Traffic Control Technician - Military Veterans
at MasTec, Inc.
Overview
MasTec Communications Group is a leading national infrastructure construction company operating throughout the United States. MasTec Communications Group performs both wireline and wireless communication services on a national scale. We are experts in cell tower construction, RF engineering, broadband fiber optic cable installation, OSP engineering, wireline construction, and emergency maintenance services.
At MasTec you'll be joining a family, where we are dedicated to supporting each other and building an atmosphere of teamwork. As part of our team, your opportunities are limitless.
Responsibilities
The Traffic Control Technician will help control movement of vehicular traffic through construction projects by performing the following duties listed below.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain a consistent and unrelenting focus on safety throughout all job functions.
- Distribute traffic control signs and markers along site in designated pattern.
- Manage day to day work zone set up, maintenance and tear down, meeting, or exceeding customer, state and company expectations.
- Lift, carry and place up to 50 lbs. of traffic cones to ensure the safety of the work zone.
- Lift, carry, place, and assemble traffic control signs in the proper order to manage work zone traffic.
- Keep equipment in trucks well organized and in working order.
- Develop superior knowledge of work zone setup, design and professional flagging responsibilities and be willing to share your knowledge with teammates.
- Direct movement of traffic through site, using sign, hand, and flag signals.
- Warn laborers and drivers when approaching vehicle fails to heed signals to prevent accident and injury to workers.
- Inform drivers of detour routes through construction sites.
- Record license number of traffic control violators for police.
- Give hand marker to last driver in line up of one-way traffic for flagger at opposite end of site, signaling clearance for reverse flow of traffic.
- Write and review maintenance and incident reports for on-site issues or concerns.
Skills and Experience:
- Valid Drivers' License with good driving record.
- 1 year experience
- Knowledge and skillful implementation of federal and state regulations for work zone safety and traffic control.
- Knowledge of manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device (MUTCD) guidelines and the translation of this to control traffic by using proper devices and techniques.
- Knowledge of safety rules for construction sites and the ability to abide by them.
- 500 hours experience in traffic control flagging.
- Basic understanding of construction job sites.
- Ability to work nights, weekend and holidays if needed.
Financial Security
- 401(k) with company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Life insurance
- Short-term and Long-term disability
- Red Wing Boot Voucher
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- FSA flexible spending
- Dependent care flexible spending
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Family and medical leave
- Bereavement leave
- Pay Per Hour $22 - $27 DOE
MasTec, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company's policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasTec's policy to comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.
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Colorado Springs, CO
Over the course of the last 80 years, MasTec companies have been involved in some of the largest and most complex infrastructure construction projects across the country. Our experience has given us a deep and comprehensive understanding of the markets we serve, as well as the ability to effectively manage people, projects and equipment. It allows us to proactively identify challenges, avoid pitfalls, and overcome obstacles, and to accurately set and meet expectations for schedule and budget. With offices across the country, a workforce of nearly 12,000 skilled professionals, and an extensive wholly-owned fleet of specialized construction equipment, MasTec has the resources needed to reliably deliver quality work for even the most complicated jobs. Our geographic reach, scalability, and overall financial stability enable us to meet each of our customers' changing needs on a daily basis. Our focus on innovation colors everything we do, and as we've grown, we've fostered it throughout every level of our organization. We're always looking for ways to increase efficiency within the projects we take on, and within our own organization. We work to stay at the forefront of safety and environmentally responsible construction, and to increase the application of these concepts throughout each and every client project. We strive to find better solutions to the world's needs, as well as safer, more socially conscious ways to meet them both today and in the future. MasTec & our subsidiaries are currently certified as a Minority-Controlled Company by the National Minority Suppliers Development Council (NMSDC) and as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the California Public Utilities Commission's Supplier Clearinghouse. These certifications allow MasTec to be recognized as a minority contractor throughout the United States and across a range of industries that we serve.