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Do you want to spend your days out in the field installing and maintaining traffic signs and road markings? As you drive throughout Sarasota County you notice all the traffic signs that help direct you to keep you and others on the road safe. In this role, you can see how your work helps keep Sarasota County safe and beautiful. Come and apply today to see your direct impact on the community.
Job Description:
- Locate where the traffic signs and other apparatus are to be installed.
- Fabricate and install signs, posts, delineators, barricades, cones, and raised pavement markers.
- Install traffic control signs on roadways in accordance with MUTCD guidelines.
- Load and deploy cones and barricades.
- Program and deploy message boards and arrow boards.
- Clean, repair, replace, and maintain existing signs and other traffic control devices.
- Manage and maintain inventory of materials on the work truck.
- Complete tree trimming to aid in sign visibility following FDOT Vegetation Control for Safety.
- Ensure proper record keeping in the Cartegraph work order management system after the installation of traffic control signs has been completed for asset management.
- Review the work queue daily to ensure citizen requests/concerns are addressed.
We will train you all that you need to know!
Work Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
About You
Minimum Qualifications:
- A High School Diploma or its equivalent.
- One (1) year of experience in construction or maintenance and repair.
- Must successfully complete the International Municipal Sign Association (IMSA) sign and road markings course Level I within one (1) year from the date of hire.
- Must successfully complete the International Municipal Sign Association (IMSA) sign and road markings course Level II within two (2) years from the date of hire.
- Must successfully complete Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) within six (6) months from the date of hire.
- A valid Florida driver’s license at the time of hire.
Physical Demands: Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
** Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment for a period of five (5) years.
About Everything Else
Pay: $15.58 (Step 1) – $17.03 (Step 4)
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- Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more!
- For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.
- Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.
- Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)
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We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different and are committed to creating a culture of understanding and respect where our employees realize that we are stronger together.
Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.
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