Road Safety Engineer (PDP)
Details
- Reference: SCC/TP/288396/1411
- Positions: 1
- Salary: £32,512 to £43,735 per annum
- Category: Highways
- Contract type: Permanent
- Working hours: 36 hours per week
- Posted on: 17 July 2024
- Closing date: 18 August 2024
- Directorate: Highways, Infrastructure & Planning
- Location: Woking, Surrey
Description
This role has a starting salary of £32,512 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring a new Road Safety Engineer to join our fantastic Road Safety and Sustainable School Travel team. The team are based in Woking, but cover the whole county of Surrey. As a team we operate a hybrid style combining remote working with up to two days a week in the office to network with colleagues and attend team meetings. Site meetings and visits are a vital part of this role, therefore the role holder will need to have the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of the role.
Rewards and Benefits
- 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
- Are there any additional benefits your team/service offer? Please add them in!
About the Team
The Safety Engineering Team are part of the wider Road Safety and Sustainable Schools Travel Team. We are a small team but committed, professional and outcome driven!
The aim of the Road Safety and Schools Sustainable Travel Team is to reduce road casualties, reduce anti-social driving and promote more walking and cycling. This will be achieved through a variety of measures including highway safety engineering and infrastructure improvements, working with the police on the enforcement of road traffic law (particularly using safety cameras), and education, training and promotional campaigns to improve pedestrian and cycling skills and improved road user behaviour.
The work of the Safety Engineering Team is integral to the casualty reduction efforts within the County. The team work closely with a range of other teams in the council's Environment and Infrastructure Directorate, regularly responding to queries from County Council Members, schools, District and Borough colleagues and parish councils.
About the Role
In this role you will assist other members of the Safety Engineering Team to undertake casualty analysis, promote highway safety engineering schemes to tackle sites with a known casualty history and take an active role in conducting Road Safety Audits. A nurturing team atmosphere will enable you to help develop and increase our achievements to date. No two days will be the same, dealing with enquiries regarding highway safety, investigating collisions sites and promoting road safety engineering measures within the County. This is a customer facing service where the needs of our customers are at the centre of delivery.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
- Educated to A level or equivalent alternative
- Knowledge of highway engineering
- Knowledge of approaches and methods to mitigate collisions within the highway
- Good written and oral communication skills with the ability to build sound relationships with customers
- Ability to prepare and present reports in a logical and digestible format with a methodical approach to information gathering and recording
- High level administrative and organisational skills with good IT skills (including Powerpoint, Word and Excel)
- Able to prioritise and plan own workload in the context of conflicting priorities and work on own initiative
To apply, alongside your CV, you will be asked to answer the following questions:
- In this role there will be competing priorities and deadlines. Please tell us about how you prioritise tasks.
- The successful applicant will be working within a small, well-established team. Please tell us about a time when you have worked well as part of a team.
- In this role you will be working with key stakeholders. Give examples of how you have dealt with and interacted with stakeholders in previous roles.
Contact Us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
For an informal discussion please contact Matt Smith by e-mail at matt.smith@surreycc.gov.uk and/or telephone at 07968832560.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 18/08/2024 with interviews planned in late August / early September.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Our Values
Our values are as important as our abilities and shape who we are as an organisation. Discover more about our values.
Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. Our Life at Surrey handbook also attached provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.
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