Job Details

Salary: $13.90 - $20.85 Hourly

Location : Clovis, NM

Job Type: FULL-TIME

Job Number: 20230### ####

Department: PUBLIC WORKS

Division: TRAFFIC CONTROL

Opening Date: 09/22/2023

Job Description

This position is engaged in the installation, maintenance and repair of traffic devices in accordance with City and State laws and the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. May be placed on standby call on a rotating basis.

**This position has been classified as a safety sensitive position and is subject to our drug testing policy to include pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion and post-accident for the following prohibited substances: marijuana, amphetamines, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP), and cocaine, as well as any drug not approved for medical use by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.**

Typical Duties

• Assists with the installation and maintenance of traffic signals, signs and devices such as traffic islands, street name signs, and painted traffic control lines.
• Assists with field studies to determine traffic volume, speed, effectiveness of signals and other factors influencing traffic conditions.
• Assists with electrical repairs in all city facilities.
• Climbs ladders or stands in tower-truck to reach traffic devices.
• Under direct supervision, test circuits and electronic components to detect faulty equipment.
• Under direct supervision, replaces blown fuses and bulbs, faulty transformers, timers, electrodes, and wires using electricians hand tools.
• Constructs and installs regulatory signs.
• Will be required to carry a pager when assigned stand-by duties.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a high school diploma or GED. Requires one-year experience in electronics or electricity; or equivalent.

Licenses and Certificates:

• Valid New Mexico Drivers' license or equivalent.
• Must have or obtain within one year a nationally recognized Level I Certification in signing and marking and a Level I in Traffic Signals.

Knowledge skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Reading and understand plan drawings and electrical circuit diagrams and schematics is preferred.

Skills in:

• Welding preferred. Experience involving electronic or electrical repair is preferred

Ability to:

• Understand and follow basic safety precautions, rules and regulations; interact diplomatically with public.

Physical Requirements

• Moderately heavy work involving frequent standing, walking, balancing, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling and squatting; pushing, pulling and lifting items weighing up to 100 pounds.

Working Conditions

• Regular attendance is an essential function of this job to ensure continuity of services. Position is subject to drug testing in accordance with applicable State and Federal regulations and City of Clovis policies. This is a safety sensitive position and is subject to the drug testing policy. Essential duties are predominantly performed outdoors with exposure to all types of weather conditions. Employee is exposed to airborne particles, potentially toxic and/or caustic chemicals, electrical hazards, and extreme temperatures, travel from site to site, work around traffic and heavy construction equipment. Use of safety shoes, glasses and other equipment is required.

Cigna Health Insurance
Medical Employee Only - In Network deductible $1000
Employee portion = $38.17 per pay period (24) or $916.08 annually
City portion = $318.07 per pay period (24) or $8,139.12 (90% of cost)
Medical Employee + Family - In Network deductible $3,000
Employee portion = $89.79 per pay period (24) or $2,154.96 annually
City portion = $808.20 per pay period (24) or $19,396.80 (90% of cost)

Dental
United Concordia options of 2 plans 100% employee cost

Vision
Davis Vision 100% employee cost

Life Insurance
$40,000 paid by the City on employee (if enrolled in short term disability)
$2,000 paid by City for dependents (if enrolled in short term disability)
Supplemental Voluntary Life Insurance

Short-Term/Long Term Disability 100 % employee cost
Voluntary Short-Term Disability 70% of weekly income after 15 day waiting period
/Long Term Disability 60% of weekly income after 180 day waiting period

Flexible Spending Accounts 100% employee cost
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

Retirement Choices
ICMA Employee Contributes minimum of 3% City matches 14% (of total wages)
PERA Employee Contributes 15.15% City matches 10.3%
Fire - Municipal Fire Plan 5 Employee contributes 19.7% City 22.4%
Police - Municipal Police Plan 5 Employee contributes 18.3% City 19.65%

Time Off
Vacation Accrual 84 hours annually (2912 Fire Service accrues 120 hours annually) increases at intervals 7 and 15 years
Sick Accrual 96 hours annually (2912 Fire Service accrues 134.4 annually)
(at 20 years with separation get 50% of sick leave balance)
11 paid holidays
Physical Examination Leave - 4 hours annually
Bereavement Leave
Voting Leave - 1 hour
Personal Day
Tuition Assistance - job related 100% of tuition cost reimbursed
Option of Sick Leave Bank

01

This position requires you have a high school diploma or GED, do you meet this requirement?

• Yes
• No

02

A requirement of this position is you must possess a current, valid drivers license (equivalent to a NM Class "D"), do you meet this requirement?

• Yes
• No

03

Do you have specialized training or experience in electronics or electricity; or equivalent?

• less than 1 year
• 2 years
• 3 years
• 4 years
• more than 5 years

04

Please describe your experience in electronics or electricity.

05

Do you have experience in maintenance and repair of Traffic control devices?

• None
• Less than 1 year
• 2-3 years
• 3-4 years
• 5 or more years

06

A requirement of this position is to have or obtain within one year a nationally recognized Level I Certification in Signing and Marking and a Level I in Traffic Signals, do you understand this is a requirement of this position?

• Yes
• No

07

This position has been classified as a safety sensitive position and is subject to City drug testing policy to include pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion and post-accident for the following prohibited substances: marijuana, amphetamines, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP), and cocaine, as well as any drug not approved for medical use by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Please confirm you understand this position is subject to the City drug testing policy to include pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident testing.

• Yes
• No

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