Company Overview
S&W Contracting Company, LLC has been serving the Murfreesboro and Middle Tennessee area for more than 60 years, delivering excellence in commercial electrical and traffic control with a focus on integrity, quality, and teamwork.
Due to our Traffic Division growing, we’re seeking a Hands-on Traffic Signal Technician to lead daily field operations for our overhead/bucket projects in our Traffic Division. This role combines equipment operation with crew leadership to ensure jobs are completed safely, on time, and to quality standards.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Have or obtain CDL within 180 days after hire.
· Supervises a crew of technicians, electricians, operators, apprentices, and / or skilled laborers.
· Has strong expertise in all aspects of trade related materials, components, equipment, systems, methods of installations, safety procedures, safe work practices, basic calculations, blueprint and drawing interpretation, and trouble shooting.
· Operates any hand tools, power tools, and equipment necessary to perform all trade associated assignments.
· Can effectively communicate with peers, crew, project supervision, and other trades.
· Completes multi-task assignments involving all aspects of the trade via verbal and written instructions, field sketches, schematics, one-line diagrams, and blueprint reference.
· Identify all tools and materials needed for assignment.
· Perform assignment lay-outs and preparation for installation via verbal and written instructions, field sketches, schematics, one-line diagrams, and blueprint reference.
· Directs, monitors, and work alongside employees delegated to assist him/her to ensure a safe and timely completion of assignment.
· Instructs assisting employees in the correct operation of tools and equipment, safe work practices, electrical principles, and applicable NEC.
· Adds or modifies circuits, timers, and relays; rewires controllers as needed.
· Accurate completion of all assignment-related paperwork.
· Adjusts and repairs complex traffic control systems including computerized masters, controllers, detectors and related equipment; installs and adjusts controllers.
· Conducts field tests on solid state electronic and other traffic control equipment (controllers, master computers, detectors, auxiliary devices) by checking circuits, output and equipment operation using electronic test equipment and hand tools (volt-ohm meter, oscilloscope, signal generator, controller test board, etc.) to detect and isolate malfunctions in the equipment and/or to determine whether all functions adhere to equipment specifications.
· Driving and operating a bucket truck and construction equipment as required.
· Reports the technical status of the system with accuracy and completeness.
· Performing emergency repairs to restore equipment to operational status as quickly as possible.
· Models’ professional behavior
· Ensures adherence to company’s handbook and safety policies
· Other duties as assigned
· The preceding covers the primary duties and responsibilities of the position. It should not be construed as a complete listing of all miscellaneous, incidental, or similar duties that may be required from day to day.
Working Conditions
· The possibility of traveling out of town for up to 10 days.
· Working in extreme weather conditions and elements, indoor or outdoor, including heat, cold, rain, mud, dust, and snow depending on the job location.
· Working in and around restricted/confined spaces, manholes, utility tunnels and excavations.
· Working in and around vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
· Working on or around slippery or uneven surfaces.
· Working in or around ditches, trenches, and excavations.
· Working in and around exposures typical of a heavy construction site.
Physical Standards
· Rare: (less than 10%): sitting, kneeling, crawling, color-vision, climbing stairs
· Occasional: (up to 33%): stooping, squatting, climbing on/off a truck, reading, pushing, climbing ladders, lifting to 50 lbs.
· Frequent: (up to 66%): walking, body-twisting, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, hearing-speech range, lifting, carrying, pulling, balancing, lifting to 10-20 lbs.
· Continuous: (up to 100%): standing, sense of touch, seeing distant, climbing, gripping, lifting 10-50 lbs., seeing, reaching, range of motion, depth perception
· Possession of good hearing, normal or corrected.
· Possession of good vision, normal or corrected.
Compensation & Benefits
· Competitive pay based on experience
· Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
· Life Insurance – Company paid
· 401(k) with 4% company match
· Annual Incentive/Profit Sharing Bonus
· Long-term growth opportunities
Pay: $49,780.69 - $59,950.94 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
