It’s an exciting time to join our Highways Team here at Staffordshire County Council! Our vision is to help Staffordshire’s economy grow, so that everyone has the opportunity of a good job and good prospects in a beautiful, safe, accessible, vibrant, cultural, prosperous, business-friendly, and sustainable county. Staffordshire boasts a beautiful rural landscape with excellent transport links to major destinations across the country.
Our Commitment: We are dedicated to fixing more roads and improving transport and digital connections, making significant investments into the quality of our roads. To deliver our ambitious Highways Strategy, we are looking to grow our team of highway engineering professionals and develop talent for the future.
Role Overview: As a Community Highways Technician, you will provide technical expertise to deliver local traffic management priorities. Your responsibilities will range from delivering small-scale highway traffic management projects to commissioning Member-led highway priorities.
2 posts are available, one covering the North of the County (based at Stone) and the second covering the South of the County (based in Lichfield).
Package Description:
Technician
Grade 9
Main Responsibilities:
* Be a proactive team member, ensuring consistent work practices in line with approved policies and procedures.
* Deliver a customer-focused, modern professional service, challenging work practices as required.
* Provide highways expertise and manage the Council’s duties to deliver large-scale complex programmes.
* Operate within pre-defined project budgets and funding, ensuring delivery is on-budget.
* Create and maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships.
* Respond to community and stakeholder matters related to traffic management and road safety.
The Ideal Candidate:
* Significant experience in a highway traffic management role within a local authority context.
* HND or Foundation Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Civil Engineering) or a professional qualification at Incorporated Engineer level.
* Experience implementing traffic management schemes and sign designs compliant with the TSRGD.
* Understanding of highway traffic management planning, including scheme delivery reports and database planning.
* Knowledge of statutory procedures associated with highway-related projects.
* Experience working in partnership with various stakeholders, including District Councils, community groups, and elected Members.
Key Skills:
* Proven communication skills to articulate information effectively to colleagues, partners, stakeholders, and service users.
* Analytical skills with good attention to detail.
* Ability to balance many demands and constraints to produce practical and effective solutions.
“We’re happy to talk flexible working.”
Shortlisting will be 25 April to 2 May 2025.
Interviews will be held week commencing 19 May 2025.
Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Richard Rayson Community Highway Manager at: richard.rayson@staffordshire.gov.uk or Garry Hunt Community Highway Manager at garry.hunt@staffordshire.gov.uk.
About Staffordshire County Council:
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values: The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire.
Our recruitment process: As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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