Job Summary
The Traffic controller will be responsible for placing, maintaining, and removing traffic control operations per the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTC
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Branch Location:
844 W. River Center Dr. NE,
Comstock Park, MI 49321
Sign-On Bonus Opportunity
- $500 Sign-On Bonus after successfully completing 6 months of employment
Competitive Pay & Comprehensive Benefits
- Starting Pay: $19.50 - $22.00/hour
(Based on traffic control experience and certifications)
- No experience required - start immediately
- Weekly pay
- Bi-annual and annual pay increases with promotion opportunities
Union Benefits Include:
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Paid Vacation Time
- Employer-Sponsored Basic Life Insurance
Additional Benefits:
- Supplemental Life/AD&D (Employee, Spouse & Child)
- Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Indemnity Coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Member Assistance Program
- GED Assistance
- Take-Home Truck Incentive Available
- Paid, on-the-job training
- Rapid advancement opportunities
- Supportive leadership and a strong company culture
Position Overview: Flagger / Traffic Controller
Safety is our business. In this role, you will:
- Set up and maintain safe work zones using cones, signs, and barricades
- Perform two-way flagging using stop/slow paddles
- Control traffic flow to ensure public and worker safety
- Load, deliver, and retrieve traffic control equipment
- Complete reports and perform related duties as needed
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Essential Duties
- Respond to Dispatch Center calls in a timely manner for availability - no later than 1 hour if between the hours and 8am and 5pm and no later than the next day if after 5pm.
- Maintain contact and coordination with TMI Dispatcher on and off the job
- Maintain all equipment in a safe and working condition
- Perform pre-job inspection and inventory utilizing the Vehicle and Equipment Checklist (VEC)
- Inspect vehicle to ensure safe operation prior to operating (oil, tire air pressure, etc.) and report any concerns to your supervisor or the dispatcher
- Inventory and inspect equipment needed for job
- Load all required equipment into vehicle
- Navigate safely to and from office to jobsite utilizing all aspect of the Smith Driving System to ensure safety
- Setting up devices: cones, signs, barricades, water-filled k-rail, etc. on job site per MUTCD guidelines
- Flagging of traffic to ensure safe work zone for TMI customers, TMI employees, and the public
- Coordinating with customer and/or TMI dispatcher ensuring a safe, efficient and problem free service provided to TMI customers
- Completing required paperwork, receipts, and time-sheets on or before mandatory deadlines
- Report any and all unsafe conditions to supervisor as soon as possible
- Ensure a safe work zone at all times for the customer and pedestrians by being attentive and refraining from being in the vehicle unless on a break
Equipment Operated
- Vehicles (Trucks/Cars) of various sizes
- Flatbed trucks
- Trailer mounted warning signs
- Cones, delineators, drums, barricades, signs and various other traffic control devices
- Trailer
Essential Physical Requirements & Work Environment
- Requires standing for prolonged periods of time
- Ability to perform full deep squat
- Full range of motion of arms and legs
- Requires lifting and carrying of up to 50lb from floor to chest level carrying horizontally for 25ft
- Requires lifting and carrying of up to 25lb from floor to shoulder level carrying horizontally for 25ft
- Requires using hands to handle, control or lift objects with a strong grip
- Requires the ability to raise the arms over the shoulders to life and place objects of up to 50lbs carrying horizontally for 25ft
- Requires stepping at least 33 inches onto tailgate of a truck
- Requires being outside and exposed to environmental conditions
- Requires being in construction environment
- Requires repetitive movement
- Requires bending at the elbows, at the knees, at the hip and bending forward
- Exposure to work near moving mechanical parts, heavy equipment and moving vehicular traffic
- Exposure to reasonable noise levels
- Must be able to fulfill essential job function in a consistent state of alertness and safe manner
- Ability to drive a vehicle in an alert and attentive manner with no conditions that may affect this
Requirements:
- Must have a valid driver's license for 3 Years and a clear motor vehicle record.
- Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions.
- This role requires the ability to work with no fixed schedule and variable hours. Must be available during business hours and able to work nights/ weekends when on-call schedule.
- Able to lift 50lbs and stand on your feet for 6-12 hours per day.
- Decent Communication Skills? English proficiency required for safety coordination.
- Must be able to pass drug test that does include THC marijuana testing.
- Must be able to work independently and in a team.
- Reliable transportation to and from the work location is required.
- Must be at least 18 years of age or older