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AWP Safety

Provides traffic safety services and design

Field Trainer

Full-Time
AED60k - AED75k/yr
Mid
Bachelor's, Associate's
Dallas, TX, USA
In Person
TrainingCorporate & Technical Training

About the job

Requirements
  • Maintain current traffic control, safety, supervisor, and instructor credentials.
  • Possess an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree, preferred.
  • For positions within Florida, have at least two years (4,000 hours) of work zone temporary traffic control experience; five years (10,000 hours) is preferred.
  • Pass ATSSA Flagger Training and Certification with a score greater than 90%.
  • Pass ATSSA Traffic Control Technician Training with a score greater than 90%.
  • Pass ATSSA Traffic Control Supervisor Training with a score greater than 90%.
  • Hold an ATSSA Traffic Control Supervisor Certificate.
  • Have strong leadership, communication, coaching, organizational, motivational, and interpersonal skills.
  • Be able to complete detailed paperwork and organize and analyze data regularly.
  • Demonstrate team engagement and teambuilding techniques.
  • Have intermediate computer skills, including Microsoft Office products and customer relationship management systems, specifically PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel.
  • Follow safe workplace practices.
  • Maintain a current, valid driver’s license and a clean driving record without suspension or revocation.
  • Be able to work a 40–50 hour work week, including occasional weekends and holidays.
  • Be able to handle outdoor, construction-site, physical, and environmental conditions, including lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds, prolonged standing, strenuous labor, manual dexterity, and multi-limb coordination.
Responsibilities
  • Provide leadership and guidance within the team to achieve organizational and project goals.
  • Collaborate with the Facility Management team to support the company’s core values and mission.
  • Conduct recurrent training for new hires and current employees at the facility as required.
  • Coordinate projects, including providing updates on facility assets, with the department and external clients.
  • Perform site inspections to ensure safe work practices and compliant work-zone installation.
  • Conduct new-hire and recurrent training for employees.
  • Conduct multiple job-site visits using an inspection checklist to verify that traffic-control employees work safely, receive necessary breaks, and install work zones correctly.
  • Ensure facility safety and compliance requirements are met.
  • Protect employees, customers, and assets from losses, injuries, and accidents by enforcing safe work practices.
  • Investigate accidents and safety exposures, identify causes, and develop preventive measures and practices.
  • Track asset, employee, and time usage for projects.
  • Coach and engage employees on traffic-control standards and company policies to maintain safe and compliant work zones.
  • Provide employees and management with performance, safety, compliance, and training input based on first-hand observations, and facilitate disciplinary action when necessary.
  • Facilitate team meetings.
  • Attend and actively participate in customer safety, preconstruction, and project meetings.
  • Develop and maintain existing customer relationships and build new relationships while conducting job-site inspections.
  • Address customer-service issues promptly and efficiently.
Desired Qualifications
  • Five years (10,000 hours) of work zone temporary traffic control experience.
  • One or more years of management experience.
  • Teaching or presentation experience.

About the company

AWP Safety provides worksite traffic safety services for utility, infrastructure, and construction projects. It uses on-site technicians and equipment, along with permitting and traffic design, to create and enforce project-specific traffic plans and manage operations on site. The company differentiates itself by growing through acquisitions to standardize services and expand from cone-focused traffic control into a nationwide safety partner with a broad service footprint. Its goal is to be the leading nationwide partner for worksite safety by offering a complete, integrated solution from planning to on-site execution.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

North Canton, Ohio

Founded

1981

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What believers are saying

  • January 2025 acquisitions expanded Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and Nebraska coverage immediately.
  • AWP Safety named a CFO in February 2026 to tighten forecasting and cash conversion.
  • August 2026 regional leadership hires target Southwest and Gulf Coast demand from infrastructure growth.

What critics are saying

  • April 2026 unpaid-wage litigation targets Driver Protectors and overtime practices in court.
  • Indeed ratings sit at 2.4, with pay and advancement scoring 1.9 and 2.0.
  • Heavy acquisition integration can break service quality, creating customer churn after each closing.

What makes AWP Safety unique

  • AWP Safety bundled traffic control, planning, rentals, and sign manufacturing across 143 facilities.
  • Kohlberg-backed roll-ups added 21 companies, deepening density across utilities, broadband, and infrastructure.
  • August 2026 leadership appointments span Texas through Idaho, signaling a national operating platform.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Referral bonuses

Company News

PE Hub
Jul 31st, 2024
Kohlberg-backed AWP Safety acquires Washington Traffic Control and Western Traffic Congrol | PE Hub

AWP Safety is a provider of safety and traffic control solutions.

PR Newswire
Aug 2nd, 2023
AWP SAFETY, BACKED BY KOHLBERG & CO., ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF RHV CAPITAL'S TRAFFIC CONTROL GROUP

/PRNewswire/ -- AWP Safety, North America's leading provider of safety and traffic control solutions, has announced its strategic acquisition of RHV Capital's...

PR Newswire
Dec 5th, 2022
AWP, Backed by Kohlberg & Co., Announces Strategic Acquisitions of MOTPlans, LLC and CrossRoads, LP

/PRNewswire/ -- Area Wide Protective ("AWP"), America's leading safety company supporting utility, broadband and infrastructure upgrades and expansion, has...