Traffic Control Supervisor

This is the fourth of four levels in the Traffic Control series. Incumbents coordinate the installation, maintenance and repair of streetlights, traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings. Responsibilities may include prioritizing and assigning work orders; maintaining an inventory of materials and equipment; designing traffic control plans and electrical systems; collecting traffic data; providing input into the preparation of a budget; monitoring a budget; maintaining operational and financial records; and supervising lower-level employees.

Essential Functions:

• Supervises staff to include prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.

• Coordinates, schedules, and supervises all traffic maintenance and control activities to assure that work is performed efficiently and according to appropriate guidelines, procedures, and regulations.

• Performs a variety of complex technical work related to assigned area of responsibility; collects and analyzes traffic data; designs traffic control plans and electrical systems; serves as a technical expert for the most complex maintenance issues and problems; and participates in subordinate project work, as necessary.

• Monitors a project budget, which includes providing input into the budget preparation and approving expenses.

• Monitors and maintains available inventory; requisitions supply, as necessary.

• Performs other work as required.

Education and Experience

• Associate’s Degree in a course of study related to the occupational field.

• Two (2) years of experience in traffic control.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.

License and Certifications

• IMSA Work Zone Certification.

• IMSA Level I Traffic Signal Certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Supervisory principles.

• Traffic control practices and procedures.

• Traffic signal and marking layout principles, procedures, and methods.

• Standard uses of traffic control devices.

• Inventory principles.

• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and standards.

• Basic budgeting principles.

• Recordkeeping principles.

• Computers and related software applications.

Skill in:

• Prioritizing and assigning work.

• Monitoring and evaluating employees.

• Using applicable tools and equipment.

• Maintaining and monitoring inventory and supplies.

• Applying applicable laws, codes, and standards.

• Monitoring a budget.

• Maintaining records.

• Using a computer and related software applications.

• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

Physical Requirements:

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: 

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound. 

• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. 

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. 

• Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something steady to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. 

• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time. 

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles. 

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

• Visual ability 2: sufficient to include color, depth perception, and field vision.

• Visual ability 3: sufficient to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

• Visual ability 4: sufficient to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, both day and night.

• Visual ability 5: sufficient to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.

Salary : $60,598