TRAFFIC DEVICE MAINTAINER

City of New York • New York, NY

1d • $59,636 - $77,911 • Onsite

About The Position

Transportation Planning and Management is responsible for safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement on New York City streets. Traffic Control & Engineering administers, engineers, and operates the installation, manufacturing, maintenance, and removal of traffic control devices, including signs, pavement markings, flexible bollards, rubber speed bumps, benches, bike racks, and moveable barriers. The office also produces traffic signs in-house.

Traffic Device Maintainers install, maintain, and repair traffic control devices on streets and highways, including traffic signs, stanchions and supports, bus stop informational and regulatory signs, and pavement markings. They operate, maintain, and make minor adjustments to motor vehicles and field and shop equipment. Duties also include manual labor loading and unloading trucks and placing traffic devices, and working from ladders, tower trucks, and bucket trucks. Employees may be assigned to remove traffic encumbrances, operate a motor vehicle, and perform related duties. They must follow agency safety rules and ensure safety equipment and gear are properly used and worn at work sites. The role supports improved safety, accessibility, and mobility throughout New York City.

Requirements

• Two years of full-time satisfactory experience using hand and/or power tools to assemble, repair, maintain, and/or install mechanical and/or electrical devices; or a four-year high school diploma or equivalent plus one year of such experience; or graduation from an approved four-year trade, technical, or vocational high school with a mechanical or electrical major; or one year of such experience plus qualifying mechanical or electrical vocational training, with six months of acceptable experience credited for each year of training.
• At appointment, must possess a valid, unrestricted New York State Class B Commercial Driver License or a Class B Learner’s Permit.
• Applicants with a Class B Learner’s Permit must obtain an unrestricted Class B CDL by the end of the probationary period or they will be terminated.
• The unrestricted Class B CDL must be maintained throughout employment. Serious moving violations, license suspension, or accident history may disqualify.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and repair traffic control devices, including signs, stanchions and supports, bus stop signs, and pavement markings.
• Operate, maintain, and make minor adjustments to motor vehicles, pavement marking machines, air compressors, pavement breakers, snowplows, and other field and shop equipment.
• Load and unload trucks and place traffic devices and rigs.
• Climb and work from ladders, tower trucks, and bucket trucks.
• Remove traffic encumbrances, operate a motor vehicle, and perform other related duties when assigned.
• Comply with agency safety rules and ensure safety equipment and gear are used and worn properly at work sites.

What This Job Offers

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