* Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
* Salary: Grade H, (SCP £37,280 - £40,777 per annum
* Location: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
* Contract: Permanent
* Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time
* Hours: 36 hours per week.
* DBS Check: No
* Closing Date: 26/09/2025 at 23:59
* Reference: HPP/25/321205
Job Advertisement: Senior Technician – Highway Traffic Management Team
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Technician to join our Highway Traffic Management Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the safety and functionality of our highway network while developing your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.
About the Role
As a Senior Technician, you will oversee and monitor minor maintenance and highway improvement works carried out by the team. Your responsibilities will include supervising projects, ensuring quality standards, and collaborating with internal and external partners to achieve the team's objectives. You will also be involved in accident analysis, traffic regulation orders (TROs), and ensuring compliance with the authority's statutory duties and responsibilities.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your technical and leadership skills in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary workplace.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
* A Degree or other recognised engineering-based qualification.
* Knowledge of Highway Maintenance, Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs), and Accident Analysis.
* Used GIS systems and experience with the procurement of works.
* Experience of working with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
* Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with elected members, members of the public and other stakeholders.
* Prior experience in a highway-related position, ideally with an understanding or willingness to learn about the authority's responsibilities concerning traffic regulation and safety.
What We Offer
* A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions will make a tangible impact.
* Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
* The opportunity to work on meaningful projects that improve road safety and community wellbeing.
Provisional interview date week commencing 13th October 2025
Equal Opportunities
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody's identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.
GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME
Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.
If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.
Please note, we do not accept CV's (unless specified on the advert).