Senior Road Safety and Traffic Engineer

Hoople Ltd; Hereford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS enrolment

Career progression

31 days annual leave + 10 extra

Flexible working

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional membership fees paid

Job summary

Herefordshire Council is seeking a Senior Road Safety and Traffic Engineer to lead a small team, provide expert technical advice and drive TRO development and policy. You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners to enhance highway safety and network performance.

The role focuses on delivering traffic management, road safety initiatives and evidence-based improvements for the community. A permanent contract with a competitive salary awaits.

Qualifications

• Degree level in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• ICE membership or Chartered/Incorporated status.
• Solid knowledge of highway legislation (Highways Act 1980, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Traffic Management Act 2004).
• Experience in a management role with a can-do attitude.
• Knowledge/experience of road safety and traffic engineering techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical advice to officers, councillors and partners.
• Lead development, implementation and review of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs).
• Lead and develop a team of Traffic Engineers with clear direction.
• Oversee design and implementation of traffic management and road safety initiatives.
• Use data-led approaches to improve highway safety and network performance.

Skills

Leadership

Traffic engineering

Data-informed decisions

Can-do attitude

Workload management

Education

ICE membership / Chartered status

Tools

AutoCAD (Signplot)

KeyLINE

KeySIGN

Job description

About The Role

Job Title: Senior Road Safety and Traffic Engineer
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: HC09 £42,123 - £46,579 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 9th October 2026
Interview date: 21st October 2026

The Role

This is an exciting time to join the Highways and Public Realm team at Herefordshire Council.

We’re transforming how highways and public realm services are delivered across Herefordshire, on the 1st June this year we brought these services back under direct Council control for the first time in years. This gives us greater flexibility, more local accountability, and a sharper focus on quality and value for money.

By joining us now, you’ll be part of a team shaping the future of essential services that residents rely on every day from maintaining roads and green spaces to keeping our streets clean and safe.

We can offer the chance to make a real difference in your community, work with a dedicated team, and help deliver improvements that matter. If you’re looking for a role where you can take pride in what you do and be part of positive change, we’d love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you will work as a senior member of staff in our Road Safety and Traffic Engineering team, providing expert technical advice to officers, councillors, partners and stakeholders. You will take a leading role in the development, implementation and review of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs), helping to shape policy and ensure that traffic management measures support the Council’s wider transport, safety and place shaping objectives.

You will lead and develop a small team of Traffic Engineers, providing clear direction, technical guidance and direct line management support to ensure the successful delivery of programmes and projects. Working collaboratively across Council services and with external partners, you will oversee the design and implementation of traffic management and road safety initiatives, using data and evidence led approaches to improve highway safety, network performance and the travelling experience for all road users.

About You

• Be educated to degree level or equivalent in Engineering, or a related field and/or substantial work experience.
• Will hold ICE membership or other relevant professional body and accredited with either Chartered or Incorporated Status.
• Have comprehensive knowledge of key highway legislation including the Highways Act 1980, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Road Traffic Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 etc.
• Have experience in a management role and have a can-do attitude, with the desire to bring about significant service improvements.
• Have knowledge / experience of road safety and traffic engineering techniques including casualty reduction schemes and Traffic Regulation Orders.
• Be competent using AutoCAD associated packages i.e. Signplot, KeyLINE, KeySIGN
• Have the ability to organise your own workload and to also help organise the work of the team.

We Offer

A competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Salary range of £42,123 - £46,579.
• Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Career progression: clear pathways to progress
• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum during the request period
• Flexible working: including the potential for job-sharing, part-time hours and agile working.
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees (based on role requirements)
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

Why Choose Us?

Herefordshire is big hearted, welcoming and friendly. We have strong and independent communities and idyllic countryside, situated in the Southwest Midlands and bordering Wales. The county sits between Worcestershire and the Malvern Hills to the east, and Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons) in Wales to the west.

Historically Herefordshire has been the gateway to the Marches. We embrace partnership working. We are a member of the Marches Forward Partnership, which is a cross border collaboration between Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Powys and Shropshire who are collectively working to secure funding to invest in the region.

The council priorities over the next four years are set out in the Council Plan, with four main areas;

People: We will enable residents to realise their potential, to be healthy and to be part of great communities who support each other. We want all children to have the best start in life.

Place: We will protect and enhance our environment and ensure that Herefordshire is a great place to live. We will support the right housing in the right place, we will support access to green spaces and we will do everything we can to recover the health of our rivers.

Growth: We will create the conditions to deliver sustainable growth across the county; attracting inward investment, building business confidence, creating jobs, enabling housing development along with providing the right infrastructure.

Transformation: We will be an efficient council that embraces best practice, delivers innovation through technology and demonstrates value for money.

Don’t meet all parts of the job description?

Herefordshire Council is committed to strengthening a diverse and inclusive work environment which reflects the communities of Herefordshire. If you are looking at the next stage of your career and have a broad base of fieldwork experience, we can provide supportive and welcoming opportunities to help you develop your professional, management & supervisory skills.

Reasonable Adjustments

Our recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email: [e-mail].

Creating an inclusive workplace

We encourage our employees to feel empowered and to use their voices to help embrace diversity, promote inclusivity and shape our organisation. We have eight employee network groups, collectives of colleagues who often share identities, life experiences or cultures and offer support and community. They also play an important role in strengthening the voices of employees at Herefordshire Council. Embedded in the Council's values is a commitment to listen to people's views and needs.

For more information on our Employee Network Groups please view our dedicated recruitment website: www.spiritofherefordshire.com.

Commitments, Covenants and Statutory Obligations

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme.
• Those who indicate in their application that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Those who indicate in their application that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.

We take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.