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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £28,605 - £31,029 per annum

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 11th January 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technician within the Traffic & Safety Team at Leicestershire County Council. We are looking for an individual to join the team and provide high quality traffic management and road safety initiatives for the benefit of people living, working, and travelling in Leicestershire.

This role will involve working alongside colleagues in the Traffic & Safety team, which covers a variety of areas such as Traffic Management, Road Safety, Road Safety Education, Bikeability and School Crossing Patrols.

As a Technician you will be responsible for assisting with the design, and delivery of traffic‑management and road safety schemes across Leicestershire. These projects will involve small‑scale highway improvements such as new signing and lining schemes, Traffic Regulation Orders, Traffic Calming, Casualty Reduction schemes, and active travel projects.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills as the role also involves responding to road safety queries and concerns from residents, businesses, Councillors and other third‑parties within Leicestershire. Other key duties and responsibilities involve writing technical and non‑technical reports, inclusive of frequent site visits for problem investigation and assessment.

Good organisation skills and the ability to prioritise work is an essential requirement as the role involves working in a fast‑paced hybrid working environment with diverse priorities, and challenging deadlines. Use and experience of Microsoft packages are also essential requirements with experience of Confirm and AutoCAD advantageous.

To apply for this post, you must have experience of:

• Working in an engineering setting, including design, management, maintenance or administrative processes in relation to highways infrastructure
• Experience of accurately capturing, storing and retrieving information to meet customer and organisational and needs
• Problem investigation and assessment
• Engagement with customers, including attending and producing materials for meetings and exhibitions
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work
• Good IT skills, including the ability to learn the use of specific highways software such as Confirm

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

Ashley Hughes: Senior Engineer - Traffic & Safety

Tel : 0116 305 0660

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

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