Senior Road Safety and Traffic Engineer

About The Role

Job Title: Senior Road Safety and Traffic Engineer
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: HC09 £ 42,123 - £46,579 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 9th October 2026
Interview date: 21st October 2026

This is an exciting time to join the Highways and Public Realm team at Herefordshire Council.

We’re transforming how highways and public realm services are delivered across Herefordshire, on the 1st June this year we brought these services back under direct Council control for the first time in years. This gives us greater flexibility, more local accountability, and a sharper focus on quality and value for money.

By 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.

We 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.

In this role, you will work as a senior member of staff in our Road Safety and Traffic Engineering team, providing expert technical advice to officers, councillors, partners and stakeholders. You will take a leading role in the development, implementation and review of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs), helping to shape policy and ensure that traffic management measures support the Council’s wider transport, safety and place shaping objectives.

You will lead and develop a small team of Traffic Engineers, providing clear direction, technical guidance and direct line management support to ensure the successful delivery of programmes and projects. Working collaboratively across Council services and with external partners, you will oversee the design and implementation of traffic management and road safety initiatives, using data and evidence led approaches to improve highway safety, network performance and the travelling experience for all road users.

• Be educated to degree level or equivalent in Engineering, or a related field and/or substantial work experience.
• Will hold ICE membership or other relevant professional body and accredited with either Chartered or Incorporated Status.
• Have comprehensive knowledge of key highway legislation including the Highways Act 1980, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Road Traffic Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 etc.
• Have experience in a management role and have a can-do attitude, with the desire to bring about significant service improvements.
• Have knowledge / experience of road safety and traffic engineering techniques including casualty reduction schemes and Traffic Regulation Orders.
• Be competent using AutoCAD associated packages i.e. Signplot, KeyLINE, KeySIGN
• Have the ability to organise your own workload and to also help organise the work of the team.

A competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Salary range of £42,123 - £46,579.
• Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Career progression: clear pathways to progress
• Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum during the request period
• Flexible working: including the potential for job-sharing, part-time hours and agile working.
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment of professional membership fees (based on role requirements)
• Pick your perks – our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.