Prif Beiriannydd Traffig a Phriffyrdd / Principal Traffic & Highways Engineer

Permanent

Job Ref: RE-1816

Salary: £48,226.00 – To: £51,356.00

Job Scale: Gradd 9 / Grade 9

Job Hours: 37 Awr / 37 Hours

Location: Gweithio Hyblyg – Cartref ac Uned 5 / Agile Working – Home & Unit 5

Lead and manage a team of professional staff to ensure effective service delivery of Traffic Management, Road Safety and Highway Development Control in line with the Council’s polices, relevant legislation, codes of practices and contractual requirements to protect the integrity of the Council’s highway network.

To manage and coordinate the delivery of a range of key traffic and road safety projects in Merthyr Tydfil. Also meeting with and providing update reports to stakeholders, senior officers and councillors.

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 14.10.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.

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