(Part-Time) Engineer Technician

This position is located at Cobb County Department of Transportation Headquarters.

This a part-time position, working up to 29 hours per week, and offers no benefits.

Schedule will be Monday 6AM-11AM, Tuesday thru Friday 6AM to 12PM, although the employee must be flexible in the fact that this schedule and hours may change based on an emergency event that requires staffing of the Traffic Management Center.

Investigates and reports on traffic complaints and requests for additional traffic control devices.

Monitors real time traffic from the TCC and provides real time communications regarding traffic conditions.

Provides database verifications and uploading and/or downloading database as needed.

Assists County crews in trouble shooting intersection problems.

Prepares written work orders to correct conditions to include recommending solution; prepares sketches and details to assist crews in implementing work orders.

Answers radio calls from crew members in the field and helps them verify problems by comparing field data to actual data in computer database.

Receives citizen complaints and reports of street light outages and ensures that these complaints are resolved; answers other questions and requests as received.

Prepares fact sheets for road closings and house moves. Maintains database of county-wide lighting districts and district/quadrant traffic operations.

Maintains attendance and punctuality within customary tolerances for this position. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or GED; supplemented by two years previous experience that provides broad working knowledge of traffic engineering principles; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Preferred Qualifications

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  Working toward or recently attained a BS Engineering Degree (Civil, Mechanical, or Industrial Preferred)
• Polished communication skills
• Proficiency in Microstation
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently

Must possess and maintain a valid Driver's License.

Tasks require the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).

Sensory Requirements

Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Environmental Factors

Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.