Traffic Technician

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Salford; On-site; GBP 29,540 - 31,537; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible working

Pension

Job summary

Salford City Council is seeking a Traffic and Transportation Technician to support the design and delivery of schemes that improve safety and mobility in Salford. You will work with senior engineers on requests and projects, gaining experience in traffic management and road safety as the city regenerates.

The role offers hybrid/flexible working and the chance to contribute to a wide range of local projects, backed by a strong professional development culture within the engineering team.

Qualifications

• Ideally, you are working towards qualifications in highways and civil engineering.
• Intermediate/Advanced AutoCAD and MS Office (Excel/Word) skills.
• Strong report writing abilities.
• Working knowledge of traffic and road safety methods.
• Technical knowledge in designing Traffic Management and Road Safety schemes.
• Experience creating and critically reviewing scheme documentation.
• Applied knowledge of quality, safety and environmental processes.
• Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and support feasibility studies, appraisal/assessment reports and other written documents.
• Assess needs and requests, then arrange processing and implementation of traffic management orders.
• Create technical drawings using AutoCAD and related tools (KeyLines/KeySign/KeyPost).
• Contribute to engineering solutions and present options.
• Assist in preparing Bills of Quantities.
• Provide expert technical advice on Traffic Management matters to officers.
• Give day-to-day information to the public on Traffic Management issues.

Skills

AutoCAD

MS Office

Report writing

Traffic management

Scheme documentation

Quality/Safety/ENV

Attention to detail

Driving licence

Education

Highways/Civil Engineering qualifications in progress

Tools

AutoCAD

KeyLines

KeySign

KeyPost

Job description

This role will be an ideal next step if you have a keen interest in traffic management and road safety, with some experience behind you already.

We can offer you an important supporting role in the design and delivery of a wide variety of schemes that are helping to drive the regeneration of Salford. You can build on your existing skills by assisting our engineering team with requests and projects that are improving safety and mobility across our city.

Joining us is an opportunity to see the difference your work makes on local streets as you develop into a specialist in traffic management and road safety.

Why join us in Traffic and Transportation?

• Scale of growth and regeneration in Salford.
• Complex mix of local and strategic issues.
• Wide variety of projects to work on and experience to gain.
• Close collaboration with a large in‑house technical team.
• Strong learning culture with a focus on continuous development and access to the wider training and accreditation opportunities within the Salford City Council engineering community.
• Dedicated professional and digital skills development programmes, tools and eLearning. AI innovation.
• Hybrid/flexible working.
• Competitive package, including excellent pension.

Your role

You will play an important supporting role within the Traffic and Transportation team, working closely with more senior engineers to deal with requests and deliver schemes. We want you to:

• Prepare and support the completion of feasibility studies, appraisal/assessment reports and other written documents.
• Assess needs and requests, then prepare and arrange for the processing and implementation of traffic management regulation orders.
• Compile technical drawings using AutoCAD and associated packages, such as KeyLines, KeySign and KeyPost.
• Help to develop engineering solutions and present engineering options.
• Assist in the preparation of Bills of Quantities.
• Provide expert technical advice to officers on Traffic Management matters.
• Provide day‑to‑day advice to members of the public requesting information concerning Traffic Management issues.

Your profile

Ideally, you will already be working towards appropriate qualifications in highways and civil engineering. We are also looking for:

• Intermediate/Advanced AutoCAD experience.
• Intermediate/Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel and MS Word.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Working knowledge and experience in traffic and road safety methods.
• Technical skills relating to the design of Traffic Management and Road Safety schemes.
• Sound working knowledge of creating and critically reviewing scheme documentation.
• Applied knowledge of quality, safety and environmental processes.
• Strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Full UK driving licence.

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Please note that Salford City Council is currently unable to provide visa sponsorship for any role, as no Certificates of Sponsorship are available. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Please note, this job can be closed at any time if we fulfil the role.

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Company: Salford City Council

Salary: £29,540 – £31,537

Location: Salford, Greater Manchester

Sector: Highways

Sector: Traffic Management

Job Role: Technician