Outdoor Traffic Signal Electrician Apprentice - Travel Ready

State of Louisiana; Baton Rouge (LA); Presencial; USD 22.000 - 29.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

State of Louisiana's Department of Transportation and Development seeks personnel to install, maintain, and repair traffic signal systems statewide. This is primarily an outdoor role; workers must perform in heat and various weather, and be willing to travel weekly with lodging and per-diem provided.

Duties include assembling signals, wiring, and telecommunications cabling, operating bucket and pole trucks, and testing electrical circuits.

Formación

• No experience or training is required.
• Chauffeur's License (Class D) is required to begin employment.

Responsabilidades

• Assembles and installs traffic signals in accordance with plans and the current LA DOTD Standards and Specifications.
• Inspects all materials used by the signal personnel on a daily basis.
• Installs, repairs, and/or modifies new traffic signals and flashing beacons. The incumbent installs electrical service equipment for traffic signal control devices.
• Erects new signal poles by using a derrick digger to bore holes in the ground for setting wood poles and building concrete foundations for steel poles. The incumbent uses bucket trucks for installing span wire between poles to support signals, signs, and various cables.
• Lashes various sizes of electrical control cable to spans for connecting signals to control equipment.
• Installs telephone cables and fiber optic cables to provide communications within DOTD and for other state agencies.
• Utilizes electrical testing meters during testing and troubleshooting of electrical service and control circuits.
• Uses locators to locate existing underground traffic signal wiring and devices that could be damaged during construction projects.

Conocimientos

Outdoor work

Will travel

Basic mechanical aptitude

Chauffeur's license class D

Herramientas

Bucket trucks

Pole trucks

Derrick digger

Trenchers

Pavement saws

Electrical meters

Locators

Descripción del empleo

State of Louisiana's Department of Transportation and Development seeks personnel to install, maintain, and repair traffic signal systems statewide. This is primarily an outdoor role; workers must perform in heat and various weather, and be willing to travel weekly with lodging and per-diem provided.

Duties include assembling signals, wiring, and telecommunications cabling, operating bucket and pole trucks, and testing electrical circuits.