Entry Level Construction Technician Jobs
New grad construction technician jobs open the door for recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where a strong internship record or hands-on portfolio can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Consulting & Professional Services, Technology & Software, and Manufacturing, with employers like Segra, Terracon Consultants, and Tolunay-Wong Engineers hiring at this level now.
Find JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 15+ Entry Level Construction Technician jobs
$23.21 - $25.79 Hourly
Cheyenne, WY
Permanent Full-time
2026-02616
Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
10/29/2026
Continuous
Non-Exempt
TNCF05
Description and Functions
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is hiring full-time Construction and Field Survey Technicians to join our team in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This is an exciting opportunity to build a rewarding career in public service while working amid the natural beauty and wide-open spaces of the Mountain West.
As a Construction and Field Survey Technician, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and improving Wyoming’s transportation infrastructure. Your work will include surveying, materials testing, and construction inspection—ensuring the quality, safety, and longevity of roads and structures that serve communities across the state.
Cheyenne, the state capital, is a community that combines historic western character with modern amenities. Nestled along the Front Range, it offers year-round access to outdoor recreation like hiking, mountain biking, skiing, fishing, and hunting. Each summer, the city hosts Cheyenne Frontier Days, one of the country’s premier rodeo and cultural festivals. With no state income tax, Wyoming also provides a distinct financial advantage and an exceptional quality of life.What’s in it for you?
$2,000 Hiring Bonus (Check out the Notes section for eligibility!)
Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
- Retirement - Pension and 457(b) plans that help you build a secure future
- Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
- Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities
and MUCH MORE! Click here for detailed information, or you can watch this short video to learn about our benefit package!
If you're looking for a career that blends purpose, professional growth, and the great outdoors, we invite you to explore this opportunity with WYDOT.
Human Resources Contact: Sabrina Ecker / 307-745-2111 / sabrina.ecker@wyo.gov
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.
- Inspects construction projects.
- Prepare, review, maintain, and file construction project records, estimates, and reports.
- Perform topographic surveys.
- Conducts aggregate gradation testing, density testing for earthwork and surfacing, and concrete testing.
- Performs survey tasks such as driving stakes, hubs, hold tapes, hold rods, and instrument operation.
- Performs minor surveying computations such as slopes, areas, volumes, cuts and fills, etc.
- Inspect pipe backfill and fill construction.
- Inspects paving operations to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
- Performs minor engineering computations such as areas, volumes, material spread rates, etc.
- Tests, samples, and reports of materials proposed to be used in construction projects.
- Reviews and learns test methods, manuals, and procedures.
- Performs testing and sampling on bridges and roadways for analysis.
- Reviews and learns traffic control methods, manuals, and procedures.
- Sets up, maintains, and removes a safe traffic control plan under live traffic conditions.
- Maintains traffic control devices in the field; performs traffic control duties.
- Assist in the investigation of existing roadways for forensic study.
- Assists in gathering samples, providing a safe working zone, flagging, etc.
- Ensures that proper equipment and supplies are loaded and in good working condition.
- Performs more complex lab tests of samples and documents results for QA/QC purposes.
- Serves as a technical resource for other employees; attends and completes all designated training sessions in order to maintain required certifications, and performs inspections.
- Communicates both internally and externally regarding project information and courses of action/consequences, on smaller projects.
- Oversee smaller projects and/or components of larger projects.
- Assists in permitting processes to obtain water, gravel, plant site, and surveying agreements and aids in the renewal and file maintenance of these agreements.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES/**AGENCY REQUIREMENTS:
**WYDOT Portland Cement Concrete Certification
KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of materials testing. Surveying methods and equipment operation.
- Knowledge of construction inspection which includes interpretation of plans and specifications.
- Knowledge of documentation of project records.
- Knowledge of communication with supervisors and contractors.
- Knowledge of working towards a leadership role.
- Knowledge of working outdoors and a variety of weather conditions.
- Knowledge of material testing, and ability to perform complicated computer calculations.
- Knowledge of survey methods & ability to apply such as uploading & downloading of survey files.
- Knowledge of computers and calculators.
- Knowledge of surveying.
- Knowledge of contract time, administration & contract changes.
- Knowledge of engineering computations/formulas.
- Knowledge of core drilling equipment, pneumatic & electric jackhammers, and hand tools.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
2-4 years of progressive work experience (typically in Construction and Field Surveying) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Construction and Field Survey Assistant
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
None
Necessary Special Requirements
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Potentially exposed to hazardous waste and biological waste.
- Working around high-speed traffic and heavy construction equipment.
- Work outdoors in a variety of inclement weather conditions to include heat, cold, snow, and wet.
- Physical Ability: Bending, stooping, and lifting to fifty pounds; safely lifting and moving necessary materials from one point to another; ability to stand for long periods.
- Must be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
- FLSA: Non-Exempt
- The Wyoming Department of Transportation is a Drug-Free Workplace.
- E-Verify: WYDOT uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
- **Qualifying eligibility and criteria for the hiring bonus
- Temporary employees accepting a full-time position.
- Current employees accepting a promotional opportunity - recruitment must have been opened to the public.
- One year of service to WYDOT must be completed; failure to complete this requirement will forfeit the hiring incentive, and funds will be recouped from final pay.
- Internal candidates would be required to remain in the position for a minimum of one (1) year from their promotion date.
- Employees would only be eligible for one (1) hiring bonus in a 12-month period.
- If the employee elects to downgrade through an active recruitment and/or appointment during the twelve (12) month period, they would be required to pay the bonus back.
Supplemental Information
045-Department of Transportation - WYDOT Chief Engineer - District Construction
URL: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wyoming/default.cfm
The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
$23.21 - $25.79 Hourly
Cheyenne, WY
Permanent Full-time
2026-02616
Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
10/29/2026
Continuous
Non-Exempt
TNCF05
Description and Functions
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is hiring full-time Construction and Field Survey Technicians to join our team in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This is an exciting opportunity to build a rewarding career in public service while working amid the natural beauty and wide-open spaces of the Mountain West.
As a Construction and Field Survey Technician, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and improving Wyoming’s transportation infrastructure. Your work will include surveying, materials testing, and construction inspection—ensuring the quality, safety, and longevity of roads and structures that serve communities across the state.
Cheyenne, the state capital, is a community that combines historic western character with modern amenities. Nestled along the Front Range, it offers year-round access to outdoor recreation like hiking, mountain biking, skiing, fishing, and hunting. Each summer, the city hosts Cheyenne Frontier Days, one of the country’s premier rodeo and cultural festivals. With no state income tax, Wyoming also provides a distinct financial advantage and an exceptional quality of life.What’s in it for you?
$2,000 Hiring Bonus (Check out the Notes section for eligibility!)
Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
- Retirement - Pension and 457(b) plans that help you build a secure future
- Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
- Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities
and MUCH MORE! Click here for detailed information, or you can watch this short video to learn about our benefit package!
If you're looking for a career that blends purpose, professional growth, and the great outdoors, we invite you to explore this opportunity with WYDOT.
Human Resources Contact: Sabrina Ecker / 307-745-2111 / sabrina.ecker@wyo.gov
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.
- Inspects construction projects.
- Prepare, review, maintain, and file construction project records, estimates, and reports.
- Perform topographic surveys.
- Conducts aggregate gradation testing, density testing for earthwork and surfacing, and concrete testing.
- Performs survey tasks such as driving stakes, hubs, hold tapes, hold rods, and instrument operation.
- Performs minor surveying computations such as slopes, areas, volumes, cuts and fills, etc.
- Inspect pipe backfill and fill construction.
- Inspects paving operations to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
- Performs minor engineering computations such as areas, volumes, material spread rates, etc.
- Tests, samples, and reports of materials proposed to be used in construction projects.
- Reviews and learns test methods, manuals, and procedures.
- Performs testing and sampling on bridges and roadways for analysis.
- Reviews and learns traffic control methods, manuals, and procedures.
- Sets up, maintains, and removes a safe traffic control plan under live traffic conditions.
- Maintains traffic control devices in the field; performs traffic control duties.
- Assist in the investigation of existing roadways for forensic study.
- Assists in gathering samples, providing a safe working zone, flagging, etc.
- Ensures that proper equipment and supplies are loaded and in good working condition.
- Performs more complex lab tests of samples and documents results for QA/QC purposes.
- Serves as a technical resource for other employees; attends and completes all designated training sessions in order to maintain required certifications, and performs inspections.
- Communicates both internally and externally regarding project information and courses of action/consequences, on smaller projects.
- Oversee smaller projects and/or components of larger projects.
- Assists in permitting processes to obtain water, gravel, plant site, and surveying agreements and aids in the renewal and file maintenance of these agreements.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES/**AGENCY REQUIREMENTS:
**WYDOT Portland Cement Concrete Certification
KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of materials testing. Surveying methods and equipment operation.
- Knowledge of construction inspection which includes interpretation of plans and specifications.
- Knowledge of documentation of project records.
- Knowledge of communication with supervisors and contractors.
- Knowledge of working towards a leadership role.
- Knowledge of working outdoors and a variety of weather conditions.
- Knowledge of material testing, and ability to perform complicated computer calculations.
- Knowledge of survey methods & ability to apply such as uploading & downloading of survey files.
- Knowledge of computers and calculators.
- Knowledge of surveying.
- Knowledge of contract time, administration & contract changes.
- Knowledge of engineering computations/formulas.
- Knowledge of core drilling equipment, pneumatic & electric jackhammers, and hand tools.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
2-4 years of progressive work experience (typically in Construction and Field Surveying) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Construction and Field Survey Assistant
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
None
Necessary Special Requirements
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Potentially exposed to hazardous waste and biological waste.
- Working around high-speed traffic and heavy construction equipment.
- Work outdoors in a variety of inclement weather conditions to include heat, cold, snow, and wet.
- Physical Ability: Bending, stooping, and lifting to fifty pounds; safely lifting and moving necessary materials from one point to another; ability to stand for long periods.
- Must be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.
- FLSA: Non-Exempt
- The Wyoming Department of Transportation is a Drug-Free Workplace.
- E-Verify: WYDOT uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
- **Qualifying eligibility and criteria for the hiring bonus
- Temporary employees accepting a full-time position.
- Current employees accepting a promotional opportunity - recruitment must have been opened to the public.
- One year of service to WYDOT must be completed; failure to complete this requirement will forfeit the hiring incentive, and funds will be recouped from final pay.
- Internal candidates would be required to remain in the position for a minimum of one (1) year from their promotion date.
- Employees would only be eligible for one (1) hiring bonus in a 12-month period.
- If the employee elects to downgrade through an active recruitment and/or appointment during the twelve (12) month period, they would be required to pay the bonus back.
Supplemental Information
045-Department of Transportation - WYDOT Chief Engineer - District Construction
URL: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wyoming/default.cfm
The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
See All 15 Entry Level Construction Technician Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find JobsEntry Level Construction Technician Job Market
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Technology & Software
- Manufacturing
- Construction & Real Estate
- Government & Public Sector
Entry Level Construction Technician Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level construction technician job?
Focus on hands-on experience first: internships, co-ops, or vocational coursework signal to employers that you can work safely on a job site. Certifications like OSHA 10 or a relevant technical credential give entry level candidates a concrete edge. Tailor your resume to highlight field exposure, even from school projects, and apply to openings that explicitly list zero to two years of experience as acceptable.
Which companies hire entry level construction technicians?
Companies hiring entry level construction technicians right now include Segra, Terracon Consultants, and Tolunay-Wong Engineers, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level tends to come from general contractors, infrastructure firms, and specialty trade companies that build entry level roles into their workforce development pipelines.
Are there remote entry level construction technician jobs?
Yes, though most roles in this field are on-site by nature. About 9% of entry level construction technician openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those positions typically involve inspection reporting, documentation, or project coordination work rather than direct field labor. On-site roles remain the most common path for candidates starting out.
Are these new grad construction technician jobs?
Yes, the openings listed here include new grad, recent graduate, and junior construction technician roles. A posting is new-grad friendly when it welcomes zero to two years of experience, accepts internships or co-op work in place of full-time history, or asks for a portfolio of relevant projects. If a listing does not require prior employment, it is designed for candidates entering the field for the first time.
Which industries hire the most entry level construction technicians?
Entry Level construction technician roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Technology & Software, and Manufacturing, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors drive entry level hiring because ongoing infrastructure projects, commercial builds, and facility expansion create a steady demand for technicians who can grow into specialized roles over time.