Senior Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Engineer

Overview

Lead ITS policy, standards, projects and technical advice for National Highways.

Key Responsibilities

• stakeholder engagement
• standard development
• design manual
• technical assurance
• project delivery

Tasks

-Engage with stakeholders across National Highways and externally to understand their business needs, to promote and gain commitment to SES objectives and solutions, to identify key areas for improvement and to share best practices. -Represent National Highways on external technical committees, steering groups and at seminars and workshops, to contribute to the development of external standards, ensuring that National Highways views are appropriately represented. -Maintain and update the relevant sections of the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges (DMRB) and the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCHW) to improve the way the Strategic Road Network is designed, built and operated. -Act as a source of specialist subject matter expertise, providing appropriate advice and technical assurance to National Highways colleagues, its contractors and suppliers in resolving technical issues. -Lead and deliver complex commercially focused transport related projects and manage supplier resources and contracts.

Requirements

• engineering degree
• supplier management
• programme management
• chartered membership
• problem solving
• stakeholder management

What You Bring

-Relevant degree / HND e.g. Computer Engineering; Electrical/Electronic Engineering; Systems Engineering, and relevant experience in the Intelligent Transport Systems discipline or similar. -Demonstrable experience in supplier and contract management with ability to improve supplier delivery through engagement and contract knowledge. -Experience of working in a programme and project environment in line with APMP principles, working with programme management to support the delivery of specific programmes (desirable). -Membership to a relevant professional chartered organisation, such as IET, that can support attaining the IEng or CEng status. -Experience of resolving complex technical problems, analysing information to develop appropriate solutions to manage risks and issues. -Experience and ability of working with a diverse range of stakeholders to understand the complexity of views involved in managing the environment; and support the development of policy / standards / specialist guidance.

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About National Highways

-Fueled by multi-billion-pound Road Investment Strategies, it delivers major upgrades like the A14 bypass and the smart motorway spine. -It engineers iconic projects—like the 1.8 km Hindhead Tunnel under the Devil’s Punch Bowl—and supports cutting-edge trials, including self-healing bitumen. -Operators and uniformed traffic officers patrol 24/7 from control centres, managing incidents, warning drivers, and keeping traffic flowing. -The authority sets design standards via the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and publishes contract and maintenance frameworks used across the UK and Commonwealth. -Regulated by the Office of Rail and Road and guided by multi-year funding cycles, it balances reliability, safety, innovation and value for taxpayers.

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