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Traffic Management Engineer Apprentice

Employer
Worcestershire County Council
Location
County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP
Salary
£18,268.00 - £18,633.00 annually
Closing date
2 Jul 2021

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Specialism
Other
Sector
Unspecified
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Degree
Start Date
September
Duration
Permanent
Our apprenticeship scheme is offered on a fixed 5 Year contract, however, there will be opportunities to continue employment with Worcestershire County Council, and you will have gained valuable, transferable, and professionally accredited qualifications and skills.

With support from your scheme mentor, the Traffic Engineering team and colleagues across the wider highways and transport service area, you'll learn all about design, technical specifications, legal process, implementation, and enforcement of traffic regulation orders as well as the design of road safety and congestion improvement schemes.

You will have day release to study at University of West England for a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering.You'll need to be organised, self-motivated and pro-active -with a full driving license to travel across the County.

You will gain hands on experience of applying traffic engineering principles to solving a range of traffic problems.You will be using specialist engineering software including GIS, CAD, Civil Enforcement systems, traffic flow and accident analysis systems as well as standard business software packages.

You will be collating, analysing, and interpreting technical data.You will gather on site observational traffic flow and highway layout/condition on site evidence for design of traffic and road safety engineering improvements.You will design and carry out traffic flow surveys.You will write technical reports incorporating well evidenced recommendations.

The role involves working with a wide range of technical highway and traffic engineering specialists both internal and external to the County Council. You will need to be confident in communicating verbally and in writing with these people.

You will be in working in a political environment and will be required to apply tactful negotiating skills alongside your technical expertise.

Main job duties will include:
  • With support, to contribute to planning, designing, and implementing Traffic Regulation Orders in accordance with statutory requirements
  • To attend site visits to review the traffic related problems of the area
  • To carry out traffic surveys and data analysis for input to the design of traffic management and road safety engineering schemes
  • To analyse the problem(s) presented, assess possible solutions, and design/evolve a range of appropriate traffic management and road safety engineering proposals
  • To maintain and update the Civil Parking Enforcement plan database, Bus Lane Enforcement appeals process, Traffic Regulation Orders, and other Traffic Management systems
  • To support the process licences, permits and notices, as well as erecting and maintaining traffic regulation order public notices
  • To support the coordination of enforcement of and monitoring the impact of Traffic Regulation Orders
  • To work on own initiative and with support be the main contact for certain tasks and activities
  • Successfully achieving defined outcomes
  • Looking for opportunities to improve working practices
  • Liaise and communicate with a range of internal and external contacts including members of the public
  • Use effective communication skills to build good working relationships with a range of stakeholders
  • Coordinate activities under the guidance of the Manager/Supervisor
  • Use spreadsheets and databases, providing reports and statistics as and when required
  • Use software specific to the Service
  • To maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities as required by the apprenticeship standards


Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

Role purpose: This apprenticeship role will be required to undertake a range of duties and activities and may include administrative, analytical and customer care support within a multi-functional team. This role will also have responsibility for delegated tasks, related to specific projects.

Summary: To work as a member of a team responsible for all aspects of Traffic Engineering including Traffic Regulation Orders and design of highway lining and signing schemes to improve road safety, accessibility and traffic flow.
  • Considerable experience of how a business or organisation operates, gained through work, work experience or study
  • Considerable experience of producing documentation such as reports, gained through work, work experience or study
  • Considerable experience of analysing data and presenting the findings, gained through work, work experience or study
  • Working knowledge of the impact of social, technical, economic, environmental, political, legislative, ethical and demographic (STEEPLED) criteria on organisations
  • Working knowledge of providing services within a customer focused environment
  • Excellent ICT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office. May also include website/social media maintenance


Personal qualities

  • Ability to plan and organise work to produce a high level of output to quality standards
  • Ability to learn to communicate with people at all levels, internally & externally, confidently, sensitively and diplomatically
  • Ability to deal with tasks confidentially


Desired qualifications

Entry requirements:-

Tariff points:112

GCSE:For all applicants, Grade C/4 or above in English Language or equivalent. Please note the University does not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificates in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as suitable alternatives to GCSEs.

A-level subjects:Grade C or above in mathematics. Points from General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards the overall tariff. Applicants must have a minimum of two A-Levels.

Specific subjects:Maths requirement can also be met by the Cambridge Pre-U mathematics at Merit 3.

EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma:To include Merit in one of the following units: Further mathematics for Technicians; Further Engineering mathematics; Further maths for Construction and the Built Environment or Further mathematics for Construction.

Access:Achievement of the HE Diploma; to include 30 Level 3 credits at Merit with 15 credits in mathematics. Please list the units that you are taken in the application.

Baccalaureate IB:To include a minimum grade of 5 in higher level mathematics.

Future prospects

Once the successful applicant has finished their apprenticeship, they will have theopportunity to progress onto a possible permanent job role within the company.

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