Traffic Control Driver/Helper

Job Responsibilities

• Perform stretch and flex exercises.
• Report to Dispatch to receive orders for the day.
• Contact customers to verify deliveries are as scheduled.
• Pull and load trucks as work order specifies.
• Sure loads are correctly strapped.
• Deliver equipment, and if needed, set up work orders based on TXDOT and/or MUTCD standards.
• Above completion of work order, get work order signed.
• Above receipt of signed work order, report to Dispatch for additional daily tasks.
• Fuel work trucks.
• Ensure work trucks are clean.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to comprehend and perform all daily tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work with different crew members.
• Ability to work on high-speed roads.
• Ability to read traffic control plans.
• Ability to communicate with customers in a professional manner.

Education and Experience

• High school degree or equivalent education/experience.

Physical Requirements

• Light industrial work exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move, transport, install, and remove objects.
• Visual acuity is constantly required to operate machines, equipment, and/or motor vehicles, perform mechanical or skilled trade tasks, and ensure the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
• Frequently subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions with no effective protection from the weather.
• Occasionally subject to hazards that may include a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to high heat exposure to chemicals, and/or functioning in narrow aisles or passage ways.
• Occasionally communicates with customers and employees in other departments. Must be able to exchange accurate information verbally and in writing.