Traffic Signals Design Engineer (Grade 6)

Would you like to make a real difference in the city for residents and visitors?   If you have experience in civil engineering and Traffic Signals, then this could be just the opportunity for you.  

We want you to help us make Newcastle a great place to work, visit and live in.

What the role will involve?

The role involves leading a team carrying out designs of traffic signals across the North East of England and assisting in the delivery of specific projects working alongside other local authorities and private contractors.

The successful post holder will have a proven track record and extensive recent experience of designing innovative solutions to traffic congestion and progression problems. You will make use of computer simulation models and calculations based on site parameters in order to optimise capacity and non-delay through the network. You will also be skilled in a number of software modelling packages, AutoCAD, complex configurations and advanced programming.

You will be playing a lead role in advising piers, colleagues, front line staff and apprentices whilst complying to Newcastle City Councils policies and procedures.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking to appoint a self-motivated and driven Senior Traffic Signals Design Engineer to support the delivery of a wide range of projects in Traffic Signals.

You will be expected to provide support to designers in Traffic signals, ensuring services are provided professionally, to programme and on time. You will have the ability to interact and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, and you will play a key role in ensuring productivity targets are met.

What can we offer you?

If a competitive salary and pension with the option to opt in to an AVC scheme wasn’t enough you will also have:

• A generous annual leave allowance.
• The option to buy additional annual leave.
• Access to family friendly policies including maternity and adoption leave, maternity support leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, special leave, leave when caring for a terminally ill dependent, leave for armed forces reservists, disability related special leave, career breaks and paid leave to support the electoral process.
• An enhanced work life balance including agile working, part-year working, compressed hours and flexi time where appropriate.
• Access to numerous salary sacrifice schemes including home electronics, car lease and gym membership.
• Access to physiotherapy, counselling services and eye tests for VDE users through our Occupational Health Service.
• Access to an extensive wellbeing programme including access to a 24 hour employee assistance programme for you and your immediate family.
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders.
• Ability to join staff network groups to meet and share information and raise awareness and include, Black and Minority Ethnic network, Disabled Employee network and LGBT+ network
• Ability to join a trade union.
• Access to a staff travel scheme.
• Access to learning and development opportunities including a comprehensive corporate induction programme, access to e-learning, an annual performance appraisal, upskilling apprenticeships, access to Learning Resource Centres

A rewarding and most importantly access to a challenging career.

Additionally, we also offer you retail discounts on hundreds of the UK’s highstreet and online retailers including travel, dining out, mobile and broadband from the point of receiving your offer of employment.

Who we are

Newcastle is an ambitious City, it always has been. Its’ an iconic City with a rich heritage but one that also shapes the future of the region.
Here at Newcastle City Council we have a real passion to improve the lives of residents and visitors in the City through the wide variety of essential public services we deliver and the relationships we influence.  From our City leaders, to every member of our team, we’re all committed to making Newcastle a City that is vibrant and thriving.

Our values

Everyone who works within one of our valuable public services makes an important contribution to delivering our vision and priorities of the city. How we do things is as important as what we do. In everything we do we strive to embed and live the Councils values

Proud
Fair
Ambitious

Why work for us?
We strive to be an organisation where equality, diversity and inclusion is part of who we are and how we work and where every member of our team is treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where you can bring your whole self to work and succeed in being your best.
Our people deliver amazing services, initiatives and projects to benefit the lives of our residents. They also develop, manage, and maintain the City’s vital infrastructure and public spaces that our societies and communities rely on.

If you want to become an integral part of the team to make a citywide difference for our residents and visitors, then we want to hear from you.
For more information on the post, contact Michael Richards via email View email address on northeastjobs.org.uk

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