Technician III (Traffic Signals)

TransCore (TCI), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking an experienced Senior Technician III to join our Arterial team in Tampa, Florida.

Summary: The Senior Technician III performs high-level on-site or in-house servicing, repair, and/or installation of company product(s). This job may include any aspect of field support and installation, and is not limited to electrical, data, and fiber optic cable installation; conduit and pull box installation; and pole and foundation installation. Determines the most effective means to install equipment to maximize efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

• Install equipment, including but not limited to cameras, detectors, and controller cabinets.
• Installs electrical conductor, data conductor, and fiber optic cables.
• Installs pull boxes, conduit, poles, and foundations.
• Connects conductors to equipment to make the equipment work correctly.
• Connects electrical conductors to power services to energize equipment.
• Tests devices to ensure they work correctly.
• Prepares logs to keep track of field conditions and installation activities.
• Mentors/trains less experienced technicians.

Required Skills: 

• Typically requires a minimum of 5- 8 years of related experience.
• Must be fully experienced in programming and troubleshooting all aspects of intersections with multiple phases, to include troubleshooting of loops, pedestrian, and vehicle detection BIUs, conflict monitors, controllers, pedestrian signals, and LED traffic bulbs.
• Must understand basic concepts of fiber integration into the traffic signal and hub cabinets.
• Must understand fiber and pull box installations with conduit to include depth of conduit, spacing of boxes, and slack, along with drops to equipment.
• Must understand basic concepts of CCTV and be familiar with the installation of such.
• Must have Level 3 IMSA Signal Technician Certification.
• Must have Level 2 IMSA Signal Inspector (or ability to obtain one within 1 year).
• Must have Advanced TTC (Temporary Traffic Control) (or ability to obtain within 6 months).
• Must be able to work with the Project Manager to assist in determining materials and man-hours to perform tasks.
• Must be able to program new hardware and software into the signal cabinets and confirm proper integration with monitoring facilities. 
• Valid Class B CDL with a clean driving record.

Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, outdoor weather conditions, and moving traffic. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.