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Traffic Services Transportation Worker III

NC Department of Transportation
Raleigh, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 2/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/17/2025


    

How to Apply
You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/4tey52m5 by February 21.
 
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The Challenge
We are looking for an experienced Transportation Worker to join our Traffic Services team in our Wake County Maintenance yard.
 
In this role, you will:
    • Perform maintenance activities involving the installation, maintenance, and repair of traffic control devices along the state road network for Division 5's seven counties.
    • Perform maintenance activities, including posting regulatory ordinances (speed limits, no parking zones, etc.), installing traffic warning signs, flagging, installing historical makers, repairing/replacing damaged/weathered signs, speed zones, performing vegetation removal, installing road closures and properly signing detour routes.
    • Perform annual nighttime sign reviews for condition of sign reflectivity.
    • Maintain proper documentation for use in developing annual maintenance plan.
    • Perform snow and ice control operations during storms.
    • Maintain inventory of all signs and materials kept on the truck, such as posts, nuts, bolts, and specialized hardware for historical markers and decorative signposts.
    • Perform heavy lifting.
    • Oversee 2 sign crews by organizing, planning, and prioritizing their work and providing training to less experienced transportation workers.
    • Complete facility and worksite audits.
 
What You Bring
    • Experience installing traffic control (e.g., detours and lane closures) and roadway signs.
    • Customer service experience.
    • Demonstrated ability to supervise and train others in equipment operations and direct work crew daily activities.
    • Recordkeeping experience, such as tracking employee and equipment time and recording quantities of materials used.
    • Good eyesight (Glasses are okay).
    • Safety toe footwear.
    • Communications skills to communicate effectively.
    • Ability to work in extreme temperature conditions and walk/stand for long periods of time on uneven and sloping terrain and around high volumes of traffic.
    • Strength to perform heavy lifting.
    • Ability to safely operate CDL-required equipment/trucks with manual and automatic transmissions.
    • A Commercial Driver's License with Tanker (N) endorsement. (Don't Have It? STILL APPLY! You can get it through our on-the-job training within 360 days of hire.)
  
Education & Experience
    • High School/GED Diploma, and
    • 5 years experience operating equipment; or
    • An equivalent combination of training and experience.
 
Notes
    • We may require night and weekend work
    • We will perform a background check of your previous employers over the past 3 years about controlled substance and alcohol testing, and require a pre-employment drug test.
 
Questions?
Call me: Mark Santiago at 919-536-4000.
 
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