Traffic Control Supervisor

Company Description

MOT Plans is a company of AWP Safety, AWP Safety is North America’s leading traffic control specialist. Our team of 6,500 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day – ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Super Bowl and Boston Marathon.

Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.

This role starts at $19.00 per hour.

Job Description

As a TCS you will work in collaboration with the Facility Manager, Project Managers, and local MOT team to support MOT’s core values and mission to protect our customers’ people, business, and time. MOT TCS reviews and executes temporary traffic control plans and/or standards to ensure work zones are properly installed and maintained along with coordinating and communicating with customers to ensure the safety of all workers.

• Set up and maintain channelizing devices, and other traffic control equipment according to Federal, State, and/or Local temporary traffic control guidelines and temporary traffic control plans for complex work zones to ensure the safe movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic through project locations and work zones.
• Coordinate and communicate work activity for onsite MOT personnel including protectors (flaggers), TMA drivers, and pilot car operators providing breaks and overall management of work zone operations.
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with customers while always maintaining a professional approach to meeting customers’ expectations.
• Drive company vehicles to transport equipment, trailers, and team members to and from work sites in a safe, efficient, and timely manner. May also be required to pull lightweight trailered equipment.
• Follow all company safety procedures and practices and notify their supervisor of any potential safety issues or incidents.
• Provide on-the-job training, coaching, and mentoring to protectors (flaggers) and obtain all MOT-required training within the time frame established by the Facility Manager.
• Complete all required project documentation including pre-job safety briefings (PJSB), daily ticket control logs, traffic control inspections, vehicle inspections, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• FDOT Advance Temporary Traffic Control.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience is preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License void of suspension or revocation.
• Must have open availability.
• Must be capable of standing 8-12 hours and lifting 80lbs repetitively using proper lifting techniques.
• Excellent verbal and nonverbal communication skills.
• Intermediate computer skills including Microsoft Office products.
• Must be able to follow safe work practices and company safety guidelines.
• Competent in working around a high volume, fast-moving traffic.

The employee must be able to successfully handle the physical demands of this position, which include the following:

• Frequent exposure to a variety of extreme conditions at job sites including high noise levels, fumes, and airborne particles in the work environment.
• The position may work in outside conditions that include inclement weather, not limited to heat, cold, humidity, and exposure to dust and asphalt.
• Stand for long periods of time and perform strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions; employees are required to lift, push, pull, and carry objects.
• Position requires good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multi-limb coordination.

Additional Information

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