Principal Road Space Operations Engineer

As a Principal Road Space Operations Engineer, you will manage our road system and to allow everyone access to our special city. Join our Highways team and help to shape a city where people love to live and work.

In this key role, you will ensure our roads are well planned, maintained and constructed. Using your expert knowledge, you will review design proposals and provide specialist advice in relation to ITS technology, control and communication systems.

Committed and adaptable, you will also monitor construction and installation, tackling any technical issues by connecting with stakeholders. Collaboration is crucial and the only way to get the job done well.

Your remit will extend to the testing and commissioning of traffic control and management technologies, and the management of contracts. From car park guidance systems to variable message signs, you will ensure supervision and administration.

To succeed, proven expertise will be essential. You should have an HND/HNC/degree in Engineering (or equivalent) and extensive experience in preparing and administering contracts. We are also looking for the ability to express yourself well with stakeholders and present persuasively. Strong communication skills are a must-have, together with your technical skills.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and review the design proposals submitted by internal and external clients, providing technical advice, comment and feedback in relation to ITS technology, control and communication systems and support services
• Liaise with internal and external clients, colleagues, customers and stakeholders with regard to technical issues affecting highway projects and Road Network Management (RNM) service delivery
• Lead in providing technical support to internal and external clients in relation to the councils ITS asset, traffic control and communication systems
• Lead in providing practical advice to help resolve construction/installation problems in relation to ITS technologies, infrastructure and associated systems

If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contactor Dorothy Joyce, Dorothy.joyce@liverpool.gov.uk or call 07925 358450

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