Specialist, Traffic Management & Road Safety

Swindon Borough Council; Swindon; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rewards and Benefits

Job summary

Swindon Borough Council is seeking a Specialist – Traffic Management & Road Safety to join a pivotal team delivering high-impact schemes across the Borough. You will transform evidence and professional judgement into practical changes in traffic management, road safety, signing and lining, and enforcement of traffic regulations.

The role focuses on developing schemes from investigation through consultation to implementation, working with elected Members, emergency services and partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing or delivering highway and traffic management schemes.
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation and standards (Traffic Regulation Orders, TSRGD, Traffic Management Act).
• Ability to use traffic data (surveys, collision data) and engineering judgement to propose solutions.

Responsibilities

• Turn evidence and local insight into practical traffic changes across management, engineering and road safety.
• Develop and deliver schemes from investigation through consultation to implementation and review.
• Collaborate with elected Members, Parish/Town Councils, emergency services, developers and communities to balance safety and accessibility.
• Support congestion management and innovative traffic initiatives to improve network performance.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Road safety

Public sector experience

Education

HNC/D in Civil Engineering

Job description

Specialist – Traffic Management & Road Safety x3

Swindon Borough Council are on an exciting journey to transform service delivery. We want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that’s who we’re doing it for – the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you’ll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It’s all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

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Salary: £45,091 p.a., plus benefits

Please note: 3.3% national pay award increase to be applied in October.

37 hours per week

Your next role

Few roles give you the opportunity to see the impact of your expertise every day. In Swindon, the decisions you help shape will influence how safely and efficiently thousands of people move around the Borough, whether they are travelling to work, school, local businesses or through our communities.

You will turn evidence, professional judgement and local insight into practical change. Working across traffic management, traffic engineering and road safety, you will help develop and deliver schemes from investigation and consultation through to implementation and review. You will work on a varied programme including road safety and casualty reduction, speed management, school safety, parking and Traffic Regulation Orders, junction and highway improvements, signing and lining, congestion management and innovative traffic management initiatives. Your work will deliver outcomes that people can genuinely see and experience.

This is also a role with real professional influence. You will work closely with elected Members, Parish and Town Councils, emergency services, National Highways, developers, contractors and communities, bringing clarity to complex issues and helping find solutions that balance safety, accessibility, network performance and local priorities.

About you

We are looking for an experienced Traffic Engineer with strong experience in road safety engineering and the development or delivery of highway and traffic management schemes, ideally within a local authority, public sector or consultancy environment. You will have a good understanding of relevant legislation and standards, including Traffic Regulation Orders, TSRGD and the Traffic Management Act, and be confident using traffic surveys, STATS19 collision data and engineering judgement to investigate problems and develop recommendations.

You will have an HNC/D in Civil Engineering or a relevant subject, or equivalent extensive experience. Experience in Road Safety Engineering and/or Road Safety Audit would be welcomed, together with membership of IHE, CIHT or ICE, but these are not essential. If you want to use your technical expertise somewhere it can make a visible difference, this is an opportunity to help shape safer roads, improve how people travel and deliver practical engineering solutions for communities across Swindon.

You will need to be able to travel across the Borough for site visits and meetings.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, revitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details and our new Swindon Plan.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

Your next steps

For further information about the role please contact Julie Furneval, Senior Specialist – Traffic Management on [e-mail]

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application, please email [e-mail]

Closing date: 14 September 2026

Shortlisting date: w/c 14 September 2026

Interview date: 22 and 23 September 2026