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This gives us greater flexibility, more local accountability, and a sharper focus on quality and value for money.\nBy joining us now, you’ll be part of a team shaping the future of essential services that residents rely on every day from maintaining roads and green spaces to keeping our streets clean and safe.\nWe can offer the chance to make a real difference in your community, work with a dedicated team, and help deliver improvements that matter. If you’re looking for a role where you can take pride in what you do and be part of positive change, we’d love to hear from you.\nWhat will you be doing?\nAs a Road Safety and Traffic Engineer, you will provide technical advice to officers, councillors, developers, partners and stakeholders, helping to shape how our highway network operates. You will play an important role in the development, implementation and review of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs), ensuring that traffic management measures are effective, proportionate and support the needs of our communities.\nWorking as part of a skilled and supportive team of traffic engineering professionals, you will design and deliver road safety and traffic management initiatives across Herefordshire. From identifying and developing innovative transport solutions to managing projects through to completion, you will help create a safer, more efficient highway network.\nYour work will contribute to the safe and expeditious movement of all road users, maximising the value of our infrastructure and delivering tangible benefits for residents, businesses and visitors alike.\nAbout You\nAs a Road Safety and Traffic Engineer you will:\nBe educated to HNC/HND (Level 4) or equivalent\nHave experience and understanding of working within a Road Safety and Traffic Management role\nHave experience of delivering Road Safety and Traffic Management schemes, including Traffic Regulation Orders\nDemonstrate experience of developing, managing and monitoring large and complex schedules of work and procedures\nProvide accurate designs using AutoCAD, GIS and Mapinfo\nWrite detailed reports and be able to present information in a format which is understandable to the public\nHave a can-do attitude and a positive and professional approach.\nWe Offer\nA competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:\nSalary range of £37,563 - £42,123 \nEnrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)\nCareer progression: clear pathways to progress\nAnnual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum during the request period\nFlexible working: including the potential for job-sharing, part-time hours and agile working.\nEmployee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling\nPayment of professional membership fees (based on role requirements)\nPick your perks - our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.\nWhy Choose Us?\nHerefordshire is big hearted, welcoming and friendly. We have strong and independent communities and idyllic countryside, situated in the Southwest Midlands and bordering Wales. The county sits between Worcestershire and the Malvern Hills to the east, and Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons) in Wales to the west.\nHistorically Herefordshire has been the gateway to the Marches. We embrace partnership working. We are a member of the Marches Forward Partnership, which is a cross-border collaboration between Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Powys and Shropshire who are collectively working to secure funding to invest in the region.\nThe council priorities over the next four years are set out in the Council Plan, with four main areas;\nPeople: We will enable residents to realise their potential, to be healthy and to be part of great communities who support each other. We want all children to have the best start in life.\nPlace: We will protect and enhance our environment and ensure that Herefordshire is a great place to live. We will support the right housing in the right place, we will support access to green spaces and we will do everything we can to recover the health of our rivers.\nGrowth: We will create the conditions to deliver sustainable growth across the county; attracting inward investment, building business confidence, creating jobs, enabling housing development along with providing the right infrastructure.\nTransformation: We will be an efficient council that embraces best practice, delivers innovation through technology and demonstrates value for money.\nDon’t meet all parts of the job description?\nHerefordshire Council is committed to strengthening a diverse and inclusive work environment which reflects the communities of Herefordshire. If you are looking at the next stage of your career and have a broad base of fieldwork experience, we can provide supportive and welcoming opportunities to help you develop your professional, management & supervisory skills.\nReasonable Adjustments\nOur recruitment process runs in partnership with Hoople Resourcing. If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative methods for the online application process, please contact the resourcing team by email: .\nCreating an inclusive workplace\nWe encourage our employees to feel empowered and to use their voices to help embrace diversity, promote inclusivity and shape our organisation. We have eight employee network groups, collectives of colleagues who often share identities, life experiences or cultures and offer support and community. They also play an important role in strengthening the voices of employees at Herefordshire Council. Embedded in the Council's values is a commitment to listen to people's views and needs.\nFor more information on our Employee Network Groups please view our dedicated recruitment website: www.spiritofherefordshire.com.\nCommitments, Covenants and Statutory Obligations\nThe following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:\nThose who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme.\nThose who indicate in their application that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant.\nThose who indicate in their application that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.\nWe take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.\nWe are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.\nHow to apply\nTo apply for a position, please upload an up-to-date CV and complete the application form demonstrating your experience, skills and abilities for the role.\nFor more information or to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please contact: Leigh Whitehouse, Group Manager of Streetscene, Network Management and Public Rights of Way \nBe sure to include reference to the job description and person specification or role profile! 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