Class Summary
Are you hands-on, love working outdoors, and take pride in making your city safer and more efficient? The City of Casper is looking for a Traffic Technician I to help fabricate, install, and maintain traffic control devices that keep our streets running smoothly!
What You’ll Do:
- Install and repair traffic signs, signals, and pavement markings
- Maintain inventory and perform minor equipment repairs
- Set up cones, barricades, and seasonal decorations
- Conduct traffic studies and support street safety projects
- Work rotating snow shifts in winter to help keep roads clear
Why Join Us?
Stable, full-time city position
Monday–Friday schedule (with seasonal variations)
Great benefits and retirement plan
Be part of a team that directly impacts public safety
Opportunities to grow with CDL training and hands-on experience
What You Bring:
- A high school diploma or GED
- A knack for tools, teamwork, and outdoor work
- The ability to learn fast, stay safe, and think ahead
- A Wyoming Class B CDL or the willingness to get one (preferred)
Work where you live. Serve your community. Build a career with purpose.
Apply now to help shape the streets of Casper—one sign, signal, and stripe at a time!
Incumbent is responsible for performing routine traffic tasks including fabricating, installing, and maintaining traffic control devices.
REPORTING STRUCTURE:
Receives general supervision from higher-level supervisory and management staff.
Typical Class Essential Duties
2. Paints and marks curbs, pavements, and parking lots.
3. Performs minor repairs on equipment and reports the need for major repairs; checks and adjusts fluid levels; greases and lubricates parts as required.
4. Maintains inventory of traffic signs.
5. Identifies equipment needs for each assigned project and installs road barricades and/or cones for road repair activities.
6. Performs traffic studies using mechanical devices and computers.
7. Places and removes seasonal decorations around the City.
8. Represents the City of Casper by responding to the public, citizens, its employees, and others in a prompt, professional, and courteous manner while continuously maintaining a positive customer service demeanor.
9. Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
Knowledge (position requirements at entry):
Knowledge of:
- Operation and maintenance requirements of trucks and routine power-driven equipment.
- Practices and procedures used in installation and maintenance of traffic control.
- Painting and marking techniques.
Abilities (position requirements at entry):
Ability to:
- Operate a variety of tools and equipment utilized in the traffic control trade.
- Routinely demonstrate the City of Casper core values.
- Work independently or in a crew situation, as assigned.
- Learn the traffic laws, ordinances, and rules involved in truck and equipment operations.
- Perform a variety of construction and maintenance tasks.
- Learn how to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and/or other technical drawings.
- Learn City geography including street names, number systems, directional orientation, and major landmarks.
- Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Follow written and verbal instructions and direction
- Be flexible with assignments, which may change.
- Work according to safety standards under potentially hazardous conditions.
- Respond to call-outs after hours, weekends, and holidays.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Follow all City safety rules and procedures and immediately report all accidents/incidents or unsafe conditions to a supervisor.
Skills (position requirements at entry):
Skill in:
- Oral and written communication, sufficient to exchange or convey effective information and to receive work direction.
- Using and caring for applicable tools and equipment.
- Maintaining inventory.
- Installing traffic control systems and fixtures.
- Reading and interpreting blueprints, schematics, maps, and/or other technical drawings.
Training, Experience & Certifications
- High school diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) required.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Minimum of one year of increasingly responsible experience in street marking and sign installation preferred.
Licensing and Certification Requirements:
- Possession of a valid Wyoming Class B CDL driver’s license preferred.
Supplemental Information & Physical Requirements
The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department.
This position is eligible to naturally progress to a Traffic Technician II once an incumbent meets all the requirements for a Traffic Technician II level and is pre-authorized by the Department Head, who must determine the operational need and budgetary requirements prior to an incumbent obtaining these requirements and/or working in this capacity.
Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Employment with the City of Casper is contingent upon a successful background screen and pre-employment drug test.
As a condition of employment, the successful candidate must utilize direct deposit for payroll purposes.
Driving records are required for all new employees regardless of the position's driving requirements. If the employee has not held a Wyoming driver's license for the last three years, the employee must provide at their own initiation and expense a driving record from their previous state(s) of residence.
- Emergency response/rescue
- Handling or working with hazardous materials, including chemicals as well as solid and liquid waste
- Operating or maintaining water and wastewater systems
- Writing or modifying code, maintaining or modifying City data systems including work on networks, servers, and communication systems
- CDL operations and driving
- Operating power-driven machinery or equipment
- Creating or modifying health, financial, security and or risk documents or assessments
- Working with or directing minors
Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, fumes, odors, dusts, chemicals, and extreme temperatures.
Working at the City of Casper
The City of Casper offers a variety of benefits to qualifying full-time employees. For more information on any of our benefits, please call Human Resources at (307) 235-8344.
For positions that qualify:
Benefit Programs: Look at these amazing benefits:
- CIGNA Health
- Delta Dental
- VSP Vision
- Medical Reimbursement Account, Flexible Spending
- MASA Supplementary Ambulance Care
- Voya Supplementary Hospital, Accident, and Critical Illness Plans
- Short-term and Long-term Disability Options
- Life Insurance
- 457/IRA Retirement Options
- Employees Family Assistance Program (EFAP) Free Counseling Services
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Shield/ID Shield
- Eleven Paid Holidays Annually
- Wyoming Retirement System - Retirement Income for life. Employer match exceeds employee contribution.
- Public Employee Pension Plan:
- Employer 9.37% Employee 9.25%
- Law Enforcement Pension Plan
- Employer 10.6% Employee 6.6%
- Paid Fire B Pension Plan
- Employer 16.00% Employee 11.245%
- Public Employee Pension Plan:
Tuition Reimbursement: Reimbursement % is based on grade level received. Includes books and some fees.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF): The City of Casper may qualify you to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Visit https://studentaid.gov/pslf/ to learn more and understand whether you may be eligible.
Cordico - Mobile Wellness Ap: On-demand access to relevant trusted and effective wellness resources.
Employee Assistance Program: Free counseling available to employees and their immediate family members.
Ergonomic Assessments: Review of your workstation and recommendations made by our Risk Management team to ensure a safe and comfortable work environment.
Additional Benefits and Annual Fun Events:
Service Awards Luncheon - To recognize and celebrate years of service, employees who reach a 5-year milestone with the City are invited to an annual luncheon. This event includes catered food, awards, and great door prizes.
Annual Employee Golf Tournament - Swing into Fun: Join us for our annual employee golf tournament. This event is typically in late Summer at our Municipal Golf Course and offers food and door prizes. Open to current employees, retirees, and family members.
Employee Holiday Breakfast – Indulge in a delicious hearty breakfast and enjoy the company of the great employees at the City of Casper. We invite all employees to kick off the holiday season with our Annual Holiday Breakfast.
Chili Skate Night – Lace up your skates! Get ready to glide and slide at our Employee Chili Skate Night at the Casper Ice Arena. Employees and their families are invited to join us for an evening of icy fun and delicious chili.
Wellness Programs – Drawings for cash prizes for participants. Free access to the Casper Recreation Center for qualifying employees.
Leadership and Employee Development – We believe in nurturing talent, empowering individuals, and cultivating a culture of growth and success. Human Resources provides employee training and mentoring opportunities to foster leadership and employee development within our organization.