Signal Supervisor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops or assists with the development of internal plans for construction of new traffic signals, maintenance, and repair of existing traffic signals and related equipment.
• Reviews new equipment specifications for adherence to County criteria.
• Reviews traffic signal project plans for signals, signing, and striping details.
• Ensures that all traffic signal devices are designed, installed, repaired, operated, and maintained to federal, state and county specifications.
• Reviews traffic signal plan sets and prepares written/oral reports and recommendations.
• Provides information and assistance to the county traffic engineers, development review engineers, and capital improvement engineers as needed as well as other county staff, public agencies, and the public.
• Oversees the contract administration for traffic signal maintenance and contract support for traffic engineering projects.
• Maintains current traffic signal location and equipment inventories.
• Maintains and updates county standards and specifications for traffic signals.
• Determines the need for and purchases the materials required for spares and training.
• Maintains inventory of traffic signal materials/parts on hand.
• Maintains Douglas County traffic signal maintenance records.
• Maintains records of field inventory maps showing the location and size of conduits and the type of communications wire (copper and fiber).
• Prepares and manages work orders for signal work by county crews or contractors and implements work orders prepared by the Traffic Engineering / Traffic Operations Manager or Traffic Signal Systems Supervisor addressing materials, priorities, and scheduling.
• May provide support in directing the activities of various contractors or consultants doing traffic signal design, traffic signal construction, etc for the county.
• Supervises traffic signal technicians, temporary personnel, and others as assigned.
• Maintains the time sheet records of the employees of the Traffic Signal Operations Unit.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• A high school diploma or GED is required.
• Eight years of field experience or education involving the MUTCD including the design, installation, operation and maintenance of traffic signals, including the required signs and striping.
• Two years of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge and/or experience in fiber optics and radio communications preferred.