Traffic Engineer Technician

NEEDED: Traffic Engineer Technician

LOCATION: COLUMBUS CIVIC CENTER 400 4th St Columbus GA 31901

HOURS: As Needed/ Event Driven 7 days a week MondaySunday 12:00 AM 12:00 PM

DRESS CODE: Black or brown shoes and black pants

REQUIREMENTS:

• Dependable Transportation
• Dependable and punctual attendance

Job Summary: This position is responsible for performing technical duties in the design maintenance and management of city roadways.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts field investigations; collects processes and analyzes data of traffic and safety inquiries from the public city officials and state agencies; designs and maintains database and files for traffic data; presents final results and conclusions in oral and written reports letters spreadsheets and assessments.
• Designs drafts prepares and interprets complex engineering drawings maps architecture plans signal designs GIS and CAD drawings used in presentations correspondence studies news releases and division projects.
• Creates and maintains electronic templates symbols and standards for use in standard documentation and correspondence.
• Conducts street light investigations for new subdivision street construction and individual citizen requests; creates street light documentation for new authorized installations by local power companies; creates and maintains street light inventory map and supporting elements.
• Evaluates assigns and coordinates with other departments work order requests from the Citizens Service Center.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the accepted principles and practices of traffic and/or civil engineering. Knowledge of traffic signal/system design and operations.
• Knowledge of the principles of street lighting design.
• Skills in the use of personal computers and jobrelated software programs.
• Skills in problem solving and decision making.
• Skills in oral and written communication.

Supervisory Controls:

• The Traffic Engineering Manager assigns work in terms of general instructions.
• The supervisor spotchecks completed work for compliance with procedures accuracy and the nature and propriety of the final results.

Guidelines:

• Guidelines include the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices state department of transportation guidelines and city and division policies and procedures.
• These guidelines are generally clear and specific but may require some interpretation in application.

Complexity:

• Work consists of related technical duties. Strict deadlines contribute to the complexity
• of the position.

Scope and Effect:

• The purpose of this position is to perform technical duties in the design maintenance and management of city roadways.
• Successful performance results in a roadway network that moves goods and people safely and efficiently.

Personal Contacts:

• Contacts are typically with coworkers developers contractors engineers media representatives insurance companies educators and the general public.

Purpose of Contacts:

• Contacts are typically to give or exchange information resolve problems and provide services.

Physical Requirements:

• Work is typically performed while intermittently sitting standing or stooping.
• Frequently lifts light and occasionally heavy objects and uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity.

Supervisory and Management Responsibility: None.

Educational and Training Requirements:

• Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education.
• Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid drivers license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.