Line Striper-Pavement Marking Technician

Job Responsibilities

• Work with striping crew to layout and install pavement markings on roadways, parking lots, and airports, etc.
• Perform and complete all work in compliance with DOT and quality guidelines, while maximizing production.
• Calculate field measurements using engineered plans and/or google earth images.
• Track and record quantities of pavement markings on each project.
• Perform traffic control. Example: flagging, short-term lane closures, and slow-moving mobile lane closures.
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
• Complete pre-trip and post-trip inspection and ensure equipment is in working order.
• Perform standard, preventative maintenance on all pavement marking equipment.
• Operate various equipment to install pavement markings, including airless paint machines, air-atomized paint trucks, epoxy plural component trucks, polyurea plural component trucks, thermoplastic trucks, thermoplastic detail units, thermoplastic hand-liners, grooving trucks, and water-blasting removal trucks.
• Load and unload trucks daily.
• Drive company trucks to transport materials and equipment to job sites.
• Perform other work-related duties as requested.

Requirements

• Previous experience in pavement marking, highway construction, or a related field, is a plus.
• Demonstrate mechanical aptitude.
• Knowledge and ability to adapt to the latest technology, including smart phones and applications.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License and good driving record, a CDL license is preferred.
• Must have a good driving record with no major violations within the last five years or be accepted by the company insurance policy provider to drive PLP Co. vehicles.
• Must comply with PLP Co. Substance Abuse Policy and DOT Drug Control Program, which includes pre-employment and random drug and/or alcohol testing.
• Must obtain Flagging Certification or Traffic Control Technician Certification.
• Typical physical demands of this job include sitting, standing, walking, climbing, reaching, lifting minimum of 50 lbs., carrying, pushing, pulling, dexterity of hands and fingers, seeing, hearing, and talking.
• Must be willing to work days, nights, weekends, and occasional travel.
• Exhibit teamwork.
• Employee must supply their own set of hand tools.
• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Working outdoors with variable temperature and weather conditions.
• Honest, trustworthy, dependable.
• Punctual. Must arrive at work by the designated start time.
• Willing to work days, nights, weekends, and occasional travel.
• Self-disciplined.
• Strong work ethic.
• Desire to learn and be trained.
• Able to learn through on-the-job training.
• Be a team player. Cooperate with co-workers.
• Polite to customers, contractors, and the traveling public.
• Be safe! Must adhere to safety requirements and procedures.
• Think quickly and act appropriately in emergency situations.
• Able to work diligently while under time restraints.
• Willing to accept change based on business needs.
• Laborers Local Union #910 Employer. Union benefits include healthcare, pension, and training.
• CDL Training, on-the-job
• Hours, overtime.
• Variety of Work – different place every day.
• Use work vehicles, not personal vehicles, to travel to and from job sites.
• Lodging and per diem paid for by the company for overnight stays.

Qualifications

• A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
• a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
• a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
• A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
• An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
• An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.