Sign & Marking Worker I

Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County • Athens, GA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this job is to install, maintain, and repair Athens-Clarke County traffic signs and pavement markings. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, fabricating and erecting signs; painting intersections, railroad crossing and curbs; installing traffic counters; placing traffic cones; and performing additional tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent with one year of sign and roadway marking and maintenance, sign replacement, sign fabrication, vinyl installation, metal work, construction, carpentry, manual labor, farm work, forklift operations, mechanical, or related experience required; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position.
• Must possess a valid Driver's License.
• Must be physically able to operate a variety of machinery and equipment including equipment and tools such as jet blaster, paint roller, post driver, air compressor, small striping machine, one ton trucks, torches, forklifts, paint mixer, band saw, sign printer and sign plotter, mechanics and carpenters tools, and lawn equipment.
• Must be able to use body members to work, move or carry objects or materials.
• Stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motion.
• Must be able to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently.
• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
• Requires the ability to hear, speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving assignments and/or directions from supervisors.
• Requires the ability to read a variety of maps, sign and paint work orders, the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and informational documentation, directions, instructions, and methods and procedures.
• Requires the ability to prepare sign and paint work orders using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
• Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
• Requires the ability to learn and understand basic principles and techniques; to acquire and be able to expound on knowledge of topics related to primary occupation; and to make independent judgement in the absence of management.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently.
• Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; add and subtract totals; multiply and divide; and determine percentages.
• Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape, visually with sign & marking equipment and mechanics and carpenters tools.
• Requires the ability to coordinate hands, fingers, and eyes accurately in using sign & marking equipment and mechanics and carpenters tools.
• Requires the ability to lift, bend, push, pull, manipulate equipment/tools and objects as the position necessitates.
• Must have the ability to use one hand for twisting or turning motion while coordinating other hand with different activities.
• Must have moderate levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Must be adaptable to performing under moderate stress when confronted with an emergency.
• Must be able to communicate via telephone, two-way radio.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with basic computer skills, including working with program, word processing, spreadsheets, file management, e-mail, and printing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists with installing regulatory, warning, guide, construction, detour, and special signs as needed.
• Assists in placing computerized traffic counters throughout the county.
• Assists with driving posts; uses hydraulic post puller to pull sign posts.
• Assists with fabricating signs of all kinds.
• Loads materials on truck, such as sign posts, signs, street name plates, bolts, nuts and proper fluid for truck and compressor.
• Assists in operating jet blaster and grinder to remove old pavement markings.
• Assists with laying out and installing thermoplastic.
• Assists in painting intersections, railroad crossings, and curbs; assists in operating small striping machine for various jobs.
• Removes sight restrictions, such as tree limbs, from intersections.
• Installs ceramic buttons and raised markers.
• Assists with flagging traffic.
• Assists with unloading posts and signs.
• Maintains clean shop areas; unloads commercial trucks.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period
• Equal opportunity employer
• Commitment to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED