Traffic Services Technician

Build Your Skills. Work Outdoors. Make a Difference.

Join our team for a hands-on career where every day brings something new! Enjoy on-the-job training, opportunities to learn valuable new skills, work outdoors, and operate a variety of specialized equipment. Plus, take advantage of great benefits, standby pay, and overtime opportunities while doing important work that helps keep our community safe and moving.

This position open until filled. Anticpated starting annual wage is $52,276.94, with a full salary range up to $76,031.72.

Under the direction of the Traffic Maintenance Supervisor, perform a variety of specialized and responsible duties involving the construction, maintenance, repair and placement of traffic signs, traffic signals, street lights, pavement markings and related structures exercising considerable independent judgement to ensure the safe and efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Construct, maintain and remove temporary traffic control for special events and emergency response.

Assist with the maintenance of City streets, alleys and storm systems as needed.

Perform responsible duties in the construction, programing, maintenance, and repair of traffic signal equipment and associated structures including, but not limited to, signal cabinets, controllers, mmu, a variety of vehicle detection systems, relays, power supplies, UPS systems, internal and field wiring, signal and pedestrian heads, pre-emption detectors, pedestrian buttons, poles, mast arms, and span wires. Provide technical advice to construction inspectors for installations performed by contract services.

Perform quarterly operational and safety checks of signal systems using both visual inspection and electronic testing equipment to identify, diagnose and correct found issues and operational malfunctions.

Perform responsible duties in the construction, maintenance, and repair of the street light illumination systems and associated structures including, but not limited to, electrical services and components, poles, luminaires, j-boxes, photocells, and associated wiring up to 480 volts Ac. Provide technical advice to construction inspectors for installations performed by contracted services.

Perform responsible duties in the construction, maintenance and repair of traffic regulatory, warning, school, guidance and other signage and associated hardware including, but not limited to, signs, astrobrackets, posts, breakaways and a variety of mounting hardware. Fabricate new signs using graphics software and plotter. Install new or remove old signage as indicated in traffic orders or construction plans. Perform visual inspections to check for sight obstructions, cleanliness, retro reflectivity and damage.

Correct identified issues or damage.

Perform responsible duties in the construction and maintenance of both painted and permanent pavement markings regulating and directing pedestrian and vehicular traffic including those applied to roadways, crosswalks, parking lots, curbs, traffic islands and any other areas as directed. Use and maintain painting equipment and associated tools used in pavement marking activities including operation, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, troubleshooting, and performing minor repair of portable and roadway stripers.

Operate and maintain propane baking machine and torches to meltand apply permanent pavement marking material. Install new or remove old markings as indicated in traffic orders or construction plans.

Perform temporary traffic control for special events, emergency services requests, winter snow events, flooding or any other emergency occurrence. In the case of planned events work includes setup, maintenance and removal as required in an approved traffic control plan. During emergency events field design by the technician will be required to conform to the situation at hand.

Perform all duties discussed above in accordance with City, State, and Federal policies and procedures including, but not limited to, the Federal MUTCD traffic manual and the Standard Highway Signs Design Guide.

Operate a variety of heavy and light vehicles and equipment including, but not limited to, paint truck, boom truck, bucket truck, forklift, backhoe, dump truck, deicer distributor, snow plow, portable and roadway paint stripers, trench compactor, pavement saws, jackhammer, air…