THE STARTING ANNUAL SALARY FOR THIS POSITION IS £40,296, WORKING 36 HOURS PER WEEK.

Are you passionate about road safety and looking for an opportunity to become involved in road safety as a career? Do you want to be part of a team which works towards reducing road death and injury making walking and cycling easier and safer?

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Excess speed increases the risk of collisions and makes the consequences more severe. It can also deter more walking and cycling and increase noise and air pollution. Effective speed management is a key part of the “Safe Systems” best practice approach to road safety.
Surrey County Council have recently allocated a budget of £2.5million over the next 5 years to promote and install 20mph speed limits and zones throughout the county. This will form part of the Surrey County Councils Vision Zero strategy to tackle road casualties and speeding. You will be responsible for investigating, developing and commissioning, as well as selling the benefits of, 20mph speed limits and zones in residential streets around schools and town centres.
Engagement and consultation with residents and elected members will be an essential part of this work, as will responding to enquiries from Members and residents. Where required, you will need commission traffic calming for some schemes which require it.

You may also be required to assist with the other tasks of the road safety engineering team such as:

• assisting with the promotion and installation of school-related road safety schemes
• collision hotspot analysis and investigation
• road safety audits of highway improvement schemes
• management of vehicle activated signs and school flashing wigwag assets.

The role will require a close working relationship with police and other colleagues within the Highways Service, with whom speed management plans are continually updated to identify and tackle the worst speeding problem sites.
About you
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with experience as a Traffic or Road Safety Engineer and/or with experience of engagement and consultation with members of the public.

To be shortlisted for interview for this position, your application and supporting statement will clearly evidence:

• An ability to visit sites regularly within the whole of Surrey to attend meetings which will include evening meetings.
• Experience of working within the road safety, highway design field or significant engagement with the public for scheme delivery.
• An ability to understand highway design drawings and undertake analysis of road collision data
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of internal and external teams/bodies and work to tight deadlines.

This role is open to remote working meaning you aren’t required in the office 5 days a week. However a full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle will be essential in order to be able to attend site visits throughout the county of Surrey, and you will typically be in an office or on-site two days a week (sometimes more, sometimes less), which may include evening meetings.

As part of your application, you will be asked to upload your CV and answer the following application questions:

• What has attracted you to apply for this role and how do you think your values would suit the needs of the position?
• Describe a project where you conducted site visits and engaged with the public. How did you manage your time and address stakeholder concerns?
• Describe a situation where you used data or technical information to help solve a problem or improve a project. What steps did you take and what was the result?
• Give an example of when you worked with different teams or organisations to deliver a project. How did you keep everyone informed and ensure the work was completed successfully?

If successful in shortlisting, at interview you will be expected to make a presentation on a topic which will be given to you in advance.