Principal Traffic Engineer

Principal Traffic Engineer

Up to £56,000

Slough (Hybrid)

Who we are:
Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings, is a leading design, engineering, and landscape architecture consultancy whose highly talented people are passionate about creating places that are attractive, innovative, sustainable, and safe. Our approach to integrated design produces award-winning results that have won international recognition and named CIHT's Employer of the Year in 2021. Led by a forward-thinking management team we work together in multi-disciplinary teams that provide services that are well thought-out and sustainable.

We are currently looking for a Principal Traffic Engineer to join our team based at our Slough office. You will join a vibrant team and work on major prestigious projects within London and across the UK, enabling you to advance your career, whilst giving you the freedom to achieve personal growth and development. We will provide you with the opportunities to enable you to succeed and support you to reach your potential.
We recognise our greatest strength is the people we employ, and we are committed to developing talent and providing staff with the skills and knowledge they need to not only do their job well now, but to equip them for life as their careers unfold. Our staff say our people and our diversity are our biggest strengths and our Equality and Inclusion Group and Women's Network are ensuring that inclusion is at the heart of our policies, processes, and practices. As standard we offer flexible working to everyone.
If you aspire to really make a difference and want to work with great colleagues whilst advancing your career, then Project Centre could be the place for you.
What you will be doing:
* Ensuring that projects are managed within their respective budgets
* Co-ordinating the issue of invoices and ensure the clients requirements are fulfilled
* Preparing proposals and estimates for new work
* Project managing/directing projects in accordance with Client requirements
* Providing technical direction on projects and high level advice on complex technical issues
* Contributing to the management of the Traffic Engineering Team
* Responding to Client and customer requests and enquiries and ensuring that their needs are met
* Working collaboratively with marketing and business development activity for the business unit
* Actively selling other aspects of Project Centre to Clients
* Managing a team of 4 employees of varying degrees of seniority
* To be the Client's primary point of contact for projects managed within your business unit

What we are looking for:
* Relevant Degree or equivalent
* Alternative consideration given to significant relevant experience in lieu of specified education and professional qualification
* Comprehensive understanding of traffic and transportation techniques, highway design and transport planning principles and a proven track record in project design and delivery
* Preferably conversant with and/or intermediate user of CAD design software
* Good understanding of traffic and highway legislation
* Comprehensive knowledge of relevant technical / industry / TfL standards
What's in it for you:
* Contract: Permanent
* Full time, 37.5 hours per week
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Package, subject to eligibility criteria
* 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Private health care
* Yearly professional membership

Marston Holdings Limited (MHL) is a parent company formed of eight brand entities that each specialise in key areas of our overarching business. In a nutshell, we are the UK's largest judicial services company and pioneers in clean air technology, offering services that support local and central government, utilities, and private sectors through the delivery of market leading integrated technology-enabled solutions from design and implementation to management and recovery.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.