What are the responsibilities and job description for the SENIOR TRAFFIC PAINTER position at City of National City?
THE CITY:
National City’s multi-cultural population, mild climate and central location make National City a great place to live and work. The City takes great pride in its rich history and traditions, diverse cultures, dynamic and progressive atmosphere, strong community spirit, schools, neighborhoods and vibrant business districts. National City, San Diego County’s second oldest city, is truly “In the center of it all.” National City is 10 minutes from everywhere and positioned for prosperity, with proximity to the San Diego Bay, US-Mexico border, downtown San Diego, international airport, rail, San Diego State University, and other colleges and universities. National City is circled by interstates 5 and 805, and highways 54 and 15. For more information on the City of National City, please visit our website at: www.nationalcityca.gov
THE DEPARTMENT:
The Engineering & Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining the City's public assets, including all infrastructure, right of way, parks, facilities and the City’s vehicle and equipment fleet. The Engineering Division oversees the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Storm Water & Environmental Compliance, Traffic Safety, and Engineering Permits, Plan Checks and Inspections for private development. The Public Works operations team provides essential services for the community through its four Divisions: Streets & Wastewater Maintenance, Parks Maintenance, Facilities Maintenance, and Fleet & Equipment Maintenance.
THE POSITION:
Under direction, to schedule, supervise, and participate in the painting of pavement lane markings, legends, parking stalls, stop bars, and crosswalks; fabricate, install, and maintain traffic signs; and perform related duties as required. This position reports to the Public Works Crew Supervisor, within the Streets section of the Street & Wastewater Division of the Department.
ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULE:
This position typically works a 4/10 workweek from 6:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Thursday. City offices are closed on Fridays. All Crew Members have the responsibility to work Standby Duties, which consist of a 2 person, 1 week rotation, where they must be available to respond to after hours and weekend emergency call outs.
Supervises and participates in the work of traffic painting personnel, including determining work procedures, assigning duties, training, assisting in solving work problems, enforcing City regulations and policies, and promoting work efficiency; monitors the quality and quantity of the work of Traffic Painter; identifies problems in the quantity and quality of work and takes prompt and effective corrective action; trains subordinate Traffic Painter; identifies better methods and tests for possible improvements; ensures work tasks are performed in a safe manner, including placement of traffic cones to ensure proper traffic flow and the use of protective garments; supervises and participates in the removal of traffic lines using a grinder; paints traffic pavement markings, including stop bars, school crossings, and crosswalks, by operating a flatbed truck with airless units on a self-propelled striping machine, airless spray gun, and stencils; paints City curbs using a truck with airless unit and an airless spray gun; paints traffic directional stripes, operating a self-propelled line striper with mounted airless unit and regulators; properly cleans the equipment, flushing out all hoses and spray guns and cleaning and oiling the automatic spray guns; installs and repairs signs, replacing defective, destroyed, or damaged traffic signs and placing new traffic signs to regulate, safeguard, and expedite traffic; utilizes post hole digger, shovels, digging bars, brooms, ladders, and other hand and power tools; fabricates signs for traffic control and direction; correctly lays out letters on the sign blank and bakes in a sign processor.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of skilled, journey-level traffic painting experience.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN: The techniques, equipment, tools, and materials used in street painting operations and sign maintenance and fabrication; occupational hazards and proper maintenance and fabrication; occupational hazards and proper safety precautions; proper techniques for mixing and matching paints; Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other manuals of standard traffic painting practices; principles and methods of supervision and training; estimation of time and material costs.
ABILITY TO: Perform heavy and physically demanding work for lengthy and continuous periods of time; mix and blend paints to obtain desired colors; apply paints to street surfaces; plan, organize, and supervise work; maintain records and prepare administrative reports; identify paint and sign maintenance problems which need to be resolved and the methods of resolving them; design, lay out, paint, and fabricate a variety of types of signs, operating a heat applicator machine, spray paint equipment, and other sign/traffic paint equipment; deal effectively with the public; establish and maintain effective working relations with others; follow oral and written instructions.
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, OR SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a valid California Driver's License Class B license is required at the time of appointment.
Salary : $4,737 - $5,759
