At a Glance
- Tasks: Support traffic management projects and improve road safety in Salford.
- Company: Join a dynamic team at Salford City Council focused on regeneration.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, competitive pay, excellent pension, and continuous learning opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborate with a skilled engineering team and access professional development resources.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on local streets while developing your skills in traffic management.
- Qualifications: Experience with AutoCAD and a passion for traffic and road safety.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
This role will be an ideal next step if you have a keen interest in traffic management and road safety, with some experience behind you already.
We can offer you an important supporting role in the design and delivery of a wide variety of schemes that are helping to drive the regeneration of Salford.
You can build on your existing skills by assisting our engineering team with requests and projects that are improving safety and mobility across our city.
Joining us is an opportunity to see the difference your work makes on local streets, as you develop into a specialist in traffic management and road safety.
Why join us in Traffic and Transportation?
- Scale of growth and regeneration in Salford.
- Complex mix of local and strategic issues.
- Wide variety of projects to work on and experience to gain.
- Close collaboration with a large in‑house technical team.
- Strong learning culture with a focus on continuous development and access to the wider training and accreditation opportunities within the Salford City Council engineering community.
- Dedicated professional and digital skills development programmes, tools and e Learning. AI innovation.
- Hybrid/flexible working.
- Competitive package, including excellent pension.
Your role
You will play an important supporting role within the Traffic and Transportation team, working closely with more senior engineers to deal with requests and deliver schemes.
We want you to
- Prepare and support the completion of feasibility studies, appraisal / assessment reports and other written documents.
- Assess needs/requests, then prepare and arrange for processing and implementation of traffic management regulation orders.
- Compile technical drawings using Auto CAD and associated packages, such as Key Lines, Key Sign and Key Post.
- Help to develop engineering solutions and present engineering options.
- Assist in the preparation of Bill of Quantities.
- Provide expert technical advice to officers on Traffic Management matters.
- Provide day‑to‑day advice to members of the public requesting information concerning Traffic Management issues.
Your profile
Ideally, you will already be working towards appropriate qualifications in highways and civil engineering. We are also looking for:
- Intermediate/Advanced Auto CAD experience.
- Intermediate/Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel and MS Word.
- Strong report writing skills.
- Working knowledge and experience in Traffic and Road Safety methods.
- Technical skills relating to the design of Traffic Management and Road Safety schemes.
- Sound working knowledge of creating and critically reviewing scheme documentation.
- Applied knowledge of quality, safety and environmental processes.
- Strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Full UK driving licence.
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