At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage Traffic Regulation Orders and ensure smooth implementation of traffic schemes.
- Company: Join a dynamic team in Coventry with a focus on transport improvement.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid working, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth in a vital public service role.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in your community through effective traffic management.
- Qualifications: Experience with Traffic Regulation Orders and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 17.47 - 17.47 £ per hour.
Location: Coventry
Hybrid, 3 days working from home
Pay: £17.47 per hour PAYE
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Start: 1 September 2026
Contract: Temporary assignment
IR35: Inside IR35
The Role
We are recruiting for an experienced Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Engineer to provide specialist engineering support across a programme of highway and transport improvement schemes. You will manage the preparation, consultation, processing and implementation of Traffic Regulation Orders, ensuring statutory requirements are met and schemes progress within programme and funding deadlines. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous local authority, highways or traffic management experience and a strong working knowledge of TRO legislation and processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage Traffic Regulation Orders from initial preparation through to implementation.
- Prepare TRO schedules, notices, statements of reasons and supporting documentation.
- Progress Orders relating to speed limits, parking controls, waiting/loading restrictions, one-way systems, prohibited turns, weight restrictions and other movement restrictions.
- Coordinate statutory consultation, public consultation and formal advertisement.
- Review and respond to objections and representations.
- Liaise with Legal Services to progress Orders through sealing and implementation.
- Work closely with project managers, highway engineers and scheme designers.
- Provide technical advice on proposed traffic management measures and statutory requirements.
- Prepare reports, briefing notes and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Liaise with elected members, emergency services, transport operators, businesses, developers and members of the public.
- Maintain accurate records and provide progress and programme reporting.
Essential Experience
- Previous experience preparing and delivering Traffic Regulation Orders, ideally within a local authority or highways environment.
- Strong knowledge of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and associated traffic management legislation.
- Experience managing statutory and public consultation processes.
- Experience working on highway or transport schemes.
- Ability to interpret legislation and apply it to practical traffic management schemes.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple TROs and work to strict programme deadlines.
- Experience using GIS, CAD or TRO management systems would also be beneficial.
This role would suit an experienced TRO Engineer, Traffic Engineer, Traffic Management Engineer, Highways Engineer or Traffic Regulation Order Officer with hands-on experience of the statutory TRO process.
Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Engineer employer: Lynx Employment Services Ltd
Lynx Employment Services Ltd is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that values collaboration and professional growth. With a hybrid working model in Northampton, employees benefit from flexibility while engaging in meaningful projects that impact the public sector. The company prioritises employee development, providing opportunities for continuous learning and advancement within a dynamic legal environment.
Contact Details:
Lynx Employment Services Ltd Recruitment Team
