Senior Traffic Engineer

Location : Slough/London (Hybrid Working)

Salary : Up to £45,000 (Dependent on Experience)

Contract : Full-time, Permanent

Are you passionate about designing innovative, sustainable, and safer transport solutions? We are looking for a Senior Traffic Engineer to join our dynamic transportation and active travel team, based in either our Slough or London office.

You’ll be required to work 3 days per week in a Project Centre office, including 2 days in our Slough office. You’ll also have access to our London office offering flexibility and an inspiring workspace.

The Role

As a Senior Traffic Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering impactful projects that focus on traffic, cycling, walking, and public transport schemes. You’ll be supporting a variety of project types, from junctions and corridors to area-wide strategies, while contributing your technical expertise to help shape the future of transport and active travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support across a wide range of transport and active travel projects, including the design of traffic, cycling, walking, and public transport schemes.
• Take a leading role in the project management and financial delivery of schemes, ensuring outputs are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Check and review deliverables produced by junior staff, including reports and drawings.
• Provide mentoring and guidance to junior team members.
• Conduct weekly monitoring to track progress against key project indicators.
• Ensure compliance with Quality Assurance (QA) systems and maintain up-to-date project files.
• Liaise with colleagues across disciplines to deliver cohesive, integrated solutions.
• Assist in developing Quality Assurance systems and contribute to continuous improvement within the team.
• Respond promptly to client and customer enquiries, ensuring their needs are met with professionalism.

What We’re Looking For

• A relevant Degree or HND/HNC in Engineering (or equivalent qualification).
• Solid understanding of highways and traffic engineering principles, including experience in traffic or highway design and delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of LTN 1/20, London Cycle Design Standards, TfL design guidance, the Traffic Signs Manual, and relevant British Standards.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, particularly in traffic sign and lining design.
• Familiarity with TMA 2004, CDM regulations, and other relevant legislation and design standards.
• Membership (or working towards membership) of a professional institution such as MIHE, MICE, TPP, or MCIHT.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary: up to £45,000 DOE.
• Flexible hybrid working (3 days per week in the office, with 2 days in Slough).
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Private healthcare.
• Staff benefits designed to suit you, from discounts on high street and online shopping to travel, socialising and wellbeing
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Package (eligibility criteria apply).
• Yearly professional membership support.
• A collaborative and inclusive workplace where your passion and expertise are valued.

If this sounds like the job for you, please apply….

Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings, we’re a leading multi-disciplinary design, engineering, and landscape architecture consultancy. Our highly talented team thrives on creating exceptional places that inspire innovation and prioritise sustainability. Led by a forward-thinking management team, our collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach delivers award-winning projects that have gained international recognition.

What’s next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and complete your application.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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NOTE TO AGENCIES: We will only be accepting direct applications for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.

New starters will be subject to clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and a County Court Judgment check. In addition, the post holder is expected to keep the Company updated if their personal circumstances change.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.