Job Description

The goal of the City of Burnaby and its employees is to consistently deliver first class service and services to our community. With this in mind, we hire people who share the same passion, those with the drive and determination to grow with and contribute to our already exceptional team. People like you!

This is traffic maintenance work involving unskilled and semi-skilled manual tasks. The Markings and Signs Worker 1 performs tasks assigned by a supervisor engaged in skilled traffic maintenance work which includes painting crosswalks, safety zones, and other road markings, as well as installing and replacing signs and mountings. An incumbent loads and unloads equipment and materials; fills paint containers or tanks; loads thermoplastic bricks into heater; sweeps street to prepare for painting; operates a water sprayer to cool thermoplastic when applied; sets out cones at crosswalks for protection around painting areas; gathers cones when paint is dry; observes and controls traffic flow and alerts the supervisor to hazards, if necessary. Digs holes for the installation of street signs and posts; breaks concrete and asphalt with steel bar or jackhammer; backfills holes with dirt or cement; removes and fastens signs. May operate a variety of City vehicles used in transporting equipment, parts, materials, supplies, tools and employees to job sites; loads and unloads material, supplies and equipment and maintains vehicle as required. Performs related work as required.

Qualifications include completion of Grade 12, plus some experience in related work. Knowledge of practices, methods, tools, materials and equipment used in traffic maintenance work; of the standards governing the type and location of crosswalks, other related road markings and signs. Ability to recognize the hazards involved in working amidst traffic and take necessary precautionary measures; to understand and carry out written and verbal instructions; to deal tactfully with the public; to physically perform the work required and the ability to drive a light service truck when required. Skill in the use of hand brushes and other equipment used in the work. Other additional preferred certifications include WHMIS, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Fall Protection and TCP. A Driver\xe2\x80\x99s License for the Province of British Columbia is required.

Please apply online by May 1, 2023.

Copies of relevant professional certificates, degrees, or tickets will be required at the time of the interview.

Please contact People and Culture at 604-294-7303 if you do not receive a confirmation email within one hour of submitting your application online.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

City of Burnaby