Technician III (Traffic Signals)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Install equipment, including but not limited to cameras, detectors, and controller cabinets.
• Installs electrical conductor, data conductor, and fiber optic cables.
• Installs pull boxes, conduit, poles, and foundations.
• Connects conductors to equipment to make the equipment work correctly.
• Connects electrical conductors to power services to energize equipment.
• Tests devices to ensure they work correctly.
• Prepares logs to keep track of field conditions and installation activities.
• Mentors/trains less experienced technicians.

Required Skills

• Typically requires a minimum of 5-8 years of related experience.
• Fully experienced in programming and troubleshooting all aspects of intersections with multiple phases, to include troubleshooting of loops, pedestrian, and vehicle detection BIUs, conflict monitors, controllers, pedestrian signals, and LED traffic bulbs.
• Understands basic concepts of fiber integration into the traffic signal and hub cabinets.
• Understands fiber and pull box installations with conduit to include depth of conduit, spacing of boxes, and slack, along with drops to equipment.
• Understands basic concepts of CCTV and be familiar with the installation of such.
• Has Level 3 IMSA Signal Technician Certification.
• Has Level 2 IMSA Signal Inspector (or ability to obtain one within 1 year).
• Has Advanced TTC (Temporary Traffic Control) (or ability to obtain within 6 months).
• Able to work with the Project Manager to assist in determining materials and man-hours to perform tasks.
• Able to program new hardware and software into the signal cabinets and confirm proper integration with monitoring facilities.
• Valid Class B CDL with a clean driving record.

Education

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
• Reach with hands and arms;
• Climb or balance;
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl;
• Talk or hear.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions;
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts;
• Risk of electrical shock;
• Outdoor weather conditions;
• Moving traffic;
• High, precarious places;
• Nighttime work.