TRAFFIC SIGNALS ELECTRICIAN en City of Huntington Beach, CA

About the Department

Note: This job description is currently being updated and is under review for final approval.

Here in Huntington Beach, we believe passionately that the key to becoming the best beach City in the world starts and ends with finding the right people to join our team. At this time, we have an outstanding career opportunity available, as we're looking for the "right person" to serve as Traffic Signals Electrician with the Public Works Department.

The Traffic Signals Electrician performs journey-level, skilled electrical work on traffic signals and pole-mounted outdoor lighting, and maintains an on-call status to ensure the safe operation of the traffic signals and City lighting systems. 

Position Duties

• Repairs traffic signal systems using hand tools, power tools, and electrical diagnostic equipment
• Performs repairs on poles, signal heads, signs, vehicle sensors, cabinet-electronics and microprocessors, switches, communications, timing and all other subsystems
• Diagnoses and prioritizes the steps necessary for each situation and executes repairs
• Performs scheduled preventative maintenance on traffic signals through visual inspections, hardware and software equipment replacement, group re-lamping, and equipment testing
• Ensures safe repairs to the City’s street lighting systems
• Performs scheduled maintenance and group re-lamping on the City’s sport lighting, park security and parking lot lighting systems
• Locates and marks City-owned underground electrical utilities
• Inspects work performed by outside contracted companies on signal modifications, new signal installations, street lighting, parking lots, park security, and youth sport lighting
• Participates in the blueprint plan review process for lighting and signal projects

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Four (4) years’ experience in traffic signal and/or pole mounted outdoor lighting electrical systems, including work with high and low voltages.

Licenses/Certifications: Possession of a valid California driver’s license and an acceptable driving record are required at the time of appointment and throughout employment. A valid California Class B driver’s license and Level One International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) Traffic Signal Certificate; both must be obtained within six (6) months of appointment. Level Two International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) Traffic Signal Certificate must be obtained within one (1) year of appointment.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Employees regularly assigned/required to drive a city or personal vehicle in the course and scope of work shall be required to participate in the DMV Employer Pull Notice program.

Positions in this classification are deemed safety sensitive under Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations and subject to drug and alcohol testing.

Public Employee Disaster Service Worker: In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, all Huntington Beach City employees are required to perform assigned disaster service worker duties in the event of an emergency or a disaster.

• An online application must be fully completed
• Applicants who BEST meet the City's needs, will be invited to participate in the assessment process, which includes a written exam (pass/fail), tentatively scheduled for November 21, 2025 and an oral exam (weighted at 100%), tentatively scheduled for December 3, 2025
• Selection Interview
• Background
• Appointment

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