City Rise Traffic - Traffic Control Lead: Santa Maria
About The Position
City Rise Traffic is a well-established and growing company providing high-quality traffic control safety services to construction sites. They offer services such as flagging traffic through a work site, lane closures to divert traffic, or detouring traffic to reduce traffic congestion and prevent accidents. The company serves various industries and focuses on maintaining a safe work environment for construction crews, employees, and the public. The Traffic Control Lead plays a crucial role in onsite leadership and supervision of the traffic control work crew, ensuring the successful and safe execution of all traffic control work, including flagging setups, lane closures, road closures, detours, and freeway closures. The Lead is also involved in the training and development of traffic control employees, collaborating with safety & training and field operations to maintain job-site compliance through evaluations, inspections, training, and performance reviews.
Requirements
- Current LIUNA membership with journey person classification, applicable CBA required
- Proficient knowledge of the Caltrans MUTCD
- Can read and understand traffic control plans and permits
- Can establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers and others
- Can work independently with minimum supervision while prioritizing workloads to meet deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
- Work in high-volume outdoor locations with multiple interruptions throughout the day
- Strong conflict resolution techniques
- Strong leadership skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Excellent multitasking, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Basic computer skills required
- Valid CA driver’s license with a clean driving record/insurable
- Experience driving medium duty vehicles and towing trailers
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual in English/Spanish
Responsibilities
- Supervise job site
- Develop superior knowledge of work zone setup and professional traffic control responsibilities
- Provide the highest level of customer service to all customers, including on-time arrival and well-managed work zones
- Implement Traffic Plans & Permits
- Complete daily Job Hazard Analysis and conduct tailgate meetings
- Onsite client contact
- Maintain a consistent and unrelenting focus on safety throughout all job functions
- Manage day-to-day work zone set up, maintenance and tear down, meeting or exceeding customer, state, federal and company expectations
- Recognize dangers using hearing and vision
- Handle stressful situations and take safe action to avoid serious injuries to any pedestrians, vehicles, customers, and employees
- Understand traffic signals/signs, traffic plans and customer requests
- Communicate with customers, the public, and with other team members
- Follow company and MUTCD guidelines for effective, safe and well-managed work zones
- Drive company trucks
- Tow and operate towable equipment
- Keep equipment in trucks well organized and in working order
- Evaluate employee performance
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Great benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
