Senior Engineer - Highways Safety

Kirklees Council; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Bradford is seeking a Senior Engineer to join their Highway Safety team. This role involves ensuring the safety of the road network and addressing concerns from Councillors and residents. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing road engineering schemes and provide professional advice in road safety. The position also requires strong analytical skills to solve engineering problems, particularly in areas with high traffic collision rates. Applicants should be willing to learn about road safety audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing road engineering schemes, ideally with safety experience.
• Ability to respond to concerns regarding road safety.
• Technical expertise in road safety and highway engineering.
• Proficient in analysing problems and producing solutions.
• Willingness to learn about road safety audits.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the road network is safe for all users.
• Provide professional and technical advice in road safety.
• Respond to Councillors, MPs, and residents' concerns.
• Analyse engineering problems using technical expertise.
• Undertake the duty holder’s role under relevant regulations.

Skills

Designing road engineering schemes

Responding to Councillors and residents' concerns

Providing technical advice in road safety

Analysing engineering problems

Knowledge of road safety audits

Job description

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

• Experience of designing road engineering schemes - desirable with some safety related experience
• 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, and help other to understand and undertake theirs.