Principal Engineer - Highways Safety

Kirklees Council; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Engineer to enhance road safety across a vast network. This role involves designing engineering schemes and managing projects to ensure timely and budget-conscious delivery. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and a commitment to road safety, contributing to the ambitious Vision Zero goal. Join a dedicated team focused on making roads safer for all users while enjoying a supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing road engineering schemes and managing projects.
• Ability to analyze engineering problems and provide solutions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the safety of the road network and manage engineering projects.
• Provide professional advice on road safety and highway engineering.

Skills

Road engineering design

Project management

Staff management

Road safety analysis

Technical advice in highway engineering

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineering qualification

Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation Kirklees

Directorate Place

Service Area Highways & Streetscene

Hours 37

Number of Jobs 1

Location(s) Civic Centre 1 / Home

Position type Permanent

Grade Grade 10-12 (£37,035 - £45,718)

£37,035 - £45,718 (plus £3000 Market Rate Supplement, reviewed annually)

The Highway Safety team are responsible for ensuring that the 1930km road network is safe and suitable for all users to travel throughout Kirklees without being involved in a road traffic collision.

Recently adopting a Safe Systems approach to the introduction of engineering and education measures the team are working towards our Vision Zero ambition of 0 Killed or Seriously Injured Casualties on our local roads by 2040.

To help achieve our ambition we are looking for a Principal Engineer with the following skills and experience to join the team.

• Experience of designing road engineering schemes – desirable with some safety related experience
• Ability to manage staff to deliver projects and programmes on time and on budget.
• Ability to manage staff leave, sickness, wellbeing, and training needs.
• Can reply to Councillors, MPs, and residents’ concerns regarding road safety on the network
• Are able to provide professional and technical advice in road safety and highway engineering
• Can analyse engineering problems and using your technical expertise and engineering judgment to produce solutions – especially when considering interventions to address areas with a high number of road traffic collisions.
• Experience in or knowledge of road safety audits and / or willingness to learn to become one of the internal road safety auditors.
• Undertake the relevant duty holder’s role under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, in particular, Designer / Principal Designer, and help other to understand and undertake theirs .

Phill Waddington is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: [e-mail] or phone: [phone] and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.