Sign Manufacturing - Sign Production Sewist trainee

Sign Manufacturing - Sign Production Sewist trainee Job Description

Posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Join Helix Traffic Solutions – Traffic Control for a Safer Tomorrow

About Helix Traffic Solutions

We’re not just placing cones—we’re rethinking the way traffic moves. Helix Traffic Solutions is a national leader in traffic control, work zone safety, and roadway support services. Through a network of specialized operating companies across the U.S., Helix delivers reliable, innovative solutions that protect lives and keep communities moving safely.

About Highway Specialties

Highway Specialties is a proud member of the Helix Traffic Solutions network, serving communities across Oregon and Washington with customized traffic control and work zone safety solutions tailored to the unique challenges of the Pacific Northwest.

With a strong focus on safety, compliance, and efficiency, Highway Specialties supports a wide range of infrastructure and construction projects by providing the equipment, signage, and expertise needed to maintain safe and effective work zones.

Our services and capabilities include:

• Sales and rental of traffic control devices, safety equipment, and PPE
• Trailer-mounted traffic control devices, channelizing equipment, and clear, compliant signage
• Personal protective equipment including safety vests, hard hats, and safety glasses
• Flexible short-term rental and long-term purchasing options to support projects of any size
• A state-of-the-art in-house sign manufacturing department producing high-quality, durable signage
• Work-zone approved roll-up signs
  , along with rubber and metal bases for temporary installations
• Custom regulatory, warning, and project-specific signage built to industry standards

By combining high-quality equipment with expert service and precision sign production, Highway Specialties helps ensure safe, visible, and well-managed work zones across the region.

Why Work with Helix & Highway Specialties?

We’re a people-first organization with a mission centered on public safety and service. When you join Highway Specialties, you become part of a skilled local team backed by the strength, stability, and growth opportunities of the Helix Traffic Solutions national network. You’ll find:

• A strong culture of safety, teamwork, and accountability
• Hands-on work that directly supports safe, compliant work zones
• Opportunities for training, advancement, and internal mobility
• The support of a national organization with a locally driven, team-focused environment

What to Expect

Our work is fast-paced, hands-on, and essential. Every role at Highway Specialties plays a vital part in protecting workers, drivers, and communities across Oregon and Washington. If you’re safety-minded, detail-oriented, and looking for a career with purpose, we’d be proud to have you on our team.

Highway Specialties is an established and growing Northwest leader in traffic control safety equipment sales and rentals. As a Sign Manufacture Sewist Trainee, you will fabricate, assemble, and repair road, highway, traffic, and information signs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain communication with other departments around production expectations.
• Learn applicable sign standards and regulations and make best judgments to repair and design signs.
• Provide options for and advise Customer Service and/or customers on design suggestions or changes per applicable sign standards and regulations.
• Sew, repair, clean and manufacture signs for customers.
• Repair and re-legends signs per customer specifications.
• Recommend purchase of supplies; receive and put away products.
• Perform basic maintenance and repairs of sewing supplies, technology, and tools.
• Maintain a clean and organized shop, supplies, and tool inventory.
• Learn the basic operations of all equipment that Highway Specialties rents and/or sells.
• Support team by performing tasks related to organization and strong communication.
• Provide quick action on time‑sensitive issues.
• Gain product knowledge and learn industry terms.

Other Relevant Tasks and Obligations:

• Perform inventory counts.
• Assist customers picking up orders and returning products.
• Create customer relationships.
• Other duties as assigned.

Credentials and Qualifications

• Industry‑related experience
• Attention to detail
• Ability to use, repair, and maintain machines and tools
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Have reliable transportation to and from work

Skills

• Communication
• Professionalism
• Mechanical Aptitude
• Customer Service Skills
• Time Management
• Organization
• Project Management
• Inventory Management

Helix Traffic Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Affir…