COMM ENT G3 - Engineering Officer; Traffic and Transportation

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE:
Applications must be received by Tuesday 21 July 2026 at 11:55pm.

Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE

Location: Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA

Hours: 35 hours per week

Work Pattern: Monday
- Thursday 8:45am - 4:45pm and Friday 8:45am - 4:15pm

Salary: £52,392 - £53,177 annual salary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and committed individual to join and play a leading role within our Traffic and Transportation team.

The postholder will take a leading role in the development and delivery of traffic and transportation projects, including traffic engineering, funding bids, active travel, road safety and bus infrastructure schemes. You will be expected to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of relevant legislation and technical guidance (e.g. TSRGD, Traffic Signs Manual and associated Acts), and apply this expertise.

You should have significant experience in the development and delivery of traffic and transportation related projects, including budget management, procurement and financial monitoring.

A sound understanding of existing strategy and policy within this field and the ability to effectively contribute to its future development will be required. You will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy, managing competing priorities, while contributing effectively as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.

Candidates must have experience in the use of Auto Cad and other design and assessment related software.

Successful candidates must have a HNC in Civil Engineering, or equivalent in a relevant subject, and ideally you should be an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer or working towards this.

You will be expected to travel throughout the Council area. A commitment to customer focus, service delivery and responsiveness will be vital as will the ability to commit to our constant efforts to refine, innovate and improve delivery. For this post and others across the Service we have adopted a flexible approach to working arrangements.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of this specialist team tasked with taking forward several important Local Transport Strategy priorities as well as progressing some key elements of the Glasgow City Region City Deal projects.

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Preferred candidates identified after the selection eventprocess will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, toensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

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