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About The Role
Join the UKCS Living Places team as a Traffic Regulation Officer in Southampton and play a key role within our Traffic Regulation Team. This position is central to the development and delivery of traffic regulation schemes, ensuring that customer requirements are met efficiently and effectively. You’ll be part of a team that values safety, sustainability, and continuous improvement, contributing to the safe and effective management of our road networks.
Your Accountabilities
* Developing and delivering traffic regulation schemes, ensuring compliance with budget constraints and timescales.
* Producing and reviewing design drawings to meet traffic sign design legislation and guidance.
* Building and maintaining positive relationships with a range of stakeholders, including Senior Management, Ward Councillors, and organisation leaders.
* Preparing comprehensive and robust fee proposals for traffic regulation schemes, and monitoring spend throughout the scheme lifecycle.
* Creating project programmes to fulfil traffic regulation, sign design, and road safety requirements.
* Keeping up-to-date with developments and best practice within traffic regulation.
* Embracing learning and development opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge.
* Supporting the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities.
* Maintaining a relentless focus on Zero Harm and adhering to all relevant Health & Safety requirements and standards.
Who we're looking for
* A sound knowledge of relevant legislation (e.g. Road Traffic Regulation Act, Highways Act, TSRGD) and the processes for introducing traffic regulation schemes.
* Experience with highway regulation documentation and the ability to draft these documents to a high standard.
* Understanding of road safety principles and sign design.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to liaise with a variety of stakeholders.
* Proficiency in GIS applications, Microsoft Word and Excel, and dedicated applications for regulation management, sign design, and road safety monitoring.
* A degree in a relevant discipline.
* Commitment to Balfour Beatty’s values and a proactive approach to personal development and safety.
Benefits
* Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
* 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
* Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
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