Overview
Job reference REQ00000018834 • Date posted 28/08/2025 • Application closing date 02/11/2025 • Location Kendal • Salary £28,598 - £29,540 • Contract type Permanent • Hours 37 • Basis Full time
Location: Kendal
Contract Type: Permanent
About this opportunity
Westmorland and Furness Council is seeking a committed and technically capable individual to join our Traffic Management Team in South Lakeland as a Traffic Management Technician. The Traffic Management Team plays a central role in designing and developing traffic management and road safety schemes and progressing both Temporary and Permanent Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs and TTROs). The team also provides technical support across the wider highways service and acts as a key point of contact for Councillors and the public.
This Technician role is essential to the successful delivery of various traffic and road safety projects. You will work closely with the team to translate design outputs into deliverable works instructions, ensuring that traffic management and safety improvements are implemented effectively. Your work will include supporting the consultation and legal processes required for Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs and TTROs), as well as assisting with the delivery of road safety projects.
Responsibilities
* Translate design outputs into deliverable works instructions and ensure traffic management and safety improvements are implemented effectively.
* Support the consultation and legal processes required for Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs and TTROs).
* Assist with the delivery of road safety projects.
* Provide technical support across the highways service and act as a key point of contact for Councillors and the public.
Qualifications
* Good understanding of traffic management principles, road safety, and national highway design standards.
* Ability to analyse data, and to use CAD and GIS-based software.
* Ability to provide technical advice to colleagues and stakeholders.
* Strong communication skills, the ability to manage workloads to tight deadlines, and a proactive, flexible approach.
What can we offer you
Working at Westmorland and Furness Council offers a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers(westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)
Interested in finding out more?
For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the attachments below. We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss this with you.
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Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of this job are guaranteed an interview.
We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care-experienced and under 24 years old (someone who has been looked after by a local authority at any point, for any length of time, e.g. foster care, residential care, or under the guardianship of a local authority) that meet the essential criteria for the role.
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