Traffic Control Technician - Q3 Contracting - Council Bluffs, IA

Q3 Contracting, a division of Primoris Services Corporation, is a publicly owned and operated construction contracting company which provides specific and turnkey services for its customers in the gas, oil, electric and telecommunications industry.

We are headquartered in Minnesota, with branch offices in Colorado, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Are you looking for a job with a future? It’s an exciting time to join Q3 Contracting! Our goal is to exceed customer expectations with superior service, workmanship and innovative problem solving.

If you are a hard-worker looking for a job with the opportunity to advance and grow with a company with takes pride in its workmanship and innovative problem solving, look no further!

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The TCT must maintain a safe work zone that ensures that traffic stays out of the way of the workers.

This involves setting up and removing temporary cones, signs, variable message boards, and safety barriers that show traffic where to drive, as well as holding up signs that tells traffic to either stop or to proceed slowly.

Traffic-control technicians must be constantly aware of both the construction and traffic activity taking place around them.

Primary Responsibilities include:


* Support project as Flagger as needed to create a safe work area


* Set-up signs, cones, etc.

around work areas to divert traffic


* Follow all safety rules and regulations and wear proper safety equipment ( work boots ? 6 inch with safety toe, hard hat and safety vest)


* Adhere to all Company Policies and Procedures


* Must be able to communicate to contractor employees, co-workers and supervisors effectively and manage truck inventory and job site materials and paperwork


* All other duties as assigned


* Apply concepts, techniques, and implementation of traffic control plans and techniques for installation and removal


* Read and interpret plans and specifications and implement them in the field


* Work together as a team and to present solutions


* Design and implement temporary traffic control plans in the field to make the project as safe as possible for their fellow workers, motorists and pedestrians going through the site.


* Oversee flaggers to ensure DOT requirements are met

Must be dependable, and willing and able to perform physically demanding work in the elements.  Some of the physical demands are:

Must be able to lift and carry on a frequent basis, up to 50-90 pounds on a daily and continual basis.


* Ability to drive on a stop and start basis daily and continually.


* Lifting, placing of materials, standing, walking, turning, stooping, kneeling, crawling, reaching, crouching, speaking and hearing are required continuously.


* Close vision is required for some functions and distance and peripheral vision is required for safety.
Q3 Contracting is a drug-free environment and all candidates are subject to drug testing....