Senior Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Engineer

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Engineer to join the Engineering Division of the Safety, Engineering and Standards (SES) Directorate. The Engineering Division provides technical leadership, standards, advice and assurance to National Highways on all aspects of the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the strategic road network to ensure we have some of the safest and best performing road networks in the world.

As a Senior ITS Engineer, you will provide specialist technical advice to support the development, renewal, and maintenance of National Highways operational technology (OT) assets. You will lead on developing and implementing policies, standards, and best practices that meet statutory and external requirements, ensuring safe operations for staff, contractors, and the public while delivering robust best-value solutions. This role can be based from any of our UK offices, however there will be the need for occasional travel to other locations to attend meetings, workshops, conferences, or any other related events.

• Act as a source of specialist subject matter expertise, providing appropriate advice and technical assurance to National Highways colleagues, its contractors, and suppliers in resolving OT technical issues.
• Engage with stakeholders across National Highways and externally to understand their business needs; to promote and gain commitment to SES objectives and solutions; and to identify key areas for improvement and to share best practices.
• Lead and deliver complex commercially focused OT related projects and manage supplier resources and contracts.
• Maintain and update the relevant sections of the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges (DMRB) and the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCHW) to improve the way the Strategic Road Network is designed, built and operated.
• Represent National Highways on external technical committees, steering groups and at seminars and workshops, to contribute to the development of external standards, ensuring that National Highways views are appropriately represented.

About you:

• Membership to a relevant professional chartered organisation, such as IET, that can support attaining the IEng or CEng status.
• Relevant degree / HND e.g. Computer Engineering; Electrical/Electronic Engineering; Systems Engineering, and relevant experience in an operational technology discipline or similar.
• Experience and ability of working with a diverse range of stakeholders to understand the complexity of views involved in managing the environment; and support the development of policy / standards / specialist guidance.
• Demonstrable experience in supplier and contract management with ability to improve supplier delivery through engagement and contract knowledge.
• Experience of resolving complex technical problems, analysing information to develop appropriate solutions to manage risks and issues.
• Experience of working in a programme and project environment in line with APMP principles, working with programme management to support the delivery of specific programmes (desirable).

About us:

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Safety, Engineering and Standards (SES) focuses on supporting outstanding operational delivery and providing expert technical advice for our road network. We also deliver essential services that lead, enable, and drive innovation in the development of the Strategic Road Network, while offering expert guidance on health and safety matters.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.

A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.

Our benefits package includes:

• Basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%.
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays).
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working.
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary.
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders.
• Access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines.
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel.
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience.
• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave.
• Access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities.
• Access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays.
• Offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year.

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include: Right to work check, 3 year employment history references, DBS criminal record check, Social media and adverse journalism check, Driving licence check (if applicable), Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable), Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable).

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