Traffic Signs Design Specialist

At Jacobs, we’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

As a member of the Operational Road Safety team, you will support designers, contractors and Highway Authorities to prevent road crashes. You’ll join a team that has an enviable reputation in the UK Transportation consultancy sector as a result of a portfolio of projects with clients that include the National Highways, Transport Scotland, Welsh Government, National Contractors and numerous Local Authorities.

You will work within a team focused on delivering a variety of traffic projects ranging from Smart Motorway updates, Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) projects and Specialist Professional and Technical Services (SPaTS) framework. As a subject matter expert you will provide technical assurance and advice on matters related to road geometry, sign/signal/VMS gantry positioning, traffic signs and road markings. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Act as an advisor and consultant providing road safety solutions and audits.
• Organisation and delivery of traffic sign designs across a range of scheme sizes and complexities and a range of clients.
• Providing road safety advice and direction to project teams
• Provide professional and technical excellence in highway engineering
• Support in the management and monitoring of works programmes or services.

With offices throughout the UK, we can be flexible with regards to location for this position, we have teams based in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Stockton and Glasgow.

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• Degree qualified or equivalent experience
• Subject matter expert with in-depth specialist knowledge in the design of traffic signs and carriageway markings
• Experience of operational management of highways especially motorways and trunk roads but also local roads
• Strong working knowledge of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and its use, in particular the main design standards

Our Culture

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. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

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