Posted 2 months ago
Temporary Signer
@ AWP Safety
Truro, Nova Scotia
Overview
AWP Safety is hiring Temporary Signers for full-time traffic control work at temporary workplaces. The role involves setting up and maintaining traffic signs and equipment, working with customers in the field, and supervising safety on site. The posting asks for provincial traffic control certification and a lift of up to 50 lbs.
Pay:
$17.50–$21.50 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Set up temporary workplace signs to provincial requirements
- Load and check equipment before each day
- Act as traffic control person during crew breaks
- Perform routine inspections of temporary workplaces
- Enforce safety policies in the field
Requirements summary:
- Provincial Traffic Control Person certification
- Provincial Traffic Control Agent/Signer certification
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
- Steel-toe boots
- Nova Scotia Temporary Workplace Signer certificate (preferred)
- Nova Scotia Class 5 driver's licence (preferred)
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · smartrecruiters
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-19
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Construction site, Vehicle |
| Position | On the move |
| Physical demands | physical high · lift 50 lb · computer low |
| Licences & certifications | Provincial Traffic Control Person Certification, Provincial Traffic Control Agent/Signer Certification, Nova Scotia Traffic Control Person Certificate, Nova Scotia Temporary Workplace Signer Certificate, Nova Scotia Class 5 Drivers licence |
| Driver’s licence | preferred |
| Encouraged to apply | Veterans, People with disabilities, Women |
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AWP Safety
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Full company description
AWP Safety® is North America’s leading worksite safety partner, protecting those who build our infrastructure. The company specializes in supplying the manpower to guide traffic safety around work zones. AWP Safety’s capabilities range from work zone flagging to design and engineering for transportation management plans, equipment sales, rentals and 24/7 support. AWP Safety’s family of brands is committed to improving traffic safety across the areas it serves.
- LinkedIn followers
- 23,269
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 3,102
- Reported office locations
- 4244 Mt. Pleasant St. NW, North Canton, OH 44720, US
- Business categories
- Construction
- Information Technology
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
- Other recorded names
- AWP Safety
- Specialties
- flagging
- traffic control
- work zone management
- design
- equipment rental
- steel plate
- traffic equipment
- construction
- AFADs
- Barricades
- cones & drums
- message boards
- arrow boards
- broadband
- DOT
- Special events
- and truck mounted attenuators
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
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AWP Safety® is North America’s leading worksite safety partner, protecting those who build our infrastructure. The company specializes in supplying the manpower to guide traffic safety around work zones. AWP Safety’s capabilities range from work zone flagging to design and engineering for transportation management plans, equipment sales, rentals and 24/7 support. AWP Safety’s family of brands is committed to…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Utilities |
| Company size | 5,001-10,000 employees |
| Headquarters | North Canton, OH |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1981 |
| Specialties | flaggingtraffic controlwork zone managementdesignequipment rentalsteel platetraffic equipmentconstructionAFADsBarricades |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 26 |
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Company Description
Safety First Contracting doing business as AWP Safety is presently accepting applications to fill various openings for Traffic Control Persons.
Job Description
Responsibilities include:
- Ensuring temporary workplace are signed in accordance with provincial requirements
- Ensuring all equipment required for the day is loaded on the truck prior to departing
- Interacting with customers in the field to understand scope of work and level of traffic control required
- Ensuring Traffic Control Persons are following all safety policies in the field
- Acting as a Traffic Control Person while crew members are on breaks/lunches
- Performing routine inspections of temporary workplaces
Qualifications
Training & Requirements:
- Provincial Traffic Control Person Certification
- Provincial Traffic Control Agent/Signer Certification
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Steel-to boots
- Provincial Traffic Control Person Certification
- Provincial Traffic Control Agent/Signer Certification
Licence/Certification:
- Nova Scotia Traffic Control Person Certificate (preferred)
- Nova Scotia Temporary Workplace Signer Certificate (preferred)
- Nova Scotia Class 5 Drivers license (preferred)
Additional Information
AWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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