Location: Leicester, GB, LE19 1WY; Dorset, GB, BH23 6BU; Bristol, GB, BS11 9HL; Home, GB; Leigh, GB; WN7 3PT Normanton, GB; WF6 1ZD London, GB, E3 3PA Motherwell, GB, ML1 5GJ
Type of Employment: Full-time
Career Level: Professional
Job Family: Engineering
Date posted: 3 Jul 2026
Uniting What’s Next In Traffic
Traffic Signal Engineer
This role will require close working with other parts of the Consultancy Services team and the wider business, proving detailed technical traffic engineering experience across a range of disciplines. This is a technical role but also requires liaison one to one with our customer base on a daily basis. This senior role involves working on complex traffic engineering projects without supervision and managing projects through to customer approval.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the Health & Safety and professional development of your direct reports (where applicable)
- Deliver to a high standard a wide range of traffic engineering projects across the UK in accordance with current national/local standards, guidance and best practice
- Deliver traffic engineering projects in accordance with ergonomic, economic and sustainable principles
- Assessment and mitigation of risks associated with traffic engineering projects
- Travel to site visits, validations, and customer meetings with overnight stays where appropriate
- Preparation of technical reports and specifications
- Technical checking/approval of traffic engineering schemes before delivery to customers
- Preparation of consultancy/design quotations
- Project management and financial tracking
Qualifications & Experience
The key competencies and capabilities for this role are:
- High level of communication skills, both verbal and written and working collaboratively
- Ability to solve complex traffic engineering problems and manage customer’s expectations
- Ability to achieve objectives with strict deadlines and manage your own and others workload
Required experience:
- Technical, in-depth understanding and proven track record of traffic signal design fundamentals and UK standards/specifications
- Traffic engineering software including AutoCAD, KeySignals, and modelling software such as LinSig or Transyt
- In-depth knowledge of traffic signal products from across the industry
- In-depth knowledge and proven track record using systems such as UTC or UTMC
- In-depth knowledge and proven track record of adaptive control strategies such as SCOOT or MOVA, including experience with setup and on-site validation
- Experience undertaking Factory and Site Acceptance Testing
Educational Requirements
- HNC/HND/Degree level in engineering in a related subject is preferred or have relevant experience
We offer
- Competitive base salary plus annual bonus
- 26 days holiday (rising to 29 with service)
- 37.5 hour working week
- Excellent pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution
- Flexible benefits tailored to your needs
- Ongoing training and development, including support for professional memberships
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