Senior Traffic Engineer

Overview

You will lead and support highway and active travel design for London boroughs, combining engineering rigor with policy insight. In this client-facing role you’ll manage multiple schemes, interpret monitoring data, and adapt to strategic work as needed. You’ll collaborate with local authorities, deliver technically sound designs, and help shape transport policy and strategy. This is a hands-on role with opportunities to influence street design and road safety across London.

Responsibilities

• Lead feasibility and concept design for highways, active travel, and traffic schemes
• Apply design standards (DMRB, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20, GG142) to produce deliverable designs
• Use AutoCAD, QGIS, and swept path tools to develop layouts
• Assess road safety and design safety interventions; support road safety audits and school streets
• Interpret monitoring data (cycle counts, turning counts, queue surveys) to inform design decisions
• Analyse traffic data with Power BI; present clear recommendations
• Design and oversee monitoring and evaluation for live schemes
• Manage multiple concurrent projects within time and budget constraints
• Coordinate site visits, surveys, consultations, and stakeholder engagement
• Support bid and fee proposals with scoping and resourcing
• Engage with local government clients and maintain long-term relationships
• Contribute to strategy and policy work (transport strategy development, technical notes)
• Adapt between hands-on design and strategic advice as required

Key requirements

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Transport Planning or related discipline
• Solid understanding of civil engineering principles for highways and traffic schemes
• Experience in road safety assessment and design
• Experience working with local government clients, ideally London boroughs
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects to deadlines and budgets
• Confidence interpreting monitoring/survey data to inform design
• Working knowledge of DMRB, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20 or equivalent
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and/or QGIS
• Strong written and verbal communication; experience producing client-facing reports and technical notes

• Client-facing communication
• Stakeholder engagement
• Project coordination
• AutoCAD
• QGIS
• Power BI (desirable)

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