Site Engineer

Position: ITS Site Engineer (Permanent)
Are you seeking a new opportunity where you can make a real difference to the travelling public on our roads in Greater Manchester? Would you like the chance to develop your skills and experience and contribute towards maintaining and installing traffic monitoring and control systems across the city?

Your Role

We are seeking an ITS Site Engineer to join our busy Highways team. With support and training provided by our experienced Highways Engineers, you will install, maintain and support TfGM’s traffic and sustainable transport monitoring and control systems including traffic signal communications equipment, cutting edge video analytics sensors, CCTV cameras, automatic traffic and cycle counters and variable message signs spread across the whole of the GM highway network.

In this role, you will also be provided with training to provide you with the sufficient health and safety knowledge to carry out this role effectively and safely.

Who are we?

Greater Manchester is embarking on an exciting period of transition and evolving with a growing population and economy. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) manage the largest number of traffic signals and transport technology systems outside London. The challenge of managing such a large conurbation offers the opportunity to gain a wide breadth of experience.

The ITS team design, implement and maintain technology and infrastructure across Greater Manchester, supporting the day-to-day operation and management of the transport network. This involves assisting in the deployment of on-street assets such as machine-learning video analytic sensors, to trialling new and innovative technologies. The team work closely with the ten districts of Greater Manchester, National Highways and a variety of suppliers in order to deliver a range of innovative solutions.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You must hold a full driving license. You will have knowledge and understanding of health and safety at the roadside, electronic equipment configuration, experience of communicating with stakeholders and providing excellent customer service. You will work both independently and as part of a team, depending on the task.

What we can offer you

We currently have a permanent opportunity to join us as a Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Engineer, providing the chance to gain experience of installing and maintaining various types of innovative traffic and sustainable transport monitoring and control systems. The salary is £40,650 - £45,107 per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.

Our benefits include:

* 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)

* Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary

* Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions

* Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role

* We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

* Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you.

To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is…