Transport Management

Occupations in this area of work centre around the need within the County to manage both stationary and moving traffic in order to create a balanced use of the existing road network. At the same time emphasis is placed on the need to protect the environment and to achieve a high level of safety.

Road Safety & Travel Awareness Adviser
A Road Safety and Travel Awareness Adviser has a dual role to play. Firstly, as a statutory duty, to promote safe road use and secondly to encourage awareness of sustainable transport in the County.

The work is varied and challenging. Liaison with schools and other agencies in the community enable effective and dynamic presentation of information and advice to road users. Together with attendance at public events and working closely with the media helping to maintain a high profile in publicising campaigns and initiatives on road safety and travel awareness.

You will need excellent communication and organisational skills and an ability to work to deadlines. Good management, supervisory and administrative experience is essential for the provision of quality services by a team which includes the School Crossing Patrol service. In managing the patrols you will carry out recruitment and selection, training and development and Health and Safety systems. Some keyboard skills and a knowledge of IT are required. A good level of education with numeracy and literacy skills are required.

School Crossing Patrol
This job is a ‘front line’ service in ensuring the safety of children on their way to and from school. It is high profile and well recognised by the schools, parents and local communities as a valued service. The average duty times are 1 hour a day, five days a week throughout the school year. Patrols also, from time to time, help out with publicity and educational projects. Although often working alone on your site you will be made to feel a vital part of our team.

Dealing with children and parents on a daily basis requires good interpersonal skills. Good health and reliability is vital in order to maintain the daily service provision. Some experience of working with children can be an advantage.

You will receive training and development under our IIP commitment and Health and Safety on site will be one of your prime concerns. A high quality uniform for both winter and summer is provided.

Road Safety Officer
A Road Safety Officer assists in the promotion of our road safety and travel awareness activities.

Main duties include liaising with schools to encourage the introduction and promotion of Road Safety Education, School Travel Plans, Road User Training programmes, the design, organisation and implementation of publicity and training campaigns and supervision of School Crossing Patrols.

You need to have previous supervisory and administrative experience, be able to present information in a clear and concise manner, and be able to work to deadlines.

Highway Planner
A Highway Planner is responsible for the advanced planning of County roads and their co-ordination with Trunk and Motorway networks, together with traffic data monitoring.

Main duties include preliminary design of road schemes to assist development of transport policies, economic scheme justifications, and monitoring trends in the movement of people and goods Countywide.

Skills and abilities required are: good knowledge of traffic survey techniques, traffic modelling, transport economics and highway design, and IT experience.

A relevant BTEC, HNC qualification is required. Progression to more senior positions may require Chartered Engineer or equivalent status.

Traffic Manager
Traffic Managers make the best use of our overcrowded roads by regulating the movement of vehicles, providing safe passage for pedestrians and cyclists and by giving priority to public transport. Their main tools are markings on road surfaces, signing, lighting and relatively minor inexpensive adjustments to the highway itself to provide cost effective solutions to safety and congestion problems.

They are also involved in the design and construction of more expensive improvements to the highway network such as major new roads, extensive traffic schemes such as town centre pedestrianisation and highway maintenance. Another important role for Traffic Managers is the co-ordination and regulation of work being carried out in the highway so as to minimise inconvenience to the travelling public and commerce.

The work involves a lot of interaction with the public, businesses, statutory undertakers such as electricity and water companies and other local authorities so that good communication skills are important. The work can be complex, involve a measure of controversy and be hectic at times, requiring calmness, sound judgement and confidence. Traffic Managers are often out on site alone meeting customers and those working on roads and the ability to be helpful and to take decisions in these circumstances is vital. They are based at local Highway Offices and become involved in wider issues such as drainage, parking, public transport, heavy goods vehicles and the interaction with other agencies in the solution of community problems like crime and disorder and regeneration.

A Senior Traffic Manager would expect to have a BTEC or HNC in Civil Engineering and career progression leading to a senior position is dependant on progressing through the Career Grade Scheme.

For more information on the five occupations only listed above please contact our Environment Department Personnel on (0115) 977 4466.