Traffic Control Manager

Traffic Control Manager - Chicago, Illinois LAZ Parking Chicago, LLC

Address Chicago, IL, US

Compensation $60,000.00 - $65,000.00/year

Schedule Full time

Job Type Operations leadership

Industry Other

Highlights

• Manage and ensure daily business operation performs as expected
• Promote and train first-class customer service
• Lead, direct, and develop a team of employees to accomplish daily tasks

Want to hear something crazy? Cars only spend 5% of their time driving. Where do they spend the other 95%? PARKED! LAZ Parking is one of the largest and fastest growing parking companies in the country. LAZ operates hundreds of thousands of parking spaces across the country. When it comes to parking, we’re the experts! We are also a PEOPLE FIRST company.

We often say "parking is our industry but people are our passion." Our mission is to “create opportunities for our employees and value for our clients”. If you’re looking to join a growing company led by passionate people committed to being the best – contact us today!

The Spirit of the Position:

The Traffic Control Manager oversees the traffic control operation in Chicago's Events Operation under the direction of the Director of Operations to ensure 24/7 professional parking management and operational excellence. The operations manager supports the operational team to ensure the traffic control operation is running as expected, ensures all departments are successful in completing daily tasks and duties and helps coach, train and improve upon areas of opportunity.

Principal

Job Duties:

- Manage and ensure daily business operation performs as expected; understand and report any anomaly that may occur that would impede usual business practices and flow.

- Promote and train first-class customer service.

- Lead, direct, and develop a team of employees to accomplish daily tasks and duties that will ensure daily reporting to the city meets contractual obligation and compliance

- Identifying high-potential employees to support the organization’s continued growth.

- Assist with the management and development of staff to accomplish annual and periodic goals/initiatives, while embodying and using LAZ Parking’s culture as a guideline.

- Identify, develop and modify procedures that improve efficiency and workplace safety.

- Manage the planning, scheduling, training, and directing of activities for the front-line staff, leads and supervisors to ensure expectations are met.

- Administer and assist in proper time entries into payroll system, payroll processing; ensuring sign off of electronic timecards on a weekly basis; collaborating with the local payroll department to ensure pay data is completed properly.

- Work with Human Resources to ensure proper wage and hour compliance.

- Assist in producing and delivering Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Annual operational and financial reports as required.

- Managing, planning, scheduling, training, and directing the staff activities, which may require compliance with the Collective Bargaining Agreements.

- Implement and complete other projects, programs, and initiatives that may arise from the operation of the assigned portfolio.

- Communicate with airport police department and emergency management teams regarding operations.

- Additional related duties as assigned.

Skills:

- Ability to seek improvement and create an environment of idea sharing and creative problem solving.

- Strong customer service skills and abilities.

- Ability to identify areas of improvement and implement collaborative changes

- Ability to be approachable and facilitate coaching conversations with employees and managers.

- Ability to mitigate and lead others to overcome challenges (Never Ever Give Up Attitude).

- Ability to encourage open expression of ideas and opinions.

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