Chief Materials Technician (Aviation Projects) - Street Transportation Department

About This Position

Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the country, serving as Arizona's center of government, commerce, and culture. It is emerging in the new economy with strength in high technology, manufacturing, bioscience research and advanced business services. Phoenix is a progressive city, brimming with sports and cultural attractions, distinctive restaurants, fascinating museums, diverse residential options, and endless outdoor opportunities.

The Street Transportation Department has a vacancy for a Chief Material Technician (Aviation Projects) position. The Chief Material Technician (Aviation Projects) performs involved construction material testing and quality control engineering work in the field and/or laboratory as related to airport projects at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Deer Valley Airport, and Goodyear Airport.

Additionally, this position supports the Material Supervisor with planning, coordinating, and facilitates testing standards in the day-to-day activities of construction materials testing technicians, schedules all the physical testing assigned to the material laboratory, builds data summaries, and monitors activities concerned with the application and maintenance of quality standards for processing materials used on City aviation projects.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to analyze, compute and upload quality acceptance data to project software systems.
• Proficiency with Oracle Primavera Unifier, Adobe, and Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of COP, MAG, ADOT and FAA specifications and their application to airport construction projects.
• Knowledge of material testing properties, characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of materials, items or products used in public works construction.
  
  
  

SALARY

Pay and Hiring Range: $24.34 to $34.25 per hour.

Pay Range Explanation

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
  
  
  

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:

• Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information
• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions
• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans
• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan
• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually
• Dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Employer paid long-term disability
• Free Bus/light rail pass
• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year
• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days
• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi
  
  
  

For more details, visit: Unit 002 Benefits

Minimum Qualifications

• Five years of experience in materials quality control engineering work.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• The City job description can be found here .
• Must possess an Arizona Class D driver's license at time of application and have ability to operate vehicles in limited visibility environments.
• All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
• These positions require the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid driver's license and have an acceptable driving record. Use of a personal vehicle for City business will be prohibited if the employee is not authorized to drive a City vehicle or if the employee does not have personal insurance coverage.
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Working Conditions

• Lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds may be required.
• Working irregular hours, second or third shift, weekends, holidays and evenings will be required.
• Working with chemicals may be required.
• Working in a variety of environmental extremes such as heat, cold, rain, air pollution, and dust may be required.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

• Minimum of two years of Aviation quality acceptance and quality control experience.
• Lead Material Technician experience with Structural and Civil Construction Practices.
• Experience working on airport projects.
• Experience with federally funded projects.
• Experience working with laboratory management software.
• Experience with reading construction plans and specifications.
• Experience in specifications and plans review for civil engineering projects.
• Experience in construction and aviation materials testing and special structural inspections as related to buildings, foundations, utilities, roadways, airfield pavements, etc. on airport projects.
• Experience with AASHTO resource (formerly AMRL), Cement Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL) and Knowledge of American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and other Arizona test methods.
• Certified in American Concrete Institute (ACI) and Arizona Technical Testing Institute (ATTI).
• Additional certifications in construction inspection and materials testing will be beneficial.
  
  
  

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment closes January 22, 2025. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

How To Apply

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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Chief Materials Technician, JC:19180, ID# 56738, 01/09/2025, USM, GO, Benefits: 002

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