Patrol Technician

**Job Summary**

**Responsibilities**:

- Execute duties at direction of Supervisor and/ or Lead Hand.
- Operate a Patrol vehicle assessing road condition and determining action required; act to rectify issues and/ or advise Supervisor and/ or Lead Hand to assure issues are promptly addressed.
- Provide traffic control services and assist emergency/ incident response efforts; set up and removal of traffic control devices and/ or lane and shoulder closures required for maintenance operations and emergency/ incident response working in close proximity to live traffic, operation of an Emergency Response Unit.
- Maintain detailed and accurate daily records, complete a daily patrol diary, and collect and document incident data.
- Asses road conditions and dispatch, coordinate, and direct winter maintenance activities.
- Operation of a combination plow and wing unit safely during winter operations; unit configuration consists of tandem trucks with "V" or "U" body spreaders, uni-directional or reversible front plows, right-side wing plows,and/ or DLA anit-icing equipment.
- Operation and maintenance of equipment which includes but is not limited to: sweepers, torches, electric and/ or gas-powered saws, snow removal equipment, telehandler, chainsaws, tractor, string trimmers, backpack blowers, utility vehicle, emergency response unit, tandem axle dump trucks, light to heavy duty pickup trucks, traffic control devices including trailer-mount attenuators, and arrow boards.
- General roadway maintenance including but not limited to: litter and debris removal, fence repairs, landscaping, road surface repairs, winter maintenance, road sweeping, concrete placement and repairs, repairs to highway infrastructure including but not limited to crash systems, signs, steel beam guiderail.
- Highway asset management, inspection, and data collection.
- All other duties as assigned.

**Job Requirements**
- Basic knowledge of routine road maintenance activities.
- General knowledge of the equipment and vehicle fleet.
- DZ license **(minimum)** required.
- Comfortable working in close proximity to live traffic
- Clean Driver Abstract
- Knowledge of OTM Book 7 Traffic Control
- Team player
- Capable of working safely and competently unaccompanied and/ or without direct supervision
- Shift work and potentially long hours required, general schedule flexibility a plus
- On-call availability required intermittently
- Demonstrated reliability with good attendance and punctuality
- Complete, accurate, and legible note-taking
- Required to work inside and outside regardless of weather conditions.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $25.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Licence/Certification:

- DZ License (required)