Traffic Technician

Salford Council; Swinton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Excellent pension

Professional development programs

Hybrid/flexible working

Job summary

Salford Council is seeking a candidate for a traffic management support role, focusing on enhancing road safety and mobility. This position offers an opportunity to work alongside senior engineers, contributing to various projects aimed at the regeneration of Salford.

The ideal candidate will possess strong AutoCAD skills, excellent communication abilities, and a keen interest in civil engineering. This role includes competitive benefits and a focus on continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Working towards appropriate qualifications in highways and civil engineering.
• Experience with Traffic and Road Safety methods.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Support the completion of feasibility studies and appraisal reports.
• Assess needs and implement traffic management regulation orders.
• Compile technical drawings using AutoCAD and related packages.
• Develop engineering solutions and present options.
• Prepare Bill of Quantities.
• Provide expert technical advice on Traffic Management.

Skills

Intermediate/Advanced AutoCAD experience

Intermediate/Advanced MS Office skills

Strong report writing skills

Working knowledge of Traffic and Road Safety methods

Strong organisational skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Working towards qualifications in highways and civil engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Excel

MS Word

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/requests, then prepare and arrange for 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 Bill 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.