Traffic Engineering Manager

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Traffic Engineering Manager
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 5, 6th Floor 
• Salary:                               £55,396 - 58,474 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     05/05/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   8301 
• This post is not open to job share

Do you want to play a key role in shaping highways to save lives and encourage greater sustainable travel? The post of Traffic Engineering Manager gives you an opportunity to do just that.

You will lead a team that will implement projects with the objective of significantly reducing the number of serious and fatally injured people and provide greater infrastructure for walking and cycling enhancing quality of life.

About The Team & Role:

As the Traffic Engineering Team Manager, you will be at the helm of a dynamic team, providing project management, engineering design, and contract management services. Your leadership will drive programme delivery and the continual improvement of our services, leveraging the use of up-to-date standards and technology, innovative thinking, and lessons learned.

The role involves fostering a motivated team focused on well-being and professional development, delivering a high-quality service and maintaining excellent working relationships with GCC colleagues, elected members and other stakeholders.

You will oversee the delivery of a programme of traffic engineering schemes that promote road safety, sustainability, and innovation. meeting financial targets. This role is an opportunity to make a significant positive impact on highway infrastructure, to meet corporate objectives for safe and sustainable travel.

To see further why developing your career with Gloucestershire County Council can be hugely rewarding please see the link below.

https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/recruitment/highways-recruitment/

About You:

You will have experience in managing a team and significant experience in highway design engineering and contract management including using NEC contracts, in the delivery of projects that improve road safety, walking, cycling and other sustainable means of transport.

You will excel in managing multiple task and priorities and guiding a team to deliver on its objectives. You will have experience in managing multiple budgets. You will be able to thrive in high-pressure environments to meet quality, cost and time targets.

You will have a commitment to health and safety and be experienced in the application of the CDM Regulations 2015. You will have an understanding on the impact of traffic on environmental issues. Be adept at stakeholder engagement, knowledgeable in construction regulations.

About Us: 

Hybrid working arrangements are available for many of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)

Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network

How to apply:

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Nathaniel Davis via email at Nathaniel.davis@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

Applicants will be shortlisted and interviewed during the advertisement period. As such the closing date may be altered subject to candidates being successful.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Job Profile Traffic Engineering Manager

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.