Traffic Control Painter

Responsibilities

Supervises and participates with a crew engaged in the operation of street painting equipment. Responsible for painting traffic control lines, markings on street surfaces, and the fabrication of traffic control signs. Performs skilled tasks including brush or spray painting and silk‑screening of sign blanks, using sign design software to design and fabricate traffic control and other signs, and operating street striping equipment.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from high school (or G.E.D.).
• Experience:
  
  Must have one year of experience in one of the following areas:
  • Traffic control street painting in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
  • Traffic control mechanic assigned to a sign or paint crew.
  • Sign design and fabrication.
• OR 3 years of experience as a trades worker performing construction, carpentry, or tool shop work.

Must possess a valid driver’s license at the time of appointment and maintain thereafter as a term and condition of continued employment. Within 150 days of appointment must obtain and maintain a valid Ohio Class B Commercial Driver’s License (C.D.L.), including the qualification to operate a vehicle with air brakes and any other endorsements required by the State of Ohio. Out‑of‑state residents must have equivalent licenses from their state of residence within the prescribed 150 days of appointment.

While performing the duty of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals and works with moving mechanical parts. The employee is exposed to vibration for extended periods of time and works in wet and/or humid conditions; outside weather conditions; extreme cold and extreme heat. The employee must work in and around live vehicular traffic for extended periods of time.

Must be a full‑time permanent or part‑time permanent employee in pay grade 117 (Wage) or below, pay grade 25 (Clerical) or below, or equivalent, and have been employed for 6 consecutive months by the City of Dayton in a classified Civil Service position.

Final appointment is contingent upon the applicant passing a job‑related medical examination and providing documentary evidence of Employment Authorization and Identity.