Senior Traffic Management Coordinator

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Bonus

Hybrid working

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineer to lead and review traffic management designs for urban schemes, coordinating with contractors and stakeholders.

You will oversee design inputs, ensure compliance with standards, and support project delivery across schemes with a hybrid working arrangement and a strong focus on health and safety.

Qualifications

• Extensive traffic management experience in live urban environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or equivalent).
• Membership of a relevant professional institution.
• Professionally qualified or working towards Chartered Engineer status.
• Formal training in Chapter 8 is desirable.
• Safe pass accreditation is desirable.
• Possess a full, clean driving license.
• Experience managing major traffic schemes from initiation to handover.
• Knowledge of Highway design regulations.
• Ability to interpret traffic signal modelling data.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a review of the traffic management plan for each Scheme and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Ensure permits are in place to facilitate the contractors' Traffic Management Design.
• Oversee all traffic management design inputs across the project, ensuring compliance with codes of practice and standards.
• Oversee the drafting of interface management requirements related to Traffic Management for each Design and Build Contract and input into procurement documents.
• Manage complex traffic engineering studies and lead traffic design for CBCIW.
• Ensure traffic management arrangements are implemented in line with approved Traffic Management Plans.
• Coordinate schemes to align approaches and prevent conflicts in traffic management.
• Disseminate learnings across Schemes.

Skills

Traffic management

Stakeholder management

Traffic signal modelling

Driving licence

Safety compliance

ITS systems

Project delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or equivalent)

Chartered Engineer status (or pursuing)

Chapter 8 training

Membership of professional institution

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Traffic simulation (e.g., VISSIM)

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

SYSTRA is experiencing significant growth in Ireland, having recently won numerous prestigious local awards. This is an exciting time to join our team and contribute to our market expansion.

Missions/Main Duties

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Carry out a review of the traffic management plan for each Scheme to be developed by the Design and Build Contractors which will cover the requirements for each of the Design and Build Contracts in relation to traffic management during the delivery, ensuring that the plans covers coordination with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the relevant permits are in place to facilitate the Contractors Traffic Management Design once approved by the NEC4 PM;
• Oversee all traffic management design inputs input across the project assuring that they are designed in accordance with codes of practice, relevant standards and best international practice;
• Oversee the drafting of the interface management requirements related to Traffic Management for each of the Design and Build Contracts and to input into the procurement documents;
• Manage complex traffic engineering/safety and traffic planning studies and develop designs to support the traffic management for CBCIW, also act as a lead traffic designer;
• Ensure traffic management arrangements are implemented in line with the approved Traffic Management Plans;
• Ensure coordination across Schemes in relation to traffic management arrangements, ensuring that the approaches to traffic management plans taken by each of the Design and Build Contracts are aligned to eliminate the potential for conflicts;
• Ensure learnings in relation to traffic management is disseminated across Schemes;

Profile/Skills

• Extensive traffic management experience in live urban environments
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering (or equivalent)
• Membership of a relevant professional institution.
• Professionally qualified or working towards Chartered Engineer status.
• Formal training / certification in Chapter 8 is desirable
• Safe pass accreditation is desirable
• Possess a full, clean driving license.
• Managing major traffic schemes, including traffic signal managed schemes, from initiation to handover for implementation, and designing schemes to minimise their impact on the surrounding traffic network.
• Highway design regulations.
• Analysing traffic survey data.
• Traffic Management Orders and procedures.
• Interpreting traffic signal modelling reports and data to inform and steer project design.
• Road safety, traffic incident management, traffic control and safety procedures.
• ITS system and design principles, standards, guidelines, processes, operations, and policy.
• Signal timing optimisation within traffic controllers, Adaptive Signal Control, Transit Signal Priority, and other traffic signal technology.
• Assessing traffic simulation software, such as VISSIM reports.
• Working knowledge of Irish health and safety regulations.
• Driving best practice in technical activities, processes, policies and standards.
• Data collection techniques and analysis are sufficient to gather, interpret and prepare reports.
• 3D design using AutoCAD Civils 3D.
• Dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation influencing the improvement of processes and providing guidance to support project delivery and reporting; and
• Knowledge of quality management and process improvement practices and systems is desirable, preferably within the construction sector.

Why SYSTRA?

Our three core values: Excellence, Connected Teams and Bold Leadership are kept at the heart of everything we do. We strive for the highest levels of technical excellence, achieving the best results through teamwork, both locally and internationally, and reward innovative thinking through encouraging all colleagues to think as leaders. We offer clear and well supported pathways for career development and qualification attainment, a competitive remuneration package including a bonus and private healthcare, and a broad suite of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Flexibility

Because we value who you are as much as what you do, we want you to feel supported at work. We offer hybrid working, balancing the benefits of working from home with time in our modern, well-equipped offices for that crucial in-person contact, team development and collaborative working. We also recognise that life doesn’t always run to the same schedule for everyone, so we have a dedicated flexible working policy to support you in tailoring your work life to reach your full potential, for more details on this, please get in touch.

Diversity & Inclusion

We provide a warm welcome and encourage applications from a diverse range of people who can enrich our company and offer perspectives which will drive better solutions in a truly inclusive environment. Our employee led working groups and clearly defined strategy help us to keep at the leading edge of important issues and keep us accountable. We want our colleagues to feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work and continually seek new ideas and contributions to ensure we continue to grow and develop in this space.

Wellbeing

It’s no surprise that people do their best work when they feel physically and mentally supported. Our SYSTRA Wellness Programme offers a wide range of support; from Wellness champions, to free health checks, healthy eating workshops and regular seminars, alongside access to a wide range of external support. We offer two paid days for charity work and an ever-growing social calendar.

Workplace Type

Hybrid