Road Safety Engineer

The starting salary for this position is £41,585 per annum based on 36 hours per week.

If you care about making our roads safer and want to turn that passion into a meaningful career, this could be your next step. Join a team dedicated to reducing road deaths and injuries and improving safety for people walking and cycling across our communities.

We're excited to announce two new opportunities for Road Safety Outside Schools Engineers to join our fantastic Road Safety & Schools Sustainable Travel Team as based at Victoria Gate, Woking.

As a team we operate a hybrid style combining remote working with up to two days a week in the office to network with colleagues and attend team meetings. The role will also require you to attend site visits throughout the county of Surrey, which may include some evenings.

This is a fixed term contract or secondment opportunity until 31st March 2027. For internal candidates, please discuss with your current Line Manager before submitting your application.

Our Offer to You:

• 26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
• A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents

About the Role

Keeping children safe outside schools is one of Surrey's most frequently raised road safety concerns. To respond to this, Surrey County Council has developed the Road Safety Outside Schools (RSOS) process, which brings together our road safety and highways teams to assess school sites and provide detailed reports with practical recommendations.

We have recently committed £2.5 million over the next five years to deliver these improvements. As a Road Safety Outside Schools Engineer, you will support the Senior Engineer in identifying, designing and managing the delivery of highway schemes emerging from RSOS reports. These could include improved crossing facilities, traffic calming measures, new cycle infrastructure, point closures, School Streets and other innovative interventions.

You will join the Road Safety & Schools Sustainable Travel Team, working closely with colleagues to ensure that infrastructure changes align with school travel plans and our wider education and road safety programmes. Together, the team works to reduce road casualties, promote active travel, and help make walking and cycling to school safer and more attractive.

Our work includes:

• Highway safety engineering and infrastructure improvements
• Partnership working with Surrey Police on traffic law enforcement (including safety cameras)
• Educational, training and promotional initiatives that build pedestrian and cycling confidence and encourage alternatives to car travel

Many schemes and initiatives will require formal reports for Member approval. As this is a public facing role, strong communication skills are essential-you'll regularly meet with residents and elected Members, respond to enquiries, and present information clearly and confidently.

You may also support wider road safety engineering activities, such as:

• Developing and implementing 20mph Speed Management Schemes
• Collision hotspot analysis and investigation
• Managing school flashing wigwag assets
• Building effective working relationships with Surrey Police and Highways & Transport colleagues

Your Application

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• Experience in identifying, developing and implementing highway improvement schemes
• Strong understanding of relevant principles, practices, and procedures relating to traffic management and road safety
• Ability to visit sites regularly within the whole of Surrey to attend meetings which will include some evenings
• Experience of working within the road safety, highway design field or significant engagement with the public for scheme delivery
• Able to communicate effectively with a range of internal and external teams/bodies and work to tight deadlines

Surrey has both urban and rural areas and candidates will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long-term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

To apply, we request that you submit a CV and you will be asked the following 3 questions:

• Please tell us about what has motivated you to apply for this role
• What do you think are the main barriers that prevent children and families from choosing active travel modes - such as walking, cycling, or scooting - to get to school, and how might these be addressed?
• Can you describe a time when you worked collaboratively with other teams, stakeholders, or partners to achieve a shared goal? What approaches did you use to ensure successful outcomes?

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 5th April 2026 with in-person interviews provisionally to follow on the 16th & 17th April.

If you are invited to interview, you will be asked to prepare and deliver a 15 minute presentation outlining the end to end process you would follow to implement an ANPR School Street in Surrey. Your presentation should cover the technical design, your approach to engaging key stakeholders, and the critical actions you believe are essential to ensuring the scheme's success.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

A basic DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) will be required for this role.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation, moving from a two-tier system to two new unitary councils in April 2027. If you are employed by Surrey on 1st April 2027, your role will transfer with current terms and conditions to one of the new organisations, supporting local devolution and greater powers for our communities.

Our Commitment

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum criteria, we guarantee you an interview.

Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we're committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.