Traffic Signal Maintenance Supervisor

City of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays

Retirement

Job summary

The City of Fayetteville is seeking a Traffic Signal Maintenance Supervisor to oversee, coordinate, and participate in the maintenance of traffic signals, including studies and timing implementations, within the Traffic Services Division.

The role requires supervising staff, coordinating with external agencies like NCDOT, and ensuring quality, safety, and timely delivery of projects while serving the public and council inquiries.

Qualifications

• Five years of increasingly responsible experience in traffic signal maintenance or related field.
• Equivalent to an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in electronic engineering, computer programming, or a related field.
• IMSA Traffic Signal Level II certification; Class B Commercial Driver’s License.
• IMSA Traffic Signal Level III certification; Class A CDL with no restrictions.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritize, assign, and review signal maintenance staff; set goals and practices.
• Participate in selection and evaluation of lower level staff; provide training; address deficiencies; apply discipline.
• Coordinate, implement, and inspect construction of traffic signals.
• Investigate and respond to citizen and city council's requests for transportation improvements; investigate complaints and provide information.
• Participate in travel for inspections and analysis of traffic control devices.
• Manage daily operations, maintenance and repair of the traffic signal maintenance section; establish work priorities; generate work orders; coordinate with internal departments and external agencies.
• Establish and maintain equipment and materials inventory; requisition and purchase parts to support operations.
• Assist in maintaining traffic signal system and timing implementations.
• Design new traffic signal layouts; review designs and perform timing studies.
• Coordinate traffic investigations, studies, control, accidents, and street closures.
• Coordinate traffic signal technician staff to isolate malfunctions and coordinate meetings with utilities, NCDOT, contractors, and others.
• Participate in employee selection; training; evaluate performance; discipline procedures.

Skills

Traffic signal maintenance

Staff supervision

Project coordination

Education

Associate's degree in electronic engineering or related field

Tools

IMSA Level II Certification

CDL Class B

Job description

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The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting for a Traffic Signal Maintenance Supervisor to oversee, coordinate, and participate in the activities and maintenance of traffic signals including traffic studies/investigations and traffic signal design; to coordinate traffic signal maintenance and activities with other divisions and departments and outside agencies; and, to provide highly complex staff assistance to the City Traffic Engineer. To supervise, assign, and review the work of staff responsible for providing traffic signal maintenance within the Traffic Service Division.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise and review the work of paraprofessional, technical, and maintenance staff responsible for providing signal maintenance for the Traffic Services Division; recommend and participate in the implementation of goals, objectives, and practices for providing effective and efficient services.
• Participate in the selection and evaluation of lower level staff; provide or coordinate staff training; work with employees to correct deficiencies; implement discipline procedures
• Coordinate, implement, and inspect the construction of traffic signals.
• Investigate and respond to citizen and city council's requests for transportation improvements; investigate complaints regarding roadway problems; answer questions and provide information to the general public.
• Participate in a variety of activities requiring travel including inspection and analysis of traffic control devices.
• Manage the daily operations, maintenance and repair of the traffic signal maintenance section; establish work priorities; generate work orders; make work assignments; coordinate work efforts and projects with internal departments and external agencies; review and evaluate work for quality and compliance with established standards.
• Establish and maintain equipment and materials inventory to meet operational needs; requisitions and purchases parts, materials and equipment to support traffic signal maintenance operations.
• Assist in maintaining traffic signal system and other related traffic signal timing implementations.
• Design new traffic signal layouts; review the designs of technical staff; perform and review traffic signal timing studies.
• Coordinate traffic investigations, studies, traffic control, accidents, and street closures.
• Coordinate and oversee traffic signal technician staff to isolate communications and electronic circuitry malfunctions.
• Coordinate a variety of meetings with utility companies, NCDOT, contractors, internal departments, external agencies and/or other applicable parties for the installation, upgrade and maintenance of traffic signal system related facilities.
• Participate in employee selection; provide or coordinate staff training; evaluate employee performance; work with employees to correct deficiencies; implement discipline procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Please Note: Candidates selected for hire will be required to submit proof of education prior to a firm job offer being made. Therefore, to avoid delays in the hiring process, it is strongly recommended that you attach a copy of your official graduation certificate(s) from higher level institution(s) at the time of your application submission.

Experience:

Five years of increasingly responsible experience in traffic signal maintenance or related field.

Training:

Equivalent to an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in electronic engineering, computer programming, or a related field.

LICENSING & CERTIFICATIONS:

Required:

International Municipal Sign Association (IMSA) Traffic Signal Level II certification; Class B Commercial Driver’s License.

Preferred:

IMSA Traffic Signal Level III certification; Class A Commercial Driver’s License with no restrictions.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Paid Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays
• Retirement

The City is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity at all levels of its workforce.