Lead Traffic Signal Technician

HIRING RANGE: $25.16 - $30.82 HOURLY

FULL SALARY RANGE: $25.16 - $36.49 HOURLY

THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED

The City of Allen is currently advertising two distinct opportunities to fill one Senior Signal Technician vacancy. This recruitment is being conducted concurrently with a Traffic Signal Technician position. Applicants are encouraged to review both postings and apply to the one the best aligns with their experience and interests. However, only one candidate will be selected. To view the alternate opportunity, please visit City of Allen Careers.

With over 100,000 residents, the City of Allen is a dynamic and welcoming community. The City of Allen's strong economy, diverse population, great educational institutions and quality of life makes it the ideal place to work, live, and play. The City of Allen has something to offer for everyone.

The City's Mission, is "To achieve excellence in managing development of the community and in providingcityservices so that conditions of living and public confidence are continually enhanced".

• People First – Giving priority to others
• Respect – Treating others with courtesy and dignity
• Integrity – Serving with honesty, trust and hard work
• Deliver – Following through on commitments while exceeding expectations
• Excel – Creating an innovative and improving work environment

The purpose of this position is to ensure the safe and efficient flow of City traffic. This is accomplished by supervising the maintenance of City signs and signals. Other duties may include maintaining traffic control equipment, residential roadway lighting and school zone flashers, performing traffic studies, providing safe working environments for City workers, providing various administrative services and by interfacing with other City employees and citizens.

This position provides direction to other employees.

The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Maintains traffic control equipment by running tests to ensure correct operation, performing preventative maintenance on signal hardware, troubleshooting and repairing traffic signal problems, installing new traffic signals, assisting the traffic engineer in programming and modifying signal‑timing plans, changing out controllers and implementing software needed by traffic engineer.
• Maintains school zone flashers by ensuring correct operation, maintaining knowledge of flasher assembly, installation and operation, programming clocks with school meeting times, running tests on flasher equipment and inspecting school zone flashers once a year.
• Performs traffic studies by providing hand‑held traffic counts for phase time studies and by placing and securing moveable counting units at different locations.
• Maintains residential roadway lighting by troubleshooting and making repairs, including ensuring lights are switched off during the repairs and back on post repair.
• Maintains safe working environments for City workers by setting out warning signs, safety cones and barricades, accounting for flow and density of traffic and by routing traffic with arrow board.
• Provides various administrative services by processing work orders, maintaining daily work logs and on‑call status, supervising work units and their activities, coordinating the message board and radar trailer placement and by providing preventative maintenance on aerial lift truck and other City vehicles.

Education & Experience

Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Six (6) months of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency plus four (4) years of relevant experience.

Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Certification and Other Requirements

• Valid Class C Drivers License.
• International Municipal…