City of Phoenix Job Opportunity (Signing & Striping Section Trades Helper – Street Transportation Department)

Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the country, serving as Arizona’s center of government, commerce, and culture. It is emerging in the new economy with strength in high technology, manufacturing, bioscience research and advanced business services. Phoenix is a progressive city, brimming with sports and cultural attractions, distinctive restaurants, fascinating museums, diverse residential options, and endless outdoor opportunities.

The Street Transportation Department currently has vacancies in the Signing and Striping Section of the Traffic Services Division. This section is responsible for the installation and maintenance of all traffic control signs and pavement markings in the City of Phoenix across a street network of over 5,000 miles of public roadways. This function is essential to Traffic Services’ mission to ensure the safety and mobility of people, goods, and services throughout the City of Phoenix.

Responsibilities may include general maintenance on City property, construction projects, preparation of surfaces for painting, operating compressors or jackhammers, and operating computers. This position may use airless paint sprayers, hand tools such as hammers, saws, drills, screwdrivers, wrenches, ratchets, pliers, and power tools for general construction.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

Pay Range: $19.93 – $30.92 per hour

Hiring Range: $19.93 – $28.04 per hour

Pay Range Explanation:

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

Internal Only: Please understand that this is pay grade 137. If selected, your salary offer will be based on the applicable promotion or demotion worksheet in accordance with the City Pay Ordinance.

• Promotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade increase.
• Demotions occur when the last two digits of the pay grade decrease.
• Lateral transfers occur when there is no change to the last two digits of the pay grade.
• When there is a change in the first digit of the pay grade, there may also be a change to your classification or unit.
• Your job classification can be found in eCHRIS > Personal Details under your name, located in the top left section of the page. 
• The pay grade and classification/unit of your current position may be found by looking up your job title on the job description page.

BENEFITS

• Two years of experience assisting a skilled trades person or performing manual work which involved the use of an acquired skill.

• All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.

• Some positions require the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid driver’s license and have an acceptable driving record. Use of a personal vehicle for City business will be prohibited if the employee is not authorized to drive a City vehicle or if the employee does not have personal insurance coverage.

• For information regarding pre-screening and driving positions, click here.
• The City job description can be found here.

• Installing and maintaining signs, crosswalks, stencils (i.e. bike markings, turn arrows), working with walk-behind airless striping machines, and traffic control experience.
• Traffic sign installation, fabrication, and associated equipment.
• Pavement marking applications and associated equipment.
• Operating a vehicle with a trailer attachment.
• Reading and interpreting various maps.
• Using an airless paint sprayer on the job.
• Performing painting work as a primary job function.
• Operating compressors and jackhammers to break out, remove, and repair concrete or pavement areas.
• Using common hand tools such as hammers, saws, drills, screwdrivers, wrenches, ratchets, pliers, or similar tools.

Recruitment closes August 5, 2026. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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Trades Helper, JC:70060, ID# 62231, 07/23/26, USM, CR, Benefits:001

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