Principal Road Safety Engineer

Gloucestershiremusic; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A county council in the UK is seeking a Principal Road Safety Engineer to lead initiatives to reduce road traffic casualties. The role involves managing safety schemes, analyzing collision data, and conducting Road Safety Audits. Ideal candidates should have substantial experience in road safety, strong organizational skills, and a customer-focused approach. The position offers a supportive environment, flexible working arrangements, and generous benefits including a welcome payment, annual leave, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

25.5 days annual leave

Family-friendly benefits

Career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Occupational Health service

Cycle to Work scheme

Green Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing colleagues and projects.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to reduce road traffic casualties.
• Manage road safety schemes and budgets.
• Conduct Road Safety Audits and provide safety reviews.

Skills

Knowledge of Safe System

Project management

Budget monitoring

Collision data analysis

Organizational skills

Customer-focused

Education

Qualified in accordance with GG 119

Job description

Overview

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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Principal Road Safety Engineer
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 6th Floor
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 22/02/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13258
• This post is not open to job share

About The Team & Role

You will lead a team tasked with reducing road traffic casualties in the county of Gloucestershire, managing road safety schemes, analysing collision data, speed management, providing safety reviews of highway design proposals and undertaking Road Safety Audits.

You will work with us to implement road safety strategies and meet casualty reduction targets. This will include leading on a programme of Road Safety schemes including project management and commissioning. You will manage budgets and provide regular updates.

You will supervise, mentor, advise, and support members of the team, assisting the Road Safety Manager to ensure continuing team development and strong team working. You will work with other GCC teams and external partner organisations to deliver road safety solutions.

You will work with local, regional, and national interest groups to help in the evolution, innovation and promotion of safe, healthy and sustainable travel for all road users.

To see further why developing your career with Gloucestershire County Council can be hugely rewarding please see the link below.

You will have knowledge and appreciation of the Safe System. You will have experience in managing colleagues and projects. You will have experience of monitoring budgets and reporting their status. You will have expert knowledge of road safety including requirements for ensuring highway design meets standards and guidance and provides safe solutions for all road users.

You will have significant experience in collision data analysis and deriving solutions to road safety issues. You will be qualified in accordance with GG 119 and able to undertake Road Safety Audits.

You will have excellent organisational skills and be able to prioritise workloads and ensure our service levels are maintained.

You will be able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. You will need to have a customer-focused nature to help build working relationships with your stakeholders.

About Us

Hybrid working arrangements are available for many of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

For this post, we offer a 10% welcome payment to candidates who join us (50% of this payment is received upon joining, the remaining 50% is paid upon completion of the probation period).

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network

How to apply

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

Applicants will be shortlisted and interviewed during the advertisement period. As such the closing date may be altered subject to candidates being successful.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months\' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to [e-mail], as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.