Principal Road Safety Engineer

About the role:

The purpose of the Safety Engineering Team is to reduce the number of people killed and injured on Warwickshire's Roads, and to ensure traffic management and signing complies with key legislation and best practice.

In particular, the team are responsible for prioritising collision locations with the worst casualty history, to develop a programme of schemes to address the cluster sites and routes with the highest numbers of personal injury collisions within the last five years. Such schemes, range from small improvements schemes costing less than £20,000, to larger more complex schemes of up to £500,000. In addition, securing external funding for engineering schemes is also a key responsibility, which involves producing detailed reports and bids. 

The team is also responsible for undertaking Road Safety Audits and Technical Approvals for both internal and external clients, with an annual turnover of approximately 150 audits and approvals.

The successful applicant will have significant experience within the safety engineering field and will be able to support the Team Leader in ensuring the objectives of the team are met. The post involves regular interaction with stakeholders, including elected representatives and members of the public.

Key Requirements:

To be successful in this role, it is vital that you share a passion for road safety and have ambition to reduce the number of collisions occurring on Warwickshire’s roads. It is also essential that you are a qualified Road Safety Auditor, preferably at Team Leader level and able to undertake road safety audits on trunk roads.

You should have the ability to work within a team as well as on your own initiative, be flexible in your approach and support the wider team as necessary.

For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click here

Additional Information & How to Apply

For further information about the roles please contact the hiring manager: Jo Edwards - 01926 412414 or joedwards@warwickshire.gov.uk.

Closing date: Midnight 23^rd August 2022

Interview date: 12^th September 2022

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.

Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not be submitted unless asked to do so.

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.

You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more