Sign Technician

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A Traffic Sign Technician performs a variety of semiskilled tasks involved in the production of Island County's road signs, maintenance repair and traffic control signs and pavement markings on county maintained roads.

• Maintains signs in Island County
• Monitors bulletin boards daily in each road shop for new issues regarding signage that may have been reported by the community or noted by county employees.
• Constantly evaluates all signage when driving county roads for maintenance, repair, and replacement needs and for MUTCD code standards.
• Installs traffic control, warning, street, construction, and other regulatory signs in county maintained areas.
• Cleans, maintains, and services road signs as needed and/or reported.
• Determines appropriate signage and placement of signs and barriers per MUTCD codes.
• Installs and maintains any and all Grant signage as needed.
• Checks and maintains minimal inventory on the truck for sign maintenance and repair daily.
• Installs and maintains solar-powered signs.
• Makes signs as needed when signs are stolen, vandalized or need replacement due to age and weatherization.
• Utilizes a graphic computer systems in the manufacturing of traffic signs, layout designs and storage of designs in the computer for future use and records.
• Determine sign layout for fabrication.
• Fabricates signs in the sign shop through application of pressure sensitive adhesive material to metal sign blanks.
• Sets and places traffic counting equipment.
• Marks roads
• Assembles equipment and supplies: (i.e., stencils, line stripping machine, line paint, chalk string line, tape measures, orange cones, caution tape…)
• Assures the safety of the painters and drivers by proper signage and cones, flagger placement where indicated.
• For parking lots, posts time frame signage in order to ensure that there will be no overspray to vehicles
• Measures and ensures proper placement/alignment before painting or tape.
• Stencils placed where needed.
• Paints or applies heat-sensitive tape where indicated.
• Applies reflection glass beads where indicated to ensure visibility and reflection at night.
• Removes tapes and cones when it is dry enough to be driven over and cleans up supplies and project signage.

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to uses graphic instructions such as: blueprints, schematic drawings, layouts or water plats to select, fabricate, and install signs and other traffic control devices in property location/order.
• Considerable knowledge of the safe and proper use and care of manual, electrical, gas and hydraulic powered tools and equipment used in the assigned functional area.
• Knowledge of and ability to uses tools such as: metal shears, power sanders, power grinders, drill press, portable jackhammer, fork lift, vehicle foot‑ometer to accomplish work.
• Considerable knowledge of the proper placement of barricades and signage for road and lane closures needed for the protection of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
• Ability to read and interpret a variety of temperatures for extended periods of time.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communications with other employees and the public.
• Ability to perform duties with a professional and cooperative work ethic.
• While performing the essential functions of the job, the employee is regularly required to lift, move or carry objects up to 100 pounds; ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, utilize feet and legs or hands and arms; maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, stand, crouching or navigating surfaces; bending body downward and forward by bending spine and legs;
  
  move about on hands and knees or hands and feet; use hand and finger, handle or feel objects; and to reach with hands and arms.
• While performing the essential functions of this position the employee is frequently exposed to fumes, odors, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic substances, excessive noise, vehicular traffic and dampness/humidity.
• Ability to dig for long periods of time when replacing signs.