Signal Inspector Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Salary : $36,927.00 - $60,820.00 Annually
Location : 1340 E. Washington Street. Petersburg, VA 23803, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 00970
Department: Street Operations
Opening Date: 08/07/2025
Description
General Description:
The purpose of this job within the organization is to install, repair and maintain traffic signals, related control devices, and street lights, exercise technical supervision over less experienced staff. This job works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this job. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.
Essential Functions
Essential Functions:
Conducts a wide range of inspections and preventative maintenance work on traffic signals, controllers, and street lights.
Replaces defective equipment, including poles and other electrical systems as necessary.
Tests electrical and electronic equipment including traffic signal heads, street lights, controllers, auxiliary equipment and other systems to ensure that they operate as intended.
Ensures electrical compatibility and safety components; adjusts equipment to repair or solve problems.
Responds to knockdowns and/or malfunctions of traffic signal and street light equipment; repairs, replaces, modifies and installs traffic signal equipment including signal heads, poles, controllers, lights, circuitry, switches, fuses, timers and cabinet parts.
Makes field repairs of traffic signal controls and auxiliary equipment.
Performs electrical system wiring and installations; locates conduit, cables and other underground devices to perform work.
Replaces lamps; investigates complaints and reports of malfunctions.
Prepares written documentation for the Assistant General Manager of recent problems, changes and condition of signal equipment annually.
Additional Duties:
Checks intersections for proper signal operations and operates specialized computer programs to make signal timing changes as directed ensuring that proper timing is restored after repairs are made.
Installs or upgrades signal equipment; consults with traffic engineering staff or representatives to identify and resolve technical problems.
Reconstructs and refurbishes traffic signal equipment or defective electrical equipment in the shop using appropriate tools and methods.
Inspects and tests equipment installed by contractors.
Interprets complex electrical plans, specification and schematics; ensures conformity with codes, regulations and safety requirements; reads blueprints and performs general electrical maintenance and repair work.
Performs related work as assigned.
Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility:
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on these data or information.
People Responsibility:
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.
Asset Responsibility:
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
Mathematical Requirements:
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
Uses basic algebra involving variables and formulas and/or basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, circumferences, areas and volumes and/or compute discounts and interest rates.
Communications Requirements:
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
Reads journals, manuals and professional publications; speaks informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, general public, people in other organizations and presents training; composes original reports, training and other written materials, using proper language, punctuation, grammar and style.
Judgment Requirements:
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, crime victims, patients, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine.
Complexity of Work:
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
Performs skilled work involving rules/systems with almost constant problem solving; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results and occasional exposure to unusual pressure.
Impact of Errors:
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
The impact of errors is moderately serious - affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.
Physical Demands:
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.
Equipment Usage:
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Unavoidable Hazards:
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to traffic; moving machinery.
Safety of Others:
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.
Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in electrical or related field.
Requires two years' experience in the traffic signal, streetlights maintenance trade and reading blueprints.
An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the position.
Special Certifications and Licenses:
Valid Virginia Driver's License with and acceptable driving record based upon the City of Petersburg criteria.
Must possess a Master's Electrician License issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Additional Requirements
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
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10-point compensable veteran. You must have an existing compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more. Other 10-point veteran include disabled veteran or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wound or injuries received in action, veteran's widow or widower who has not remarried, wife or husband of a veteran who has a service-connected disability, widowed, divorced or separated mother of an ex-service son or daughter who died in action, or who is totally and permanently disabled. Do any of these apply?

• Yes
• No

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5-point veteran's must have been discharged under honorable conditions and had one of the following: Active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, in a war, or during the period 4/28/52 - 7/1/55 or active duty for more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 2/1/55 and 10/14/76 or active duty during the Gulf War sometime between 8/2/90 - 1/2/92 or active duty in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or active duty for which more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 9/11/2001 and ending on the date prescribed by the Presidential proclamation or by the law as the last date of operation Iraqi Freedom. Do any of these apply?

• Yes
• No

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Do you possess a valid Driver's License issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or another state with reciprocity?

• Yes
• No

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What is your highest level of education?

• High School diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate degree
• Bachelor degree
• Graduate degree or higher
• No degree

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Are you a City of Petersburg employee (full-time or part-time/temporary)?

• Yes, I am a City of Petersburg employee.
• No, I am not a City of Petersburg employee

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Do you have working knowledge of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its applications?

• Yes, I do have the ability to perform the physical requirements of the position.
• No, I am unable to perform the physical requirements of the position.

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Were you referred by US Army PaYS or Virginia Values Veterans V3? If so, please specify which program.
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Have you previously worked for the City of Petersburg? If so, what department?
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