repair, emergency services, towing and roadside assistance, or traffic control work; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirements:

• All positions require possession of an active Medical Examiner's Certificate in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations.
• All employees must demonstrate successful operation of equipment with a manual transmission.
• All employees must possess an active Pennsylvania Class A Commercial Driver's License with the Air Brake Restriction (L) removed, or equivalent on their first day of employment.
• All employees must obtain within the probationary period an active certification issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the operation of heavy trucks and loaders.
• All positions in this job require additional certifications issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on assigned pieces of equipment during the probationary period.

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).

• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not beaccepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant's own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.