TRAFFIC SIGN TECHNICIAN I

About the Role

This is a service maintenance position focused on the installation and maintenance of traffic and street signs, as well as the application of pavement markers. This position reports to an assigned supervisor and works a forty (40) hour week, with potential for overtime.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists with the fabrication, assembly, installation, maintenance, and repairs of traffic and street signs.
• Assists with painting pavement markings using a striping machine, brush, spray gun, and other equipment.
• Operates a motor vehicle to and from work sites and for picking up supplies and equipment.
• Prepares and maintains records on completed tasks.
• Provides information, answers questions, and obtains clarification on issues related to traffic and street signs and pavement markings.
• Uses shovels, posthole diggers, hand tools, air compressors, and jackhammers.
• Performs manual labor, including digging holes and lifting, loading, and unloading materials and equipment.
• Assists in traffic signal maintenance with supervision and training.
• Attends and completes periodic technical training related to highway signage, maintenance, and installation duties.
• Completes all written documentation related to the job function.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Tools & Equipment: Shovels, posthole diggers, hand tools, air compressors, jackhammers, striping machine, brush, spray gun.
• Vehicle Operation: Motor vehicle.

Qualifications

• Education: High school graduate or equivalency diploma.
• Licenses/Certifications:
• Possession of a valid State Drivers License.
• Must obtain and maintain a FDOT Intermediate Maintenance of Traffic (IMOT) Certification within six (6) months of hire.
• Knowledge:
• Guidelines, work instructions, routines, and procedures for the installation, maintenance, and repair of traffic and street signs and the application of pavement markings.
• Occupational hazards and safety precautions.
• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for streets and highways published by the Federal Highway Administration.
• Skills & Abilities:
• Ability to communicate with courtesy, tact, and effectiveness.
• Ability to perform math computations.
• Ability to prepare and maintain records.
• Ability to read maps.
• Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to perform manual labor, including lifting, loading, unloading, and transporting materials.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Skilled in erecting signs and mixing small batches of concrete.
• Physical Skills:
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: On ladders, on steps, or on the ground for sustained periods.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, at times for long distances.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to higher position or moving objects horizontally. Lifting up to 100 lbs.
• Grasping: Picking, pinching, and manipulating small objects in confined spaces.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Work Environment: Indoor and outdoor field environment with exposure to heat, dust, odors, fumes, cold, and wet adverse climatic conditions.