Traffic Engineering Project Manager

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Traffic Engineering Project Manager
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 5, 6th Floor 
• Salary:                               £39,186 - £48,474 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     05/05/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   8415 
• 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 Project Manager gives you an opportunity to do just that. You will manage projects with the aim of significantly reducing the number of serious and fatally injured people and providing greater infrastructure for walking and cycling enhancing quality of life.

About The Team & Role:

You will have a keen interest in and a commitment to road safety and sustainability. In this role, you will project manage traffic engineering projects through their life cycle. You will work with inhouse and external teams to deliver design solutions and construction phases to provide outcomes that achieve project and council objectives.

You will have overall control of projects and be responsible for their programme, risk, and budget management. You will build and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will work with colleagues to bid for funding. You will ensure that projects follow required policies and processes.

You will ensure that health and safety regulations are applied to all projects including the CDM Regulations 2015.

This position offers a career progression pathway opportunity that allows you to increase your knowledge, skills and responsibilities to achieve the requirements of the higher grade.

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 highway and traffic engineering design and of project managing highway and traffic engineering projects. You will be experienced in producing and managing programmes and have a track record of effective stakeholder collaboration. You will be work under pressure to meet deadlines. You will have experience of bidding for project funding. You will have experience of applying the CDM Regulations 2015. You will understand sustainable travel principles and the impact of engineering on environmental issues. You will be committed to health, safety, welfare, and equal opportunities.

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 Project 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.