Traffic Control Supervisor

## Description
**Purpose of position:**Controls movement of vehicular traffic through construction projects by performing the following duties.
**Essential duties/responsibilities:**

• Develops, interprets and implements traffic routing plans or MHT, and type and location of control points from TCS 3, Crew Leader or Project Manager.
• Distributes traffic control signs and markers along site in designated pattern.
• Directs movement of traffic through site, using sign, hand, and flag signals.
• Warns laborers and drivers when approaching vehicle fails to heed signals to prevent accident and injury to workers.
• Informs drivers of detour routes through construction sites.
• Records license number of traffic control violators for police.
• Gives 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.
• Gives direction to flaggers.
• When not working as a TCS, will perform Laborer work as directed. Please see Laborer position for a listing of job duties that are included in this position.

**Additional duties/responsibilities:**

• Hauls and moves materials at jobsites
• Stacks materials
• Shovels and sweeps asphalt
• Operates small grinders
• Lays striping materials on roadway
• Loads and unloads trucks

• **Employees are held accountable for all duties of this job**
• **Job Specifications:**
• **Knowledge, skills and abilities**

• Basic reading and mathematical abilities
• 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 the safe and efficient use of hand and power tools including hand shovel, pick, construction bar, rake, broom, and other handheld power tools.
• Knowledge of safety rules for construction sites and the ability to abide by them
• Communication skills
• Knowledge of and exposure to hazardous materials

## Qualifications
**Training/Education:**

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Traffic Control Supervisor Certification by the State of Colorado or ATSSA
• Valid Colorado Flagger Certification
• Valid Drivers License

**Experience:**

• Two years experience in Roadway Construction settings, with a full understanding of the construction phasing, planning and field execution
• Two years experience as a Traffic Control Supervisor with at least a year of that with mobile traffic control zones (managing the phasing of the mobile zone and people associated with that phasing)

**Working Environment:**

• Outdoor environment that includes exposure to rain, sleet, snow, extreme cold, dust, mud, heat, direct sunlight, dark, and noise
• May be exposed to moving vehicles, exhaust and fumes

**Physical Activities:**

• Prolonged standing and bending, reaching, crawling, climbing, grasping, kneeling, squatting, and twisting.
• Often includes lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling items up to 75 pounds.

• **Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with this job**
• **Kolbe Striping is a Seasonal/Work Dependent Employer. Hours will be limited by weather or work load, and layoffs will occur.**
• **Kolbe Striping is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide a workplace free of drugs.**