Traffic Signal Technician
About The Position
Performs skilled/semi-skilled work associated with streetlight operation, repair, and maintenance duties; performs related work as required. This role involves troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining streetlights and traffic signals, including wiring, component replacement, and system diagnostics. The technician will also be responsible for documentation, inventory management, and responding to emergencies. Additionally, the role requires operating various equipment, performing general maintenance, and ensuring the proper functioning of traffic control systems according to engineering specifications.
Requirements
- A High School diploma or GED equivalent is required.
- Two (2) years of maintaining, installing, and/or repairing streetlights.
- Must possess an International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) Level I Roadway Lighting or Level I Traffic Signal Certification at time of hire.
- Must possess a valid Arizona Driver’s License at the time of hire.
- Ability to read work orders.
- Ability to perform general math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Ability to write work orders and reports.
- Ability to troubleshoot electrical problems.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Cobalt Safetran System Controller preferred.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered if sufficient to perform the essential duties of the role as listed herein.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoots, repairs and maintains streetlights including lamp, photocell, ballast, fuses, and related devices.
- Rewires ballasts and light poles, locates power sources to streetlights, and installs street light wiring systems.
- Repairs and maintains traffic signals and poles as needed.
- Maintains new signals & City Center Project installations.
- Documents history of signal repairs for record keeping.
- May respond to emergencies, after-hours calls, outages, and system failures as required.
- Maintains inventory, installation, maintenance, repair, replacement records, and related work order records.
- Operates a variety of equipment, machinery, power, and hand tools related to this position.
- Performs general maintenance and cleaning on equipment, machinery, and tools.
- Keeps inventory of tools, materials, and supplies.
- Ensures adequate inventory of materials.
- Monitors City streets to identify downed poles, inoperative lights, needed repairs, or other situations requiring attention; initiates corrective action.
- Diagnose and coordinates issues related to controller programming per engineering's timing and programming specs.
- Responsible for locating utility traffic signals and fiber optics/blue stake.
- Assist the operations of the signs and markings job duties as needed.
- Performs routine preventative maintenance on traffic signals and streetlights.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
