Road Safety and Traffic Engineer

Job Title: Road Safety and Traffic Engineer
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: HC08 £ 37,563 - £42,123 per annum
Contract: 18-month Fixed Term Contract
Closing date: 16 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.

As 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.

Working 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.

Your 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.

• Be educated to HNC/HND (Level
  4) or equivalent
• Have experience and understanding of working within a Road Safety and Traffic Management role
• Have experience of delivering Road Safety and Traffic Management schemes, including Traffic Regulation Orders
• Demonstrate experience of developing, managing and monitoring large and complex schedules of work and procedures
• Provide accurate designs using AutoCAD, GIS and Mapinfo
• Write detailed reports and be able to present information in a format which is understandable to the public
• Have a can-do attitude and a positive and professional approach.

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

• Salary range of £37,563 - £42,123
• 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.

Herefordshire 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…