Senior Signal Technician

City of Springfield • Springfield, MO

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About The Position

The City of Springfield is hiring a Senior Signal Technician, with the option to underfill the position as a Signal Technician. The role performs senior-level assembly, installation, maintenance, and repair of solid-state electronic traffic-control equipment, including ITS field hardware, communications systems, and related electrical traffic-management and control equipment. Senior-level work requires judgment, independence, and the ability to complete difficult and complex traffic-signal repairs.

Transportation Management, a division of the Department of Public Works, maintains the city’s signal operations, traffic cameras, DMS boards, and interconnect, and conducts traffic data collection. Multiple professional engineers, technicians, and support staff perform operations related to the traffic-signal system.

Applicants must meet the education, experience, and certification requirements for either the Senior Signal Technician or the Signal Technician underfill. The City requires proof of U.S. citizenship or authorization to work in the United States and pre-employment drug testing. Applicants must complete the City’s online application in full; resumes alone are not accepted as applications, though they may be submitted as supplemental documentation.

Requirements

• For the Senior Signal Technician level: a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in electronics or a related field and three years of appropriate experience, including two years assisting with traffic-signal maintenance and repair; or an associate’s degree in electronics and five years of appropriate experience, including at least four years of traffic-signal maintenance and repair; or an equivalent combination of college-level education, training, or electronics/electrical-systems experience totaling seven years of appropriate experience, including at least four years assisting with traffic-signal maintenance and repair.
• For the Signal Technician underfill: a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in electronics or a related field and one year assisting with traffic-signal maintenance and repair; or an associate’s degree in electronics and three years of appropriate experience, including at least two years assisting with traffic-signal maintenance and repair; or an equivalent combination of college-level education, training, or electronics/electrical-systems experience totaling five years of appropriate experience, including at least two years assisting with traffic-signal maintenance and repair.
• Senior Signal Technician applicants must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Senior Signal Technician applicants must possess International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) Traffic Signal Technician Level II and/or Traffic Signal Electrician Level II certification.
• Signal Technician underfill applicants must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Signal Technician underfill applicants must obtain International Municipal Signal Association (ISMA) Traffic Signal Technician Level I and/or Traffic Signal Electrician Level I certification.
• Applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship or authorization to work in the United States.
• Pre-employment drug testing is required.
• Applicants must complete the City of Springfield online application in its entirety and provide complete, accurate employment history; a resume alone is not accepted as the application.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, install, maintain, and repair solid-state electronic traffic-control equipment.
• Work with ITS field hardware, communications systems, and related electrical traffic-management and control equipment.
• Perform difficult and complex traffic-signal repair work, exercising judgment and independence.
• Support the city’s traffic-signal system and related operations, including signal operations, traffic cameras, DMS boards, interconnect, and traffic data collection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior