Using a variety of equipment including aerial bucket trucks and hydraulic post driver, this position installs and maintains City owned street and roadway signage, ensuring compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) standards. This includes fabricating signs using a computer-aided sign making system and operating a bed-mounted and walk-behind street striping machine and paint sprayer for the installation/painting of street, crosswalk and other pavement markings.

This position requires heavy lifting, pulling, pushing, and standing long periods of time to perform the required job duties. Will require the ability to work a night shift during the crosswalk painting season and may be required to participate/assist in emergency snow removal operations.

Minimum qualifications:

• High School graduation or equivalent required.
• One (1) year of experience with equipment used in the construction trades preferred.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Kansas driver’s license and city insurable driving record.
• Experience installing traffic signs, roadway markings and directly related experience preferred.
• IMSA Work Zone Traffic Control Safety Certification and forklift safety certification required within one (1) year of hire date.

Annual entry rate of pay: $15.59 per hour

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The City of Topeka offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health/Dental Insurance
• Kansas Public Employee Retirement System which totals over 315,000 active, inactive and retired members and manages approximately $20 billion in assets for KPERS members' benefits.
• Generous paid vacation leave and separate paid sick leave, and one additional paid personal leave days each year
• Paid Life/Long Term Disability Insurance
• (457) Deferred Comp Savings Plan
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Free Onsite Health & Wellness Clinic
• Free in-house Wellness Center, a full-service fitness facility
• Employee Assistance Program.

The City of Topeka is an Equal Opportunity Employer