Driver License Examiner w/CDL - S. 70th Street (Bilingual)

About the role

Leave the long-haul lifestyle behind and put your CDL skills to work in a career that values your expertise. The Driver License Examiner w/CDL position with the Department of Transportation combines hands-on testing responsibilities, customer service, and fraud prevention in one dynamic role. Your knowledge and professionalism will help maintain highway safety while guiding customers through important licensing requirements. Enjoy a career where your experience is respected, your work is meaningful, and your evenings are your own.

The hiring office for this posting has a continuing need for Spanish speaking applicants. Individuals fluent in both English and Spanish are encouraged to apply. Individuals hired for these positions provide information and assistance to Spanish-speaking customers.

This position promotes highway safety by evaluating commercial and non-commercial driver applicants, verifying identification documents, and assisting customers with licensing services. Responsibilities include conducting examinations, processing applications, providing information, and ensuring compliance with licensing requirements. As a Driver License Examiner w/CDL, you will perform the following duties:

• Driver Testing: Administer knowledge, vision, pre trip, skills, and driving examinations for license applicants
• Identity Verification: Review identification documents, authenticate records, and detect potential fraud or identity theft
• Applicant Evaluation: Determine driver qualifications, assess vehicle conditions, and ensure testing standards are met
• License Processing: Process test results, applications, and licensing transactions for eligible customers
• Customer Guidance: Provide information about licensing services, testing procedures, CDL requirements, and restoration processes
• Program Compliance: Follow REAL ID regulations, customer service standards, fee waiver requirements, and training expectations

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment, 80 hours bi-weekly
• Work hours are 8:15 AM to 4:45 PM, Tuesday - Saturday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Overtime and travel as needed
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• One year of experience as a Driver License Examiner Assistant (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Two years of experience obtaining, evaluating, and providing information to the public.

Special Requirements

• This position requires an active Pennsylvania Driver’s License or equivalent and twenty-one years of age at the time of application.
• This position requires no suspensions or revocations of a driver’s license during the five year period immediately preceding employment.
• All employees in this job hired after February 28, 2022, are required to obtain an active unrestricted Class M driver’s license within the first six months of employment or before the end of the probationary period and maintain it during employment.
• This position requires possession of an active Class A Pennsylvania Commercial Driver's License or equivalent with the following endorsements: P and N. The Commercial Driver License cannot have any of the following restrictions: E, L, N, O, or Z.

Other Requirements

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.
• This position requires the selected candidate to undergo and pass a Fingerprint and Name-Based Criminal History Check prior to employment.

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).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• 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.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

Additional information

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
• your score may be lower than deserved.
• you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.