Highways & Traffic Graduate Scheme

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Thank you for your interest in applying for this TfL Graduate Scheme.

We’d like to remind you thatyou must ensure you are eligible for this scheme before applying. Please read through the eligibility criteria below carefully and ensure that you are eligible before applying.

This application will also contain a series of questions to establish whether you are eligible. It is important that youtake great carein reading and answering these questions aswe will not be able to revert your application if an error is made.

Please Note:
We only allow one application for any of our Graduate schemes per year. Any subsequent applications will be withdrawn .

‘ The Highways and Traffic graduate scheme has given me the opportunity to become the person I am today. I've been trusted with real parts of projects reshaping London's streets, with actual budgets that are now out there on the network, with senior engineers always there to help but never micromanaging. . . ’
- Sam Malkin , Emerging Leaders

‘The biggest satisfaction from this job is being able to walk around London and see the positive changes you are making to this great city every single day. The ability to point at a road or junction and say ‘I built that’ is a bragging right like no other!’
- Lixi Pan, Senior Engineer
Leader (Highways)

£32,250 per annum, rising to £33,500 in the second year

London/Hybrid

The role will involve a mixture of office, site, and hybrid working. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

You will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

Free travel on the TfL network for you and a nominee who lives in the same household

Final salary pension scheme

Discounted national rail and Eurostar travel

30 days annual leave (Pro rata dependent on role) plus public and bank holidays.

Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme

Retail, health, leisure and travel offers & many more

2 years

A minimum of 2:2 degree in any STEM subject (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

What is important to us is a passion for engineering and successful applicants will need to demonstrate a yearning to develop in the industry. Emphasis will be on the applicant to demonstrate how they would add value , building on their educational base to date.

TfL keeps London working, moving and growing - but we can only do this through our talented people. We’re a high-profile organisation with countless opportunities to offer that will enhance your skills and develop your career. Our work is high profile, delivering the Mayors Transport Strategy and ensuring London is constantly evolving, so we look for the best people who are passionate about the continued success of London.

Our engineers focus on the assets that form the foundation of our transport system. As a graduate engineer within Highways & Traffic you will gain vast knowledge in a range of engineering areas associated to the highway and contribute actively into the delivery of improvements that make a real difference to London. Your involvement will be wide ranging - you could be designing and commissioning traffic signal layouts, identifying and analysing the results of highway investigations, proposing London’s next cycle routes, or designing inclusive schemes to improve the safety of the travelling public.

As a graduate, your two-year development programme will be made up of up to f ive placement rotations. Our aim is to equip you with the range of…