Entry Level Lab Tech Jobs in Quebec (NOW HIRING)

Performs entry-level and routine maintenance work. Work involves physical labor tasks such as: plant and landscape maintenance, maintenance of comfort stations and rights-of-way, minor equipment repair, and assisting with roadway repair. Employees at this level perform assignments following specific instructions and are subject to frequent review by the immediate supervisor.

• 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.

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

No Experience Required (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent) 

• 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

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions

• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.

• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.

  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation - 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) - does not authorize "medical marijuana" under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.