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Salary: $18.44 Hourly
Location : Columbus, GA
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 2026-00000422
Department: Engineering
Division: Traffic Engineering
Opening Date: 07/16/2026
Closing Date: 8/16/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Major Duties and Responsibilities
This position is responsible for performing technical duties in the design, maintenance, and management of city roadways.

• Conduct field studies to determine traffic volume, speed, effectiveness of signals, adequacy of lighting, and other factors influencing traffic conditions, under the direction of a traffic engineer.
• Investigate, collect, process, and analyze data of traffic and safety inquiries from the public, city officials, and state agencies.
• Review traffic control plans in order to issue permits for special events and for utility and construction work that affects the street network, providing assistance with plan preparation or revision as necessary.
• Visit development and work (utility/construction) sites in order to determine the project's effect on traffic and the adequacy of plans to control traffic and maintain safety, and to suggest improvements to the TCP.
• Interact with the public in order to answer traffic-related questions, respond to Q alerts, or discuss traffic ordinances, plans, policies, and procedures.
• Operate counters and record data in order to assess the volume, type, and movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic at specific times.
• Inspect residential driveways for compliance with plans.
• Inspect outdoor café permits for compliance.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of the accepted principles of traffic operations.
• Knowledge of traffic signal operation.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and job-related software programs.
• Skill in problem solving and decision making.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

Minimum Educational and Training Requirements
Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.
Physical Requirements
The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, or walking. The employee occasionally lifts heavy objects and must distinguish between shades of color. The work is typically performed in an office or in the field. Work may be performed outdoors and occasionally in cold or inclement weather. The employee must work in the vicinity of moving traffic. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Talking 2 - shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office or in the field. The employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, and machinery with moving parts. Work may be performed outdoors and occasionally in cold or inclement weather. The employee must work in the vicinity of moving traffic.
The Columbus Consolidated Government is proud to offer an exceptional compensation and benefits package. Benefits include the following:

• Low-cost Medical Insurance
• Prescription Drug Plan
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Credit Union
• Direct Deposit
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Vacation Leave
• Sick Leave
• PERK Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Supplemental Retirement Plan
• Free and Discounted Services
• Employee Assistance Program

Take advantage of these free and discounted City Services offered to all City Employees.

• Discounted Movie Tickets
• Free Notary Services
• Ride a Metra Bus for Free
• Free Mulch
• Free Fire/Safety Home Inspection
• Driver's Training for Employee Dependents
• Oxbow/Bull Creek Golf Course discounts
• River Center Discounts
• Cell Phone Carrier Discounts

Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a defined benefit retirement plan to eligible employees who work in General Government and in Public Safety. Employees in the pension plan must meet both age and years of service requirements to qualify for retirement. The current vesting period is ten years, and the current pension contribution rate is 8% of your gross salary.
Supplemental Retirement Plan
The Columbus Consolidated Government offers a Deferred Compensation Plan or supplemental retirement plan that is tax deferred. This plan allows employees to contribute a portion of their salary, before federal and state taxes, to a retirement account. Your compensation is more than a paycheck, it allows you to plan for your financial future as well.
01
Which best describes your level of education? (You will be asked to provide documentation)

• No High School Diploma
• GED
• High School Diploma
• Technical College
• Some College
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctorate's Degree

02
Do you possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

03
If you answered, "yes" to the above question, please explain. If you answered, "no" just type in n/a?
04
Do you have any specialized training experience in Traffic/Civil Engineering?

• Yes
• No

05
How many years of work experience do you have as a Traffic/Civil Engineer Technician or related field?

• none
• 0-1 year
• 1-3 years
• 3-5 years
• 5 years or more

06
Please list and explain any work experience you have with the accepted principles and practices of traffic and civil engineering?
07
Please list and explain any work experience you have with traffic signal/system design and with the operations principles of street lighting design?
Required Question