Senior Traffic Signal Technician

Work, Serve, Thrive.  With the City of Durham  

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $49,737.00 - $60,478.00

Workdays/Hours: 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. / Tuesday - Friday 

The Transportation Department plans, builds, and maintains a safe and vibrant multi-modal transportation network that supports safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability to provide a superior quality of life for our residents, businesses, and visitors.  If you're interested in helping bring innovative, community-focused transportation solutions to our community while growing in your career, come to Durham! 

Position devoted to maintaining and repairing City property, vehicles, roads and traffic systems, equipment and facilities, providing custodial services, and collecting, transporting and disposing municipal solid and yard waste through the performance of semi-skilled and skilled labor and technical work. Incumbents perform a broad range of technical work ranging from routine to specialized skilled labor, technical repairs or operation of heavy equipment.  Incumbents may assist in training staff and serve as a lead worker over other staff. Decision-making includes how and when tasks are carried out within an operational process, limited by the selection of the process and establishment of deadlines and outcomes.  Incumbents may serve as lead workers at a job site, setting up safe work zones and training and guiding less experienced staff in assignments.   

An incumbent is responsible for performing and/or leading skilled maintenance operations for assigned facilities or sites; receiving and processing work orders and service requests; inspecting facility, equipment, and/or vehicle conditions; installing, operating, and/or maintaining devices, vehicles, and other equipment; preparing and maintaining reports and records; addressing safety issues; and performing related duties.

• Performs and/or assists with coordinating maintenance operations; installs, operates, and/or repairs vehicles, signs, networks, cameras, pumps, pipes, water lines, radio systems, and other devices and equipment at assigned facilities or sites; performs skilled plumbing, carpentry, concrete work, masonry, painting, and welding duties; and/or performs preventative maintenance on HVAC equipment, tools, and small engines.
• Inspects conditions of equipment, vehicles, signs, networks, cameras, radio systems, devices, and other materials at assigned facilities or sites; sets up work safe zones and detour routes; directs traffic; and addresses safety issues to detect and troubleshoot maintenance-related issues; and ensures compliance with established safety and operational policies and practices.
• Operates light to heavy equipment, to include backhoes, excavators, dump trucks, front-end loaders, rollers, compactors, camera trucks, and flush trucks.
• Prepares and maintains reports and records, performs data entry, receives and processes work orders and service requests, and updates work order systems and related databases, to document and facilitate maintenance operations, and ensure compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

• Leading staff in the installation, adjustment and repair of traffic signals.
• Troubleshooting the fiber optic system.
• Building electrical services to specification.
• Responding to and resolving trouble calls.
• Logging daily work events in writing and electronic format.

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
• Four years of equipment operation, or technical repair experience in areas related to assignment.

• IMSA Traffic Signals Level I Certification.
• NC Class A Commercial Driver’s License within 6 months of hire.
• Forklift Operators Certification within 6 months of hire.

• IMSA Traffic Signal Level II Certification.
• Professional Operator Training for Insulated Aerial Devices and Digger Derrick.
• Experience identifying opportunities for and/or performing preventative maintenance on equipment and systems.
• Experience performing inventory of supplies and hardware and/or processing work orders for completion.
• Experience with overseeing the installation and maintenance of underground conduit systems, outside cable plant, wiring systems and/or utility pole line hardware installations.