Senior Traffic Engineer

Flood Modeller

Bristol, United Kingdom Countrywide,United Kingdom

4d ago

Your Impact :

About the Opportunity

Our Transport Planning team is one of the most successful in the UK & Ireland, with a varied client base and strong pipeline of work, alongside supporting further project teams across the globe.

We are looking for an experienced traffic engineer to join our growing South West and Wales Transport Planning team (located in either of our Bristol, Cardiff or Exeter offices).

Our local teams get involved in a range of exciting and innovative projects covering active travel, streets design, traffic engineering and local junction design / modelling.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate technical experience designing for active travel and mass transit, transformational placemaking and traffic management solutions

You will have the support of a line manager and our experts to guide your progress and will have on opportunity to share your skills and knowledge by training and supporting our junior staff.

You will also be given the ability to pursue relevant business and technical training to support your career development as well as the freedom to grow your network and develop innovative solutions to chase new opportunities.

Here's What You'll Need :

A creative, solution-oriented individual, with a strong technical background, solid understanding of streets / traffic engineering first principles and demonstrable experience

In-depth knowledge / understanding of local junction modelling software (local network / microsimulation), data requirements and / or the interpretation of modelling results

Experience providing technical leadership, successfully managing projects and acting in a client-facing capacity

Robust written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues concisely

Flexibility to manage diverse workload, assist with new business opportunities and embrace emerging technologies, product solutions and the future evolution of the industry

Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have :

Broader transport planning experience, with understanding of wider policy and strategy, assessment and appraisal techniques

Experience, leading the design and modelling of Healthy Streets, active travel, mass transit, junction improvement or place-making schemes

Knowledge of local and national design standards, guidance and good practice (DMRB, TSRGD, LCDS, MfS2, Traffic Signs Manual)

Experience with Junctions 9, LinSig and VISSIM software packages

Line management and technical mentoring experience

Education / Qualifications

Bachelor and higher qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant subject

Chartered Engineer / Transport Planner or working towards Chartered status with membership of a relevant professional institution.

Why Jacobs?

We clear the way for inventive thinking, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day.

Jacobs. A world where you can.

Our Culture :

We’re invested in you and your success. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed.

We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to make inclusion and diversity core attributes of our identity, embedded in all our employment and business practices in all locations.

We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative.

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We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

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Successful candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check and will be required to undergo various checks including : Identity, Right to Work;

Employment / Education History and Criminal Record. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected.

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