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Would you like the opportunity to help people travel safely and easily by all modes of transport across Greater Manchester? Are you seeking a new challenge in highway engineering whilst also progressing your career?
Greater Manchester is embarking on an exciting period of transition and evolving with a growing population and economy. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) manage the largest number of traffic signals outside London. The challenge of managing such a large conurbation offers the opportunity to gain a wide breadth of experience.
About your Role
TfGM currently has an opportunity for a talented graduate to join us as a Graduate Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Engineer, providing the chance to gain experience across various elements of ITS, Urban Traffic Control (UTC) and other Highways teams. At the end of the programme, you will be given a permanent role in in the ITS team.
The ITS team design, implement and maintain technology and infrastructure across Greater Manchester, supporting the day-to-day operation and management of the transport network. This involves assisting in the deployment of on-street assets such as machine-learning video analytic sensors, to trialling new and innovative technologies through technology providers such as Google.
The team work closely with the ten districts of Greater Manchester, National Highways and a variety of suppliers in order to deliver a range of innovative solutions.
As a Graduate Traffic Engineer, you will be involved in many exciting projects, including cycling and walking initiatives and public transport projects (such as the Greater Manchester Bee Network and Quality Bus Transit) as well as helping to deliver TfGM’s vision as set out in our 2040 Strategy. You will also be involved in designing and implementing adaptive signal networks and will work alongside experienced ITS and UTC Engineers, allowing you to develop in your role.
Occasionally you will also be required to work out of office hours including at weekends to help manage traffic at events.
About You
You will be keen to develop your knowledge of the principles of traffic and transportation and have experience of using computer systems.
You will have an enquiring mind with the ability to use numbers and data to provide solutions to complex problems and the flexibility to adapt to changing workload demands and new organisational challenges.
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the essential criteria, all appointments will be based on merit.
Our Offer
This is a permanent role with a salary of £29,990 - £34,758 per annum depending on experience. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a range of fantastic benefits, such as:
- 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid working options to support a culture of promoting good work/life balance
- Free bus travel within Greater Manchester
- Free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
- Generous pension scheme contributions
- Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling through apprenticeships
- Reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK.
We are a Disability Confident employer and offer support and reasonable adjustments as required. We also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme for candidates who declare a disability; are aged 24 or under who have previously been or currently are in care; and where the Armed Forces was their last long term substantive employer; where they meet the minimum criteria for the role.
TfGM (or we) is an equal opportunities employer that cultivates and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Whatever your background and identity. We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.
We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds and are particularly keen to encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minority groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented within our workforce.
