Job Title: Traffic Safety & Control Officer

Car Entitlement: Yes

Location: Ashford - Kent, M20 - J10a

Max Annual Salary: £40,000 (Please remember that the Max Annual Salary is just a guideline for what the manager could pay if they find the right candidate).

This is a permanent, full time role.

Summary of Role: To manage the TM for the M20 Junction to ensure the works are delivered to meet Highways England expectations generally working within larger teams or self-sufficient on smaller projects. They should be comfortable with decision making and have a sound understanding of not only the safety, programme and quality implications of decisions but also the commercial implications. Will require previous experience of a TSCO role on motorways, preferably on the M20.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

Technical Capability

Information and knowledge management

• Liaise with the client, police, traffic officers, maintaining agents, contractors and internal construction staff.
• Planning and controlling the works; liaising with all engineering departments
• Input into traffic management design - decisions on layout, CCTV systems, temporary barriers, speed cameras & diversion routes
• Ensuring temporary traffic regulation orders and road space are in place (SRW)
• Ensuring regional control centres (RCC)and vehicle management signs (VMS) are in place
• Assessing work site activities in relation to the traffic management plan
• Communicating the plan to other parties
• Implementation of temporary traffic regulation orders
• Recovery operation management
• Abnormal load liaison
• Emergency routes planning and distribution
• Dealing with incidents
• Organising and coordinating rolling blocks
• Reporting of incidents
• Delivers work beyond customer expectation.
• Evaluates success of completed work and proposes improvements.
• Challenges provided information and the principles behind it.
• Anticipates problems and proactively resolves them.
• Engages with consultants and manages the development of engineering solutions and designs.
• Takes the lead in resolving logistical problems.
• Confidently makes decisions based on judgment and with knowledge of the full range of impacts.

HSE

• Manage subcontractors and suppliers to construct the works safely.
• Ensure that risk assessments and method statements are reviewed, maintained (traffic management, white lining, safety barrier etc)

Project Management

• Familiar with the project life-cycle and able to contribute effectively at each stage.
• Assist where possible with the development of the construction methodology.
• Fully aware of the resource required to effectively complete a section of work.
• Manage site activities to ensure works remain on target.
• Knowledge of Employment Legislation.
• Knowledge of Industrial Relations.
• Knowledge of Public Meetings.
• Knowledge of dealing with Media and VIP's.

Financial Management

• Effectively manages site reporting such as record sheets, site instructions etc.
• Capable of putting together cost estimates for sections of work.

CSCS: Required CSCS card.

Qualifications: Lantra 12A Foreman certificate.

TSCO card.

Relevant Experience: Experience as a TSCO on motorways required.